Next to the word ‘treasury,’ in my Readers Digest Universal Dictionary, it says, ‘A place where treasure is kept or stored.’ That is what the African continent is; and through this lecture series, we shall be visiting some of the greatest storehouses, in countries such as Ivory Coast, Liberia, Cameroon, Nigeria and the Congo. Come with me as we traverse the sub-Saharan regions, marvelling at the wonders in wood.