BY Rupi Mangat
Above: A meeting of the elders – the chimps of Gombe National Park – from the Kasakela group Copyright Rupi Mangat Click to watch the chimps of Gombe National Park Published in Saturday magazine Nation newspaper 2 December 2017 The night air is fading as we make our way to the secluded bay on Lake Tanganyika […]
BY Rupi Mangat
The end of the road Published Saturday magazine Nation media 18 November 2017 Superlatives fill the lake as l dive into the dazzling blue warm waters Lake Tanganyika. It is Africa’s longest and deepest lake – a veritable African Great Lake in the Albertine Rift, the western arm of the Great Rift Valley. It […]
BY Rupi Mangat
Part 2 of 2 By the river’s edge Watch the drama Published 14 October 2017 Saturday magazine Nation newspaper Above: Tarangire – land of the giants – centuries-old baobab tree and elephant Copyright Rupi It’s stark dry – August at the height of the dry season. Tall and golden, the sun-bleached grass shimmers under the […]
BY Rupi Mangat
For the chimpanzees (sokwe mtu in Kiswahili) Published The East African Nation media 16-22 September 2017 Above: Playful young chimpanzee in Gombe National Park on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. Copyright Rupi Mangat When l heard Dr Jane Goodall talk in Nairobi about her ground-breaking pioneering chimpanzee research in Gombe it became my mission to get […]
