I thought Chimps are the same as Gorillas in uganda

by Tibanyendera Andrew (Uganda)

I didn't expect to find Uganda

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Tracking Gorillas in bwindi when i was young. we used to sing songs referring to Gorillas as bad animals. the song goes like " Kiliyo kokomango, kiliyo rosemary, tukaba tulisinze nituzanisa obuchenche, obwangye bwanyebwayo nagalukayo kubwenda, ekikyuchuchu kyanshagyo nantwala owacho nabaa mukazi wacho kiliyo kokomango x2" Literally meaning when we were grazing in the bush while playing stick games-African games, i forgot mine, so i went back alone to collect them at night.. so when i was there, a gorilla found me there and took me. During our time i couldn't differentiate between a chimp and a gorilla until when i was 28 years when i went and tracked them-mountain gorillas.. in our local language they were called " ekinyamaishwa" or ekichunchu.. I would love to travel often