Strangler Fig where once there was a Baobab

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 baob ... read more

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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 provisional... ... read more

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Sarah T Lucas and Jonathon J Kass

Sarah and Jonathon

We're Sarah and Jonathon. We're exploring. But we are exploring in a rather circuitous fashion, and the order of our blog postings is even more illogical. So, if you are wondering where we are right now, the answer is....ooops....we're home! But we may post some final Africa blogs anyway. As you look through where we have been, beware that we'll be posting out of order so the top post may not be the most recent. You can either scroll through to see what is new, or subscribe to get a message and link every time we post something new. ... full info

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