Ukama: the interdependence of all that exists

Ukama: the interdependence of all that exists

By Adam Cruise - The Bateleurs Many years ago, while camping in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, I discovered a relatively unknown African philosophical concept that epitomises how we should look at the natural environment. Ukama. I had arrived at a remote camp deep...

The Hidden Social Lives of Male African Elephants

The Hidden Social Lives of Male African Elephants

By Caitlin O'Connell edited by Kate Wong - Scientific American I woke up in the research tower to a soft exhale and then a trickle of water at the waterhole below. The full moon hung low and dim in the west. I squinted at my watch. It was 4 A.M. I wondered which of my...