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By David Langmead

   There is a geographical line of latitude that cuts across the southern part of Africa 20 degrees South of the Equator.  It bisects Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique and cuts through some of the most awe-inspiring wildlife sanctuaries left in Africa.  They hang from this line of latitude like rare jewels on a fine necklace.
    As a passionate lover of wildlife and an ardent conservationist, I've returned many times to this parallel because it is part of my home andmy identity.  The images in my latest exhibition at Call of Africa Galleries celebrate some of the last true wild, remote and highly threatened wildlife sanctuaries in Africa.  [Read feature story about Langmead, A Space of Mind, and feature on his black countryman Mopho Gonde in Enduring Zimbabwe's Long Nightmare].
    No animal sums up the potential power of the African landscape more than a massive bull elephant in must.  On a trip to Botswana, we were charged by an elephant which led me to write thefollowing:
    A bull elephant explodes through the mopane to fillyour vision with the magnificence of his rage.  He descends from above,raising the earth all about him, and from the white sheets of dust unleashes his power, as if to say, "You reel in fear of me.  But I must  stand in the face of your entire species.  I defy you for being here in your metal forged from rock, with your diesel distilled by rolling fire, your rubber...