Baobabified Sunset
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Established in 1891, the British protectorate of Nyasaland became the independent nation of Malawi in 1964. After three decades of one-party rule under President Hastings Kamuzu BANDA the country held multiparty elections in 1994, under a provisiona... [read more]
Established in 1891, the British protectorate of Nyasaland became the independent nation of Malawi in 1964. After three decades of one-party rule under President Hastings Kamuzu BANDA the country held multiparty elections in 1994, under a provisiona... [read more] Blog: Baobabs are cool
Date: October 1st 2005
They dominate entire villages. They make everything else look small. They're cool even when they're not there -- on Likoma Island, we saw a strangler fig that had wrapped its tentacles in a fine lattice pattern around a giant baobab trunk, and living up to its name, strangled the baobab to death, leaving only a giant cylindrical lattice mold - a baobab ghost. We thought that perhaps these ba ... read more
Date: October 1st 2005
They dominate entire villages. They make everything else look small. They're cool even when they're not there -- on Likoma Island, we saw a strangler fig that had wrapped its tentacles in a fine lattice pattern around a giant baobab trunk, and living up to its name, strangled the baobab to death, leaving only a giant cylindrical lattice mold - a baobab ghost. We thought that perhaps these ba ... read more
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