Stories about the African Tree of Life
The sun slowly disappears like a red fireball on the horizon and baobabs cast long shadows. Night falls in the land of the giants. High time for all the nocturnal Continue Reading →
Levison Gombachika has travelled a long way from home. He comes from Chirimba, a township of Blantyre in Malawi. I meet him in Pretoria, South Africa, where he works Continue Reading →
Meinolf Kuper is an economist and one of the two managing directors at africrops! In this interview he talks about his history with Baobab. His company imports fruit powder to Continue Reading →
A baobab is not only huge but can get very old, too. 1000 years and older are not uncommon. It is one of the most durable plants on our planet. Continue Reading →
A very special Baobab grows surrounded by agricultural land at Hoedspruit in the Limpopo province. As befits a giant of its size, legends have sprouted around it. The location for Continue Reading →
The days are getting shorter, it is getting cooler – Autumn is coming. Not only outside, but also for the baobabs on the window sill. The first yellow leaves are Continue Reading →
Gabriela Staebler is a nature photographer and loves African animals. I met her for an interview at her home near Ammersee (a lake in Bavaria, Germany). As our conversation proceeds Continue Reading →
Baobab seeds are embedded in the cream-colored fruit pulp and the red-brown fibers in the hard pericarp. The outer shell has to be cracked open manually first in oder to Continue Reading →
The fruit contain the baobab seeds important for the reproduction of the trees. The seeds are well protected. They are embedded in the fruit pulp and red-brown fibers within the Continue Reading →
Hitting a tree after too many sundowners – such stories are heard of quite often, unfortunately. But having a decent sundowner IN a tree bar? Yes, it is very much Continue Reading →
Baobabs are trees growing in sub-Saharan Africa – usually in dry areas such as savannas and African forests. They bloom during the rainy season which starts in Southern Africa in Continue Reading →
Baobab Lemonade – Not just “some soft drink” – no, it is the “champagne of soft drinks” – says Baobab pioneer Andreas Triebel proudly. He talks about his long journey Continue Reading →