Stories about the African Tree of Life
Peggy Dlephu lives and works in Knysna, South Africa. This is no secret, because the industrious artist runs her own gallery and accompanies tourists in her beautiful home on the Continue Reading →
..says Silvia Weninger about the tree. She did not only see the baobab close to the road while she was worked for a development project in Zimbabwe. The tree featured Continue Reading →
“The fact that in such a tough environment with so little moisture baobabs produce this enormous amazing incredible fruit” is one of the reasons why the trees are special, says Continue Reading →
Gus Le Breton shares a special baobab story of two farmers in Zimbabwe quarrelling about “who has the bigger one”. Naturally we talk about baobabs. We take a journey in Continue Reading →
“We realized that baobab is money. We can earn some income from selling baobab”, says Ellen Chikatanda from Sarangwa village which is located in the Mount Darwin area in the Continue Reading →
“I did not collect much baobab fruit but I wish I had because the little bit of income that I earned helped me to support my children”, says Rosemary Katandi Continue Reading →
“Selling baobab fruit has helped me,” says Rerai Mundengoma, baobab fruit collector from Kajokoto Village near Mount Darwin in northern Zimbabwe. “I no longer have to ask my husband for Continue Reading →
Shamiso Mungwashu comes from Chimanimani in Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe. She calls herself a serious advocate for organic, Fairtrade and ‘access and benefit sharing’. “We need the companies in 20 years Continue Reading →
Emmanuel Masemore talks about change in his village based on sales of baobab fruit and about an extraordinary speciality which grows on the trees – unfortunately only once the trees Continue Reading →
Dominikus Collenberg uses an unusual indicator when it comes to identifying promising products for B’Ayoba: to everything that “sells well” he reacts allergic to as soon as he gets in Continue Reading →
Baobab – grow your own from seeds from Heike Pander on Vimeo. Follow these steps to grow baobabs from seeds successfully: Baobab Seeds: nowadays it is easy to buy baobab Continue Reading →
Creating a three-layer Smoothie – how does that work? I was busy thinking about it while I tried out my latest Smoothie creation: the Baobab Smoothie TriColor. Sweet blueberries, juicy Continue Reading →