On the 3rd of July this year, Nisimulie Africa had an unprecedented opportunity to address an audience of more than 30 on an independently organised event hosted by TEDx Majengo! The audience had the unique opportunity to relive the birth of Nisimulie Africa – incepted right in the midst of the COVID-19 turmoil in a
The Butterfly Effect
On our talk today, we wish to engage a borrowed mathematical and meteorological concept and idea developed by Edward Lorenz in that “something as small as the flutter of a butterfly’s wing can ultimately cause a typhoon halfway around the world.” In literal sense this does not make sense at all. But figuratively, basing this
Grace with Age
On our new Tale of Wonder, we travel halfway across the globe to the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge to meet Wisdom. This Laysan Albatross is not only the world’s known oldest banded bird but also the oldest documented wild bird approximated at 70 years old of age. The story of Wisdom began to unfold
African Giant
A snowy Kibo peak of Mt Kilimanjaro peeking out from the clouds. Standing at a staggering 5895m above the sea level, it is the single highest point on the African continental crust…and what I believe to be the world’s most beautiful highest point of the earth’s continental plates. This photograph, taken early this year (January
Bald and wise
The lappet-faced vulture is one of the most aggressive of African birds. It possesses one of the strongest beaks known to the birding kingdom. It is with this unique ability that the lappet-faced vulture affords to arrive last to a carcass due to its ability to tear off skin, tendons, and ligaments that are too
Small but mighty !
On our recent visit to the Serengeti, we encountered the African Pygmy Falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus). As we were walking off the comfort of our tent into the chilly dewy morning to the mess for an early breakfast, we had a pleasant surprise from this little fella perched on a young commiphora tree right off the