Word from the editor
Karibu Whilst we do not break the ice by talking about the weather here customarily, I find myself wanting to make some comment on the incredulous…
Author Rupi Gill
Sacred Trees
Fig trees were here when dinosaurs first roamed the planet. Ficus is a genus of some 850 species that exist world wide. Scientists have been studying…
Secrets of The Forest: From Meru National Park’s Rhino River Camp
True wilderness is mysterious. As I walk to my tent on stilts, I take in the smells of camphor, green leaf volatiles and something foetid perhaps…
The gods at Christmas
I’m in the wilderness with a group of outstanding thinkers, readers, some of them writers, an authority on animal behaviour and all of them conservationists. We…
Kifaru the Film
“This is what extinction looks like.” James Mwenda, who looked after Sudan, the last male white rhino on earth until his death in March 2018, says.…
Word from the editor
Karibu As you soar above the towns, then villages turning into wilderness over the cradle of mankind, then land at your destination – I hope you’ll…
Amidst the Dust Devils with an Elephant Whisperer
The African spring has filled up the underground rivers that feed the plains. Water sprays up from the sides of the Landrover, it’s wheels almost submerged.…
Clues in Antiques with Muhaimin Khamisa
Mombasa based collector, Muhaimin Khamisa is an authority on the antiques of the coast. He has got my attention through a collection of World War One…
Word from the editor
Karibu Are you looking out at the changing landscape? Contemplate the wilderness above which you soar – It is inextricably linked to heritage, culture and climate…
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’?…