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Sea lettuce for salad
Sea lettuce (Ulva lactuca) is common on most shorelines worldwide. This article focuses on the island of Zanzibar in Tanzania.…
Top 10 rare snakes of Southern Africa
We often get asked what the rarest snakes in southern Africa are. This is hard to quantify, as some species…
Hadza hand drill friction fire
Hadza hand drill friction fires are the standard fire-making method of the Hadzabe people in Tanzania, who live remotely. They…
Shore fishing for Bronze Whaler Shark
Bronze Whaler Sharks (Carcharhinus brachyurus), also known as Copper Sharks, are sought-after game fish for recreational anglers in many parts…
Stingless bee honey collected by Hadza people
The Hadzabe people eagerly collect stingless bee honey all year long. They do this destructively by cutting open the hives…
Edible Rubber Vine Fruits in Central Africa
Landolphia camptoloba (Apocynaceae) Common names: Mbungumbungu, dinsania, dinsona (Kongo). Magoki is also used for all Landolphia species with edible fruit.…
Hadza style of shooting bows
Shooting bows by remotely living Hadza boys and men is a daily, necessary affair. From the age of three, they…
Himba smoke shower
The Himba women continue practicing traditional personal hygiene methods, including using a smoke shower and a mixture of red ochre…
Climbing a Baobab tree
A Baobab tree (Adansonia digitata) is characteristic of African Savannah biomes. In Tanzania, the Hadza people in the mountainous southern…
Determining cardinal points by trees
Determining cardinal points by trees in Southern African savannas (Southern Hemisphere) is a standard procedure. It is helpful in case…
Datoga huts
The Datoga are pastoralist people living in various regions of northern Tanzania. Their estimated population is about 30,000. One of…
Datoga spears
Datoga spears have a long history but were replaced for hunting by bows and arrows in modern times. Nowadays, their…
Hadza water sources
The Hadzabe (plural of Hadza) natural environments are the escarpments and rocky, wooded hills that form the watersheds for Lake…
Grey Foam-nest Tree Frogs
Grey foam-nest Tree Frogs (Chiromantis xerampelina) are called ‘Southern Foam-nest Tree Frogs’ or ‘Foam-nest Frogs’. Their native distribution range is…
