Echoes of the Tree of Life: The Baobab

Integrates natural history (the baobab tree) with slavery, ecology, philosophy, and poetry. For the people who brought the baobab tree to the western hemisphere the trees were "excellent" trees; for the slaves, however, the trees were a conduit of communication. Read more as there is:

Emphasis on growth through learning from the strength of the characteristic-nature of baobab tree.

Learning entrepreneurship and economics by observing the peasants of Africa who find business opportunity using the baobab tree. And finally...

Understanding cultural diversity in the unity of the baobab tree. How? All life forms find themselves couched in the shelter of this one single tree--the baobab tree.