BY Rupi Mangat
Above: Giraffes on top of Lukenya Hill. Copyright Rupi Mangat Published: 1 December 2018 We’re on the hill lurking in Nairobi’s south-eastern skyline where ancient humans lived. I’ve always been intrigued by Lukenya Hill, the flat-topped rocky outcrop emerging from the Athi-Kapiti plains. In my mind’s eye, l see our ancestor, the Homo erectus scanning […]
BY Rupi Mangat
The fascinating metropolis of ancient ancestors Above: Mt Olorgesailie decked in cloud and wild flowers – copyright Rupi Mangat 5 May 2018 Published: Saturday magazine Nation newspaper 5 May 2018 I’m alone walking between two ancient volcanoes on sands that have weathered the times and bleached white by the relentless sun with volcanic rubble strewn around. […]
BY Rupi Mangat
Millions of years ago, our ancestors left their calling cards to unravel a world that once was Published: Saturday magazine, Nation newspaper 9 December 2017 We’re in the depths of the Great Rift Valley driving to Olorgesailie prehistoric site 70 kilometers south of Nairobi, the city. The landscape changes from the green of Ngong Hills […]
