Kumbukumbu za ulimwengu (World Archives)
Kumbukumbu za ulimwengu (World Archives)
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Attah Ameh Oboni was an Igala king from Nigeria who ruled in the 1940s and 1950s.
He famously refused to remove his cap (a cultural taboo) to greet Queen Elizabeth II during a colonial-era meeting, leading to conflicts.
Eventually, in 1956, he faced pressure to step down and tragically ended his own life.
He famously refused to remove his cap (a cultural taboo) to greet Queen Elizabeth II during a colonial-era meeting, leading to conflicts.
Eventually, in 1956, he faced pressure to step down and tragically ended his own life.
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At 40, Franz Kafka (1883-1924), who never married and had no children, walked through the park in Berlin when he met a girl who was crying because she had lost her favourite doll. She and Kafka searched for the doll unsuccessfully.
Kafka told her to meet him there the next day and they would come back to look for her.
The next day, when they had not yet found the doll, Kafka gave the girl a letter "written" by the doll saying "please don't cry. I took a trip to see the world. I will write to you about my adventures."
Thus began a story which continued until the end of Kafka's life.
During their meetings, Kafka read the letters of the doll carefully written with adventures and conversations that the girl found adorable.
Finally, Kafka brought back the doll (she bought one) that had returned to Berlin.
"It doesn't look like my doll at all," said the girl.
Kafka handed her another letter in which the doll wrote: "my travels have changed me." the little girl hugged the new doll and brought her happy home.
A year later Kafka died.
Many years later, the now-adult girl found a letter inside the doll. In the tiny letter signed by Kafka it was written:
"Everything you love will probably be lost, but in the end, love will return in another way."
Kafka told her to meet him there the next day and they would come back to look for her.
The next day, when they had not yet found the doll, Kafka gave the girl a letter "written" by the doll saying "please don't cry. I took a trip to see the world. I will write to you about my adventures."
Thus began a story which continued until the end of Kafka's life.
During their meetings, Kafka read the letters of the doll carefully written with adventures and conversations that the girl found adorable.
Finally, Kafka brought back the doll (she bought one) that had returned to Berlin.
"It doesn't look like my doll at all," said the girl.
Kafka handed her another letter in which the doll wrote: "my travels have changed me." the little girl hugged the new doll and brought her happy home.
A year later Kafka died.
Many years later, the now-adult girl found a letter inside the doll. In the tiny letter signed by Kafka it was written:
"Everything you love will probably be lost, but in the end, love will return in another way."
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Amid the horrors of the Siege of Leningrad, when starvation and bombardment gripped the city, one of the most unlikely survival stories belonged not to a soldier or civilian, but to Belle — a hippopotamus at the city’s zoo.
With her pool drained and no way to keep her skin moist, Belle’s hide began to crack and peel, a dangerous condition for an animal that depends on water to survive. Her devoted caretaker, Yevdokia Dashina, refused to give up on her. Every single day, she hauled a 40-liter barrel of water from the frozen Neva River, rubbing Belle’s skin with camphor oil to keep it from drying, even as bombs fell and food grew scarce.
Through this extraordinary care, Belle survived. During air raids, she even found a strange kind of refuge in her empty pool, lying low as explosions shook the city.
In a time defined by suffering and loss, the quiet bond between a zookeeper and her hippo became a powerful symbol — of endurance, compassion, and humanity’s refusal to let life slip away, even in the darkest of days.
With her pool drained and no way to keep her skin moist, Belle’s hide began to crack and peel, a dangerous condition for an animal that depends on water to survive. Her devoted caretaker, Yevdokia Dashina, refused to give up on her. Every single day, she hauled a 40-liter barrel of water from the frozen Neva River, rubbing Belle’s skin with camphor oil to keep it from drying, even as bombs fell and food grew scarce.
Through this extraordinary care, Belle survived. During air raids, she even found a strange kind of refuge in her empty pool, lying low as explosions shook the city.
In a time defined by suffering and loss, the quiet bond between a zookeeper and her hippo became a powerful symbol — of endurance, compassion, and humanity’s refusal to let life slip away, even in the darkest of days.
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