African Story: Why hippo don't have hair..

In this movie Sakhile Dube from Safari And Surf - Wilderness Adventures tell a story that he heard from his grandfather many years ago as a little boy.
In the story he explains why hippos are allowed to spend days in the water, but have to venture out onto land to go grazing..
He explains how the good friendship between Rabbit and Hippo turned sour on one summers afternoon..
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[@auldreekie7768]

I love hearing the stories of the elders and animals.

[@soposh5673]

I'll stick to my own elders

[@daretodream4014]

I love listening to this man speak. He could speak to me in a different language and I'd enjoy it.

[@BlackSeranna]

Right? He has the most beautiful voice!

[@amaravos]

He could read the phone book and it would be great. Also bedtime stories.

[@victoriaeads6126]

You have a good point-I would love to hear these tales in Zulu. If the subtitles were in many languages, well, all the more lovely!!

[@tobiasschumacher8602]

This man just makes me happy, I could listen to him for hours.

[@immutableable]

is it because his voice tone?

[@benking1986]

What a good story teller. I'm from Senegal and I remember stories like this my grandma used to tell me. Thank you Sakhilé

[@andreigeorgescu872]

Can you please make a series of this? Telling african stories, they are so interesting

[@AeolianMusica]

There are collections of these stories: When Lion Could Fly and When Bat was a Bird, and, of course, When Hippo was Hairy…there are probably more. They’re all collected/written by Nick Greaves.

[@guidoferri8683]

Hippo: enters water Aquatic animals: I want to speak to your manager

[@antiHUMANDesigns]

Karen!!!!

[@flintsky7706]

NO MORE HIPPO NO MORE HIPPO

[@Sarah.Riedel]

"He is disturbing all of us...he has a big mouth"

[@lawnerddownunder3461]

Dung beetles: I ain't no snitch!"

[@davidmaclennan5925]

Sakhile! you are absolutely the most beautiful storyteller that I have had the privilege of listening to in many years!

[@gifflarexe5656]

Thank you VERY much for sharing this story!! You are TRULY appreciated!! ❤❤❤

[@victoriaeads6126]

The elders were both clever and observant people. I love these tales!!!

[@christoschristakopoulos1478]

I LOVE THIS STORY. beats tv stories

[@amaravos]

Sakhile dube please keep sharing your ancestor stories. Just like our indigenous creation stories so beautifull. They must be shared so as not to be lost. This also allows us to teach our children such wonderful oral stories.

[@BlackSeranna]

Keep on telling us your stories, and I hope your channel will grow! I grew up reading tales of “Brer Rabbit” as we called him in America. But I must say, you tell it beautifully - and I can feel the ancient history reaching through time to pull at me in your voice. I will keep listening!

[@mgd9151]

Finally a channel that doesn't make me hate the world.

[@echo2893]

I loved this story! You are so good at telling the stories of your elders. I'm looking forward to hearing more of them.

[@iamsecryt]

Thank you for existing!

[@kantorja514]

❤❤❤ ESAS HISTORIAS SON TAN IMPORTANTES PARA INCULCAR EL RESPETO A NUESTROS HERMANOS ANIMALES

[@Shady_Lane]

I could listen to these stories all day. If you made a full audio book of African stories, I would buy it :)

[@straightenyourcrowntarot7598]

I just subscribed to your channel and absolutely adore that story from the elders. Please do more. 🙏💕

[@JourneyToTheTopWithKingMike]

I need to go to Africa. This makes more sense than anything else

[@killkarl8198]

I need someone to make an hours long loop of this man so he can talk me to sleep with that velvet voice.

[@obedan3990]

Not sure about kids... am one of the adult admitted his unique voice put me in a concentration mode👍👍👍👍good story👏👏👏👏😃😃😃😃

[@dabading2860]

I love hippos so much!!!!! I know they could and propably would kill me , but they just look so cute with their giant, grey snoots and their tiny piglet eyes!!!!

[@victoriaeads6126]

The near call and response here is beautiful. Nature and human speaking one to the other.

[@tina5670]

I agree! With telling stories!

[@alexho9927]

He could read to me nonsense and I'd still be mesmerized.

[@neilh9442]

Suni bonani! I need more cultural stores from Mr. Sakli Dube, Guardian of the Zebras.

