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- A Training School for Elephants. by Roberts, Sophy.;
In 1879, King Leopold II commissioned Frederick Cart to ship four tame Asian elephants from India to the East African coast with the aim to establish a training school for African elephants. Following in the footsteps of the four elephants, Sophy Roberts pieces together the story of this long-forgotten expedition and reveals an extraordinary - and enduring - story of colonial greed, hypocrisy, and folly.Library Bound Incorporated- Subjects: HISTORY; HISTORY / Africa / East; HISTORY / Africa / General; HISTORY / Indigenous / Contact, European Invasion;
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