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)