Understanding Chelenge
‘Though a tree grows so high, the falling leaves return to the root. ‘ African Proverb If you were to ask me ‘who is an African’?…
Author Rupi Gill
Looking into the Treasure Trove
‘If you want to go fast go alone, if you want to go far, go together’ African Proverb Since man began painting on cave walls, he…
Life in the Crossing
High above these plains, is the heart from which mighty arteries flow to feed the savannah. I’m watching the hippos wallowing, frolicking, wading and snoozing…
Contented Wanderer
‘Not all who wander are lost’ J. R. R. Tolkien Searching for the unicorn with magical powers and trekking up the highest mountains to see flying…
In Winter’s Trail – Part One
This morning, there are more dazzling heaps of feathers, outside my window – sparrow hawk hunts, fast and clean with a maximum scattering of feathers, almost…
In Winter’s Trail – Part Two
I think it’s prudent to start at the beginning: there are many reasons why people want to save the planet’s species, of which one is that…
Karibu
The year started with much humbleness and I am acutely aware of our luck at being able to wonder what each of us can do to…
Karibu
Here’s the last issue of the year and a host of writers with intrepid tales from walking with elephants in the bush, to studying snake venom…
Mangroves in the Midst
The dhow’s bow slices through the glassy green surface sending ripples with blue crests into the mangal – mangrove biome – that makes up the evergreen…
For a Whale Song
The animal kingdom is full of stories of migration – from humans leaving Africa to populate the earth, to birds flying up and down the continents,…