A clapped out car and giant baobab tree: Biennale of Sydney lifts curtain, but misses one thing

Artistic director Hoor Al Qasimi missed an important preview of Australia’s biggest arts festival ahead of its opening on ...
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Baobab: Kenya's ignored economic giant

Selina Maghema, a widowed mother of three from Mwingoni village in Voi, Taita Taveta County, is a hardworking businesswoman. She earns her living from a small enterprise that makes and sells baobab ...
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Myths about the baobab did not stop locals from uprooting trees

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Kaya elders have over the years performed rites inside the over 30 shrines across Coast ...
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Kenyan baobab trees uprooted for export to Georgia; critics call it ‘biopiracy’

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Georgia’s former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili has built a dendrological park that is home to numerous species of giant trees from around the ...
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Georgia: “Biopiracy” results in the death of imported trees

Baobabs are viewed as a tree of life in their native Africa, but that symbolism does not travel well: an attempt to transplant eight giant baobab trees to Georgia resulted in their death. So, no ...
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Learning more about the ‘tree of life,’ the baobab

Calling something the “tree of life” may conjure up a lush arboreal species with mouth-watering fruit. Yet on the African continent, this moniker is reserved for the baobab tree. Upon first glance, ...