Yeah, you eadd right! Yesterday, March 15, a Zimbabwean human rights lawyer & General Secretary, World YWCA, Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda was at a hotel reception in the U.S when a man asked her the ignorant questions.
For over twenty years, Mrs Gumbonzvanda (pictured with Hollywood actress, Ashley Judd) has been working on issues of women and children's human rights with a special focus on crisis countries. After the cut is what she shared on her Facebook page...
"Okay, I was taken aback and am kind of angry and sad at ignorance, but more so at the perception of Africa. I was collecting my keys at the hotel reception and this guys said, aaah, you are from Africa, from Zimbabwe right? I said yes. He was holding my passport.
Then he went on to say with true conviction "wow, how do you live with giraffes and the lions? Are you not afraid to just kind of wake up and see a lion staring at you?"
I looked at him, and said no am not afraid. we are all part of nature.
I am still nursing some sad feeling about how many people in this United States of America do not really know about Africa and have warped ideas. Or its maybe only this single guy. Ummm"
Shee na question be dat?
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Dumb ass question I wouldn't even answer him if it was me!
DeleteWhat a dumb question to ask, that shows his level of ignorance and insensitivity.
DeleteTrust me that question wasn't out of ignorance, I would not answer such dumb question...silence, they say, is the best answer for a fool
DeleteN dey travelled down to Africa to steal lion n monkey in our reserve .pity those who adopt the white culture .
DeleteHalf of them don't even know Africa is a continent. When they tell them to school they won't hear. 70% of Americans haven't been to college. That's why Michele was so excited about that go to college video.
DeleteThe guy is just an illiterate, would have told him that to his face sha
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That question should be reversed
DeleteWe dont live with them
ReplyDeleteNice reply madam...single story of Africa..you would have asked her that you keep wondering how they manage to avoid serial killers in their hotel
DeleteHahahaha what a dumb question
ReplyDeleteSmh too bad some people are just mentally impoverished.
ReplyDeleteDumb fuck whites! Ignorance at its peak..
ReplyDeleteThey must really think we ve animals everywhere on the street..
Senseless fellows
How did you know he's white ?
DeleteMy dear, many whites a re so dumb it will require Jesus dying on the cross again to save them
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Irony of this statement is that you're using all their technological advancement.. What have smart Nigerians produced? Invented? You're even writing in their language
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DeleteWhites r dumb I've lived with them. D most intelligent r Asians especially Chinese/Koreans followed by Africans. Whites r olodos wn they r solving problems in class their face will be shining blood red. D only diff is their desire to develop invent n progress without being corrupt. But odr races r so corrupt n backward in they way they reason, let's not forget excessively spiritual too always blaming everything to chance
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May God bless the white clown that ask this there is noting ignorant about the question because they know that Africa is dead and they are in bondage and blind all together talkless of Zimbabwe a place of old selfish useless walking dead president so living with giraffs and lions shows that they are embecilic and yoruba and terrorist master buhari.
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Lmaooooo don't know what to say to you .. Buhari and Yoruba don suffer for your hand ..you must add them everywhere lmao
Delete@bamislam or whatever ur father called u...u r just that foolish African meant to be in India ....i don't care to know where you r from but please stop including Yoruba to your comments because a Yoruba illiterate is beta than the generations of educated people in your family .its too clear u sleep with gorillas.. Idiot
DeleteYou are such an idiot....God what is this, you vomit garbage from your mouth always. Are you that dumb?
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ReplyDeleteNot his fault..he licked too many ice cream when he was young and his brain is FROZEN
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ReplyDeleteThe guy just placed a bet, he knew Africans aint living with animals ...he is a bloody racist.
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That's a very lame and ignorant individual.
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ReplyDeleteHmm... Americans with their mentality
ReplyDeleteBrilliant questions, meaning say Africa are in the same level with the animals,
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This is so funny.
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ReplyDeleteShe should have said "aaah, you are from north America, from USA right?". Then went on to say with true conviction "wow, how do you live with all the idiots? Are you not afraid to just kind of wake up and see an idiot staring at you?"
ReplyDeleteLinda gud morning d man is high.....
ReplyDeleteWe shouldn't blame the poor guy. I worked with an American firm and my MANAGER once told me that the only thing they teach them about Africa in their country is only that "Africa is the Dark Continent" and is riddled with disease and all other bad stuff.
ReplyDeleteHe said that it's rather unfortunate that only those who are privileged to travel out and visit Africa that ever get to know the truth and appreciate Africa as a great continent.
Until they get Educated we just have to keep up bearing their Ignorance
Lol
ReplyDeleteHe is right cos the kevel of hardship, starvation, hunger, greedy & wickedness our leaders is subjecting us in Africa is worst rhan living with giraffe & lions.
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If it's an African saying that to a westerner, we say it's illiteracy. Who is the illiterate in this case?
ReplyDeleteAt this modern day and age, someone is asking such a dumb question. Is he saying he can't browse the internet? Google has made life easier for us, he should just ask google some few questions abt Africa and everything comes out.
ReplyDeleteIgnorance is a disease
These Americans though. Wish I could take Africa to them to see but they would have to be the ones to come see themselves.
ReplyDeleteWe, on the other hand, stalk their destiny. It is well.
These Americans though. Wish I could take Africa to them to see but they would have to be the ones to come see themselves.
ReplyDeleteWe, on the other hand, stalk their destiny. It is well.
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The level of ignorance of the average American, especially the millennials is shocking. Majority of them think Africa is a country and do not even know who George Washington is
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They don't care about us! Michael said it a long time ago. Yet I do not blame the poor dude at all cos it all depends on the perception and teaching he derived from school. It could as well might have been a pretense just to spite the woman and create a scene.
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She answered the question well sef..
ReplyDeleteI don't think She responded well.
ReplyDeleteI bet she was short of asking her the preposterous question, how do you live with ur ape cousins?
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ReplyDeleteThis is just a simple question,I don't see this as a crime. Perhaps,they did not know. . . you only needed to explain it to them in a simple and clear terms.
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ReplyDeleteWhat kind of dumb question is that for heaven's sake?
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ReplyDeleteTheir ignorance is by choice, they only want to see or know things abt them but someday they will definitely know that Africa is not as primitive as the y imagined.
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ReplyDeleteYOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD HIM THAT YOU ARE LIKELY GOING TO DIE OF GUNSHOT IN AMERICA THAN BEING MAULED BY LIONS.
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ReplyDeleteThe woman's response is the reason they still ask such questions. She didnt say anything to deny that we walk freely amongst wild animals. Instead she said " we are all part of nature" which will only further butress the idea in his head.
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ReplyDeleteShe should have directed the question to the giraffe in the White House.
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No a lot of them honestly are that ignorant. And she kind of accepted that Africans live amongst aminals by saying we embrace nature. I watched one african actress description of Kenyan were she was from. And all she could say was giraffes on the street and all.. The whites have a large number of ignorant people. However instead of our leaders going to drop of their stolen wealth there they should sponsor global programs to showcase Africa and its beauty.
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ReplyDeleteLol,I visited my Aunt in the U.S. and her friend asked how many hours the flight took.I replied her and the next thing she asked me was "Do you speak English?" Lmao,sicko.My Aunt was so mad.The woman is Black American.I didn't even get pissed cos this crazy person asked a question and I replied her in the same English o.Most of them are ignorant,the rest are just plain crazy.
ReplyDelete@ onyx, you can go back to the drawing board, first civilization came from Africa, trust me and do more research. Yeah, we speak their language only because it's the world's lingua franca but even the numbers and alphabets all came from Africa, food for thought.
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