When Bob and I lived in the redwood forests of CA, we planted a bamboo forest under the redwoods and used the four varieties of bamboo in the creation of Bob’s sculpture as well as our lamps. I even used the small twigs from the black bamboo to make earrings and brooches. I’m delighted that these enterprising entrepreneurs in Ghana have found such novel uses for it and are giving jobs to 40 locals as well. Click on the URL below to see the video.
https://www.greatbigstory.com/stories/dangote-afrocentric-bamboo
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
That is one cool guy. 😀
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I know. With the creativity to make something from nothing. Love that. Or I should say from the items at hannd.
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What an amazing use of bamboo!
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I know. Love it.
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I love stories of the African people bettering their communities with such creativity!
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My boyfriend is a Ghanaian engineer and this doesn’t surprise me at all- the amount of talent in Ghana is immense! They can build cars out of wood among other bouts of genius!! Amazing video!
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