Williamson Diamonds Mine; Mwadui

Admin Office & Main Gate

The Administration Building 1956 & if you run the curser over it to see it fifty years on

The Askari's performing the sunset flag lowering ceromony at the Head Office Administration House.

My younger brother Peter Hide with an Askari at the Head Office

Run the curser over the photo to see the main gate to the Mwadui mine complex in the fifty's.

The Baobab tree has large whitish flowers which open at night. The fruit, which grows up to a foot long, contains tartaric acid and vitamin C and can either be sucked, or soaked in water to make a refreshing drink.

They can also be roasted and ground up to make a coffee-like drink. The fruit is not the only part of the Baobab that can be used. The bark is pounded to make rope, mats, baskets, paper and cloth; the leaves can be boiled and eaten, and glue can be made from the pollen.

Uses

Fibre from the bark is used to make rope, baskets, cloth, musical instrument strings, and waterproof hats. While stripping the bark from the lower trunk of most trees usually leads to their death, baobabs not only survive this common practice, but they regenerate new bark.

Fresh baobab leaves provide an edible vegetable similar to spinach which is also used medicinally to treat kidney and bladder disease, asthma, insect bites, and several other maladies. The tasty and nutritious fruits and seeds of several species are sought after, while pollen from the baobabs is mixed with water to make glue.

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