Vol. 78 No. 02 (2023): The South African Dental Journal

The baobabs of Mapungubwe
In the far nothern reaches of South Africa lie the remains of the Kingdom of Mapungubwe, a civilisation that existed in Africa in the 13th century, in amongst the sandstone cliffs, riverine forests and the ubiquitous baobab tree, many of them over 1 000 years old, with their root-like branches and wide girth that dominate this land shrouded in legend.