Stories about the African Tree of Life
What a fascinating sight: A mighty old bull elephant rests under a huge baobab. He rubs his backside on the tree bark with relish. Alongside his beauty endeavor he cracks Continue Reading →
At six o’clock in the morning the temperatures at Kamutsenzere Grain Marketing Board in the Mount Darwin Area of Zimbabwe already seem too hot to make a significant move. Nevertheless, Continue Reading →
After our visit to Baobab collectors we rumble on a difficult slope back towards Harare. At the end of November it is hot – the thermometer climbs above 40 ° Continue Reading →
We are finally ready: off we go together with Dr. Sarah Venter and Blessing Mamubeda to some villages in the Venda area. We plan to visit Baobab Guardians – women Continue Reading →
We are still in the Venda area of South Africa. Today we visit the Baobab Guardians with Dr. Sarah Venter, baobab ecologist and entrepreneur. The Guardians are women who take Continue Reading →
The path is dusty and the air glimmers as a result of the heat. Inside the car temperatures seem to reach baking point and we yearn for cool drinks. We Continue Reading →
In her furious red glow the sun slowly moves towards the horizon. An excruciatingly hot day comes to an end – and we finally arrived at Kamutsenzere near Mount Darwin Continue Reading →
Blessing Mamubeda explains how baobab brings new opportunities to Zwigodini village in South Africa. By selling baobab fruit people earn money which they can invest in their projects in turn. Continue Reading →
Creation of Baobab: Based on an old Shona Story: When god created the earth, the baobab was one of the first plants that spread on the African continent. It was Continue Reading →
I meet Patricia Khosa at the administration building in Skukuza, right in the Kruger National Park in South Africa. The first thing she tells me when we hit the topic 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 →
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 →