ABSTRACT
Guardians of Eden – awarded The Scotsman Fringe first prize at the Edinburgh Festival in August – explains that containing wildlife in fenced national parks, excluding local people, does not work and that it is essential to allow these people the control and use of their own land and resources. The bulk of the funding for the project came from the World Conservation Union, which paid Nicholas Ellenbogen, a celebrated white African writer and director, to tour southern African countries to see the problems for himself. His passion for the issues is evident: ‘It is high time to set [Africa] free, unbottle her and let her live well in the hands of her people, because they are close to her heart’.
