Since childhood, Loveness Bhitoni has collected fruit from the gigantic baobab trees surrounding her homestead in Zimbabwe to add variety to the family’s staple corn and millet diet. The 50-year ...

T Temi Iwalaiye Clothes in Africa were not for decency. They were meant to show status or the type of ceremony happening. Why ancient Africans were naked 1. Hot weather ...

Ancient tools used to make clothing found in Moroccan cave The tools made of bone give researchers new insight into the developing culture of early human ancestors in North Africa.

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The African Baobab Alliance, with members across the continent’s baobab producing countries, projects that more than 1 million rural African women could reap economic benefits from the fruit ...

An ancient African tree is providing a new ‘superfood’ yet local harvesters are barely surviving The sun sets behind a baobab tree, known as the tree of life, in Mudzi, Zimbabwe, Thursday, Aug ...

An ancient African tree is providing a new 'superfood' yet local harvesters are barely surviving Loveness Bhitoni picks up fallen baobab fruit under a baobab tree in Mudzi, Zimbabwe, Thursday, Aug ...

The baobab tree is known as the “tree of life” and its fruit is feeding a growing global market for natural food and beauty products.

The baobab trade, which took root in her area in 2018, would previously supplement things like children's school fees and clothing for locals of the small town of Kotwa in northeastern Zimbabwe ...

An ancient African tree is providing a new ‘superfood’ but local harvesters are barely surviving The sun sets behind a baobab tree, known as the tree of life, in Mudzi, Zimbabwe, Thursday, Aug. 22, ...

An ancient African tree is providing a new 'superfood' yet local harvesters are barely surviving The baobab tree is known as the “tree of life,” and its fruit is feeding a growing global ...