#gorillas
Fascinating Gorillas have a ❤️ of Gold 💛!! #gorillas #GORILLA
AlphaBravoCharlie169,131 views • 2 years ago
AFRICA DOESN'T SHOUT. It Stares Back. Ask Speedy HQ. During an interview by Priscilla Anyabu| SOTD , SHAQ was asked if he’d ever go gorilla trekking in Uganda. His answer was instant: Hell NO. Anything else - fine. #Gorillas? Absolutely not. He laughed, but the joke carried truth. As an African American, Shaq said gorillas have a way of singling him out, especially -presumably, among other tourists. They look him straight in the eye. That look. "How come you’re out there and we’re in here? Where’s your fur?" Shaq is 7-foot-1, used to be fearless on the court, dominant by design - yet even he admitted the raw resonance of an African Gorilla gives pause. Africa has that effect. It doesn’t shout. It stares back. Yet Priscilla -in 2024, was brave enough to visit #Bwindi impenetrable National park and view the Gorillas. Then came a 21-year-old from Cincinnati, Ohio - Darren Jason Watkins Jr. aka Speed⭐️ #AfricanTour . No mythology. No ancestral caution. Just curiosity, courage, and a camera. #ishowspeed didn’t joke his way around Africa. He stepped into it visiting 20 African countries in 28 Days! Phew! From the thunder of Mosi-oa-Tunya - "The Smoke That Thunders" -at #VictoriaFalls, to the living cultures of #Ethiopia, #SouthSudan, #Angola, #Namibia, #Ghana, #Nigeria, #Morocco, and #Egypt, iShowSpeed followed the Rhythm of Africa. Not safari-brochure Africa. Not headline Africa. Real Africa. He drank coffee the Ethiopian way -slow, ceremonial, human. In Addis Ababa, he went back in time. According to the #EthiopianCalendar he was in 2019. He shared injera from one plate. Watched Meskel fires rise not in chaos, but remembrance. Met communities where history isn’t archived -it’s lived. He danced when drums demanded it. Ran when the land dared him. Back-flipped in return. Stood where fear lives - and didn’t blink. He streamed. From Mansa Musa’s crossings to modern explorers chasing wonder instead of gold, Africa has always tested those who enter her heartland. Many hesitate. Some mythologize. A few listen. #ishowspeedAfricatour listened. As his African journey closes today, the continent asks only one thing: GO tell the story. Tell it as you saw it. Felt it. Lived it. Africa didn’t shout. It stared back - and you answered. #Kwaheri #Ahsante Video/Photos: Priscilla Anyabu| SOTD Speedy HQ Wode Maya ®
Patrick Oyulu16,882 views • 5 months ago
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