Year2 Assignment2: finding out what to research

Amarula is produced using the fruit from the Marula tree because of this i have looked up (on wikipidia) more about the plant to find where it grows and hopefully give me some idea cultural groups or art movements which I can align myself with.

The Marula (Sclerocarya birrea) (Greek σκληρός skleros hard, καρυά karya walnut in reference to the stone inside the fleshy drupe) is a medium-sized dioecious tree, indigenous to the miombo woodlands of Southern Africa and the Sudano-Sahelian range of West Africa. The tree is a single stemmed tree with a wide spreading crown. It is characterised by a grey mottled bark. The tree grows up to 18m tall mostly in low altitudes and open woodlands. The fruits are used in the liqueur Amarula. The distribution of this species throughout Africa has followed the Bantuin their migrations, as it has been an important item in their diet since time immemorial.

the wikipedia page for Miombo Woodland shows that they are located in the following 4 major places

• Angolan Miombo woodlands (Angola)
• Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands (Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia)
• Eastern Miombo woodlands (Mozambique, Tanzania)
• Southern Miombo woodlands (Malawi, Mozambique, southern Zambia, Zimbabwe)

I will look at art and culture from the above location as well as the Bantu people. I also want to look up folk stories and legends from these countries to see if there is anything which could inspire my advert.