BOTSWANA LIMERICK

There was a safari guide in Botswana
who disliked being quizzed about fauna.
"I don't mean to be rude,
but there's Huge, Fast, and Food --
so, just three types of beast in Botswana."

ZAMBIA LIMERICK

DAILY PHOTO: Chobe River (w/ Eagle)

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DAILY PHOTO: Elephant in the Grasslands

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DAILY PHOTO: Zebra of Amboseli

DAILY PHOTO: Elephants Take a Swim

DAILY PHOTO: A Tree in the Savanna

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DAILY PHOTO: A Strange Plant Stumbled Upon in the Savanna

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“Fulani Creation Myth” by Anonymous [w/ Audio]

At the beginning there was a huge drop of milk.
Then Doondari came and he created the stone.
Then the stone created iron;
And iron created fire;
And fire created water;
And water created air.
Then Doondari descended the second time.
And he took the five elements
And he shaped them into man.
But man was proud.
Then Doondari created blindness,
and blindness defeated man.
But when blindness became too proud,
Doondari created sleep,
and sleep defeated blindness;
But when sleep became too proud,
Doondari created worry,
and worry defeated sleep;
But when worry became too proud,
Doondari created death,
and death defeated worry.
But then death became too proud,
Doondari descended for the third time,
And he came as Gueno, the eternal one.
And Gueno defeated death.

NOTE: The Fulani (also known as Fula and Fulbe) are a West African herding tribe that live in Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Guinea, and Senegal.

DAILY PHOTO: Zambezi Views