George Adamson
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George Alexander Graham Adamson MBE, also known as the Baba ya Simba, was a British wildlife conservationist and author, based in Kenya. His wife Joy Adamson related in her best-selling book Born Free
Adamson (left) in 1968
Christian the lion
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Christian the lion was a lion born in captivity and purchased by Australian John Rendall and Anthony "Ace" Bourke from Harrods department store in London in 1969. He was later reintroduced to the Afri
George Adamson
…the sequel to Born Free; it stars Nigel Davenport as George Adamson and Susan Hampshire as Joy Adamson. Christian the Lion (1972) is a documentary of Christian the lion and his journey to George Adamson; it was written, produced and directed by Bill Travers and James Hill, the director of Born Free. Born Free (1974…
Uhuru, portrait of Christian the lion by Emma Towers-Evans, drawn in 2021