The Taveta baobab tree that housed a German sniper

A baobab tree. [Courtesy]

The stretch of road from Taveta to Voi is laden with World War I memorial sites.

These range from war cemeteries, an old, decommissioned railway line, bullet-ridden buildings and other structures that bear scars of fire exchange between British and German forces.

Then there is a baobab tree. At first glance, nothing seems extraordinary about the tree that is a few kilometres from Taveta town. It is not the only such tree in this semi-arid...