Africa? War, giraffes, corruption, gorillas, AIDS, lions, malaria, crocodiles, poverty, The Great Pyramid of Giza, infant mortality, Mount Kilimanjaro, mass kidnapping of schoolchildren, The Victoria Falls ... but who would automatically think of the joy of dancing, happily moving your body to the music, lost in that music and laughing for that too is Africa...Here we go...
23 November 2025
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Feel the joy!
ReplyDeleteJust what I thought Debra and these days we need more joy.
DeleteAnd this is why hip joints were invented! They sure can move.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful to be young and lithe.
DeleteThese boys can dance, and not half!!
ReplyDelete(But I hope the girls get to dance, too, and aren't limited to carrying heavy loads around on their heads like the one lady towards the end of the first video.)
Although mostly male, there are two young women in that dance troupe.
DeleteLooks like one of my gym classes! Certainly good for the endorphins
ReplyDeleteIs Endorphia a country in its own right or an East African region?
DeleteThe first one seemed to be telling a story, with latter joyous dancing.
ReplyDeleteAsk the lads to make a video of you dancing in your fancy high-rise apartment. Please post it on your blog. Maybe "I Should Be So Lucky".
DeleteWaka Waka- Shakira. Great video.
ReplyDeleteThat'll get you dancing down the boreens Dave!
DeleteThat's what people mean by a joyful noise. Love it.
ReplyDeleteYou and Carlos could make a similar dance video in the garden of your palatial Camden mansion.
DeleteRwanda was a beautiful country when we visited and people were very nice and friendly and welcoming. Every continent has wonderful and terrible things happening at the same time. That's humans.
ReplyDeleteYou are fortunate to have been there Ellen
DeleteThe energy is contagious.
ReplyDeleteI can picture you dancing around your Berkshire mansion.
DeleteWhen we are sold such negative images from such a vast continent its good to be reminded that there is so much to this place.
ReplyDeleteThat is exactly why I published this post Captain Kirt.
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