A Narrative of Events in Matabeleland Both Before and During the Recent Native Insurrection Up to the Date of the Disbandment of the Bulawayo Field Force. First published in 1896. Selous was a British explorer, officer and hunter famous for his exploits in Southeast Africa whose real-life adventures inspired H Rider Haggard to create the character Alan Quatermain. He was also the older brother of ornithologist Edmund Selous.