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Oct 03, 1971
52 min
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Baobab: Portrait of a Tree (1971)

Looks at the baobab trees that grow in the dry bush country of Africa and shows the ecosystem created by them.

David Attenborough

Narrator (voice)

Lionel Ngakane

Legend Storyteller (voice)

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Baobab: Portrait of a Tree (1971)

David Attenborough

Lionel Ngakane