Lion Song: A Portrait of Wild Africa

By Brian Jackman

'This is a stunning, vital and profoundly moving book. Brian Jackman is, without doubt, one of the greatest of all safari and wildlife writers, and Lion Song is his crowning achievement.' Simon Reeves, Author of Step by Step: The Life in My Journeys'Brian Jackman is a passionate but unsentimental conservationist. He writes with relish for the experience... and the language.'The Sunday Times

FOREWORD BY SABA DOUGLAS-HAMILTON, Conservationist and TV Presenter

For five decades, Brian Jackman, Britain's foremost safari writer, has witnessed Africa's wildlife drama unfold like no other journalist. From his transformative first encounter with a roaring lion in Kenya's Maasai Mara in 1974 to documenting the famous Marsh Lions that captivated millions through BBC's Big Cat Diary, Jackman chronicles both the majesty and fragility of Africa's last wilderness.

This beautiful and expansive memoir reveals the evolution of African conservation, from the days when elephants numbered over a million to today's urgent battle for survival, where living elephants are worth $1.6 million each to tourism but face extinction from poaching. Through vivid encounters with legendary conservationists like George Adamson and firsthand accounts of anti-poaching wars, Jackman weaves an unforgettable portrait of a continent where lions still greet the dawn - but may not for much longer.

A portion of proceeds supports the Tusk Trust wildlife conservation charity.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1917523998
• ISBN13: 9781917523998
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Whitefox Publishing Limited
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"