Adrian Koopman Author

Adrian Koopman is an emeritus professor of Zulu at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He is the author of Zulu Names (2002), Zulu Plant Names (2015) and Zulu Bird Names and Bird Lore (2019).

Noleen Turner is an honorary research professor in the African Languages Department at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban. Her areas of research interest include Second Language (Zulu) Teaching, Zulu Oral Studies, Onomastics and Humour Studies.

Roger Porter has had a life-long interest in birds and has travelled extensively on bird trips to several countries in Africa as well as to Madagascar, India and Antarctica. Before retirement, he was a wildlife ecologist and conservation planner at the Natal Parks Board and KZN Wildlife.