Never surrender.
Seriously, this all ties together into a novel, IMNSHO. Is the novel composed of multiple vignettes? certainly. As for whether you will enjoy? I'm not sure. I know I did the first time around, and I'm hoping it's still true. Part of that enjoyment was that it was so very evocative of the Africa I had visited, even though we never got to Botswana. Part of it was growing to love the characters and watching them mature and change.