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Our world is full of natural splendours – some so intrinsic in our consciousness that we risk taking them for granted, assuming they are ever-fixed marks, immune to the imprint of time or humanity. Yet, along Africa’s eastern spine lies the Rift, a striking 6 400-kilometre scar that erupted 25 million years ago. It has shaped – and in turn been shaped by – those who live along and traverse its dramatic contours.
Born of volcanic forces, the Rift gave rise to immense geological textures and extraordinary ecological diversity. It reaches from deep pasts into unfolding, still undefined, futures, touching every part of our planet.
For Shem Compion, the camera is his passport. With a naturalist grounding, the curiosity of a scientist and the artistry of a lens, he has explored Africa’s Great Rift Valley since 2002. In this, his eighth publication, Shem brings together decades of pan-African travels to focus his lens on its cultures, wildlife, environments, landscapes and the origins of humanity itself. With many never-before-seen images, The Rift is an opus that seeks to inspire a more creative and conscious engagement with the world we share and the future we shape together.
By turning his lens on both the immensity and detail of this phenomenon, he brings us face to face with the paradox of the Rift: a place torn apart that also serves as a binding fabric. He invites us all to look anew – and with wonder – at something that is simultaneously a geological marvel, the cradle of humankind, a cultural axis and a natural laboratory.
With arresting imagery and diverse voices, this book invites both celebration and reflection. The Rift is a living metaphor, intertwining humanity and nature in an epic discourse.
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This was such a hit for my 6 year old. It actually made him engage and look for animals, and birds.
Die voëls gaan baie makliker erkenbaar wees deur die pragtige fotos in die boek.
Some of the sounds on the app do not play.
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This was such a hit for my 6 year old. It actually made him engage and look for animals, and birds.
Die voëls gaan baie makliker erkenbaar wees deur die pragtige fotos in die boek.
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