The Anglican Cathedral of St Mary & All Saints, Harare, Zimbabwe. Designed by Sir Herbert Baker, then Africa’s leading architect, this sandstone building is on the corner of Nelson Mandela Avenue and Second Street. Building commenced in 1913 and took 50 years to completion.

There is a fine ring of ten bells and until Nolbert Kunonga ‘occupied’ the site they were rung regularly. Originally it was planned to have a cylindrical style tower in deference to the conical tower at Great Zimbabwe, sadly this never happened.

The interior is sombre with solid granite columns, relieved by cartoon-like murals of stations of the cross. Unfortunately Nolbert Kunonga ordered the destruction of wall memorials from the old colonial era and the place is now in a bit of a mess under his forced tenure. Hopefully before long Bishop Bakare will be able to regain possession of his cathedra and the diocese of Harare its mother church.

Lake Malawi at its finest.  40% of the world's freshwater tropical fish and much food (mostly the delicacy, a fish called Chambo ) for Malawi come from this vast inland lake.  It was first formed 40,000 years ago in the Great Rift Valley of Africa.  It is 360 miles long, between 25 and 40 miles wide and 2,300 feet at its deepest. David Livingstone the explorer was the first westerner to see it in 1859.  When he asked locals what it was called they replied Nyasa which means ‘Lake'.  Livingstone misunderstood them and so for a century it was called Lake Nyasa ‘Lake Lake!'.

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