The Jack Hanna safari book contains pictures of Jack Hanna's safari through Kenya and Uganda. I am not sure who Jack Hanna is, but apparently he has his own TV show. Fama did not recognize the hippos, but she does know about elephants. She saw them on the telly, a film, Tarzan. Elephants are in India. They can break trees. They will pick it up and break it. Also, she will sit there [Fama points to the tusks]. Yes, in the film they did that! Heh! Elephants are strong.
The Old Man knows all the English animal names, as I learned when he overheard me teaching Fama about hippos.
Me: Ko ngabbu. [It's a hippo]
Fama: Heh! Ko ngabbu? [Heh! It's a hippo?]
Old Man: Tomas.
Me: Yes. E dum ko ñiiwa. [And that is an elephant]
Old Man: Lephant.
And Musa knows about cheetahs. He knows the cheetah will run and kill the zebra and chew it. He saw it on someone’s mobile in Camara Kunda
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