“Forget about having an identity crisis and get some identity capital. … Do something that adds value to who you are. Do something that's an investment in who you might want to be next.”
“I like that one: Namibia serving as a model to Africa, and Africa serving as a model to the United States.”
— John Kasaona
John Kasaona: How poachers became caretakers
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“The whites [in Namibia] could farm, graze and hunt as they wished, but we black, we were not regarded as responsible to use wildlife. Whenever we tried to hunt, we were called poachers.”
— John Kasaona
John Kasaona: How poachers became caretakers
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“We were successful in Namibia because we dreamed of a future that was much more than just a healthy wildlife.”
— John Kasaona
John Kasaona: How poachers became caretakers
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