Tammie matson biography samples

A story of love and war in the kingdom of elephants

“This beautifully written book by young Aussie conservationist Tammie Matson tells of her fascinating work – in which chilli peppers end up playing a key role – to reduce human-elephant conflict in Namibia and later India.

Elephant Dance will make you cry, then laugh, then jump, then laugh again.”  News Limited newspapers, October

It’s the middle of the night, in the cold, silent Namibian desert. When zoologist Tammie Matson wakes with a start to find two elephants standing right beside her tiny one-man tent, just inches from her head, she makes a promise.‘If you just let me survive tonight I will give up Africa.

I’ll give it all up. Just don’t let them stand on me.’ It’s not a promise she will easily keep. At 29, Tammie has spent nearly half her life in Africa working as a conservationist. Africa – with its big skies,