SHE’S been captured, burned, thrown off a cliff and somehow survived to tell the story. Meet May Jackson, the rusty old gun standing at the Livingstone Museum’s foyer. You’ve probably seen her while in the tourist capital, or perhaps on your way back from a bungee jump at the Victoria Falls or coming from Maramba Market, and dismissed her as just another relic of the colonial era. But you’d be wrong. You see, May Jackson is not “just another gun.” She has crossed borders, survived battles and witnessed some of the most significant moments in Southern Africa’s history. She isn’t even from this country, yet she fought on this soil, and her story is far more explosive than her rusty...




