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    The Lion House

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    This abandoned lodge in Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique has been reclaimed by local lions - a story deeply enmeshed in the larger history of the country.

    READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-lion-house-gorongosa-mozambique

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    © SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas ObscuraLength 20 min18 January 2023Episode 434GeographyHistoryCultureFactsUSAEpisodic

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    This abandoned lodge in Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique has been reclaimed by local lions - a story deeply enmeshed in the larger history of the country.

    READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-lion-house-gorongosa-mozambique

    Further Reading:

    S is for Samora (book by Sarah Lefanu)

    Let My People Go (poem by Noémia de Sousa)

    Apartheid’s Contras: An Inquiry Into the Roots of War in Angola and Mozambique (pdf book by William Minter)

    The Mozambican Civil War (1977-1992) (article by Samuel Momodu, BlackPast.org)

    Mozambique History Net (Resource)

    A Year in Gorongosa (film by Augusto Bila, narrated by Gabriela Curtiz)

    In Mozambique, a Living Laboratory for Nature’s Renewal (article by Natalie Angier, The New York Times)

    Narrative Fortresses: Crisis Narratives and Conflict in the Conservation of Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique (article by Christy Schuetze)

    White Man's Game: Saving Animals, Rebuilding Eden, and Other Myths of Conservation in Africa (book by Stephanie Hanes)

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