I am glowing with pride as I sit down to write this. Many of you have been following this blog for the last few years and may very well have read a number of my pieces. I must extend a huge thanks to those loyal readers who have helped inspire me to continue to explore this creative outlet. Your comments and feedback have kept me motivated and keen to continue to share my passion. There can been no hiding the fact that my passion, both for wildlife and writing, has been directed and focused on the lion populations that call Londolozi home. I am fascinated by their lives, their movements and the interactions between these majestic cats. I am intrigued by the question of why we humans find these animals so alluring.
The term Lion Warfare was coined as a descriptive way to group together my writings and to help convey the difficulties these animals experience on a daily basis. After researching, observing, writing, filming and photographing lions extensively for the last 2 years we, at Londolozi, are excited to be launching an iBook, designed especially for Apple iPads.
Here it is…
The Lions of Londolozi – Tsalala Pride
In order to get your personal digital copy follow these steps:
- Own an Apple iPad
- Proceed to the iBookstore with your Apple ID
- Type in the search bar ‘Lions of Londolozi‘ or ‘Adam Bannister‘
- You can also just follow this link which takes you directly to the iTunes page
- Alternatively you could go to www.londolozi.com and click on the store button
South African Apple ID users may have an issue as this is not yet available on the SA iTunes Store. There are ways to get around this. Click here to see how.
Brief Summary of what it is all about
An innovative style of book that tracks the lives of a particular pride of lions over the last 14 years. It proposes a fascinating interpretation of events, lying somewhere between academic and anthropomorphic, offering an un-obscured view into the secretive lives of Africa’s most majestic cat. Combined with glorious full-page colour photographs, maps, films, sounds and family trees this iBook touches on numerous aspects of lion behaviour and design: prides, coalitions, territories, hunting, breeding, communication, infanticide as well as the much misunderstood relationship between prides and amongst pride-members.
This book will increase your knowledge of cat behaviour and help you to grasp the highs and lows experienced by lions. It will allow you to follow the real life story and development of the much loved Tsalala Pride, a pride made famous by the two tailless lionesses, fighting adversity on a daily basis. Surviving not only for themselves but also for betterment of their cubs and the continuation of the gene-line.
Here are a couple of Screen Shots taken from the book showing the effective integration of text, photography and video.
Thank you in advance for your support
Written by Adam Bannister
The book is dedicated to the tracker, Solly Mhlongo, with whom I work so closely, and was designed and laid out by my exceptionally talented brother, Simon Max Bannister. David ‘Doyle’ Dampier is to be credited for many of the photographs used in the book.
Well done Ad,
This is a phenomenal and definitive piece on the Tsalala pride. I know this has taken you hours and hours of hard work and you can be really proud! Simon has done a great job of laying it out for you. I learned a great deal from reading the Lions of Londolozi and I think you are one of the privileged few who have been able to monitor the dynamics of a single pride so closely and over such a period of time. I look forward to part 2!
Thanks so much for the support James. It has been a wonderful adventure!
So cool Adam! I wish you the best of luck with this!
Thank you Emma
Adam, I was so excited to see this on the blog last week. It is wonderful – full of drama, fascinating stories and wonderful photography. I loved your stories about the Tsalala pride when we visited in August, and I’m so glad that I got to read and see more. Congratulations!
I have been going through our photos recently, deciding which to print, and I want to thank you again for showing us so much.
It is an absolute pleasure. I hope you enjoy the book
Oh ADAM I can hardly wait to have your book in my new special i Pad. I just love the way you describe
the most beautiful animals of Londolozi. Merry Christmas and A Very Happy New Year from Elisabeth Douglas in a white and snowy Sweden.
Oh Elisabeth that is so very kind of you. Thank you so much. I missed you on the last trip, but had so much fun with your son. Enjoy the christmas and stay safe. lots of love- adam
Adam,
This book is a work of 21st century art! the best of digital book-I’ve seen. Happy and healthy to you and all the wonderful folks at Londolozi. We can’t wait to come back.
debby & howard
Debby your words are very kind. I must admit that the technology of the iPad was used so well to capture and convey the full story of the lions.
Hi Adam What a great book. I love everything about it. The photos and videos are wonderful and the story of the pride is enthralling. It brings back happy memories of Londolozi.
And great to work with Simon too.
You must be so proud. Love Beryl
Well done, Adam! This will be on a couple of Smith iPads on Christmas morning!
Is there any way to get the book without an ipad?
Hi Amy, unfortunately not at the moment. As other digital operating systems such as Android provide matching software, we will release this book on those platforms as well. Thank you for your interest. rich
JUST to say thank you for your beautiful work.
I have already BOUGHT the iBook and it is just a very well done book.
Is there any way of finding who was lion whose skull is shown? Did he have snapped upper right canine? And was the date when skull was found post July 2010?