[@digs1nep]

so the youtube rabbithole ends here, great story and context

[@chasecastellano4530]

Sakhile, I love your channel! Thank you for being such a wise and enlightening presence on this platform, may you have many healthy days.

[@VictorAugustoBR]

Thank you very much, Mr. Sakhile! It's a very clever explanation! I probably would have never thought like this of hippos by myself. And this tale shows us how the animals respect God and vice-versa.

[@borat6363]

Wonderful storytelling. It also easily shares to the children that the hippo is aggressive when you get close (they are embarrassed to be naked). At the same time, the children can learn cultural norms around: 1) clothing (being naked is shameful), 2) work ethic (don't neglect your duties), 3) helping each other (comb your friend's hair), 4) fire is painful, 5) not all animals are nice (rabbit did a bad thing), 6) keep your promises (creator checks) 7) be mindful of your neighbours (fish and frogs protest) All wrapped up into an entertaining story. Traditional stories that survive long like this are very valuable and essential to human life.

[@abdurahmanmohamad2300]

African golden voice

[@KRYoung_dev]

Thank you for teaching us, Mr. Dube! I love that story!

[@NorCalJuggalo420]

I absolutely love how indigenous peoples stories sound similar across the globe. In my people(Yahmonee Maidu from California)creation story all the animals got along and talked to each other in old times as well.

[@brittanymillerry2327]

Maybe a lot of the religions actually are just the same events from different peoples eyes. That’s what I like to think👍🏿

[@KarboneWolfoxide2]

We are all connected by the great spirit

[@andrewbrown6522]

And Amercian Natives also say rabbits are wise.

[@007jerkins]

I love this story - I'll have to play it for my grandchildren (they'll love it as well!).

[@GrumpyTinashe]

Reminds me of my grandfather telling us stories of how different animals behave the way they do and so on and sometimes animals used as an allegory for real life. In Zimbabwean folklore the main protagonists were always the rabbit and the hare (rabbit). Baboon was always slow witted, trusting and the hare mischievous, cunning, fast etc. Story telling was done around a fire and it's how the moral code was passed down using stories of devious animals coming to a terrible end and do on

[@marvellousmeki608]

Hahaha i remember this story from my childhood. Very interesting story

[@tbh5207]

I pray you make more videos Sakhile Dube...God Bless

[@robertotello5589]

this counts as asmr and i love it

[@JIMBO8472]

I liked the story about the Anansi spider trickster.

[@flintsky7706]

Your stories and voice heal my soul.

[@georgesimos4318]

I remember in 1st grade we read a book about the Hippo, it was an African story about a god living on the mountain and the hippo promising not to eat the little fishies and eat only grass. Many decades ago and this video reminded me of that children's book.

[@tiredovhell]

I get mad asmr tingles from your voice lol

[@citizenx4750]

Sonna bonni sir, the african storytelling remind me of my grandmother story telling. Love this

[@SecretPurpleQ]

Thank you for sharing with us this story from your past. Now i will carry it to others as you have.

[@jennifermcmillan9518]

I agree with the others. Please pass on more folklore. It’s fascinating.

[@aandrus2169]

I discovered this channel today and love it so much. Listening now at bedtime to relax. Sakhile's voice is so grounding and relaxing.

[@bravosierra1000]

Siyabonga baba

[@eurodance]

Sakhile thanks for another great story.

[@AeolianMusica]

There’s collections of these stories: When Lion Could Fly, When Bat was a Bird, and, of course, When Hippo was Hairy…there are probably more. They’re all collected/written by Nick Greaves.

[@kobieta3906]

Listening to these stories is fascinating :)

[@blup7418]

Sakhile, just keep it up! love the ancient stories :)

[@dedo2u]

Now the whole world will know that. Thanks for sharing Bro. Love from Egypt ❤️❤️❤️

[@arthurn9237]

MR. DUBE SIR THIS IS THE BEST ☝️👍👍👍 ATLEAST IN MY BOOK FOR INTELLIGENCE AND LEARNING OF THE WAYS OF OTHER CULTURES ESPECIALLY AFRICAN PEOPLES THANK YOU SIR 👁 THANK YOU VERRY MUCH AND LEARNING

[@iontwos]

Its always great to see a new video from you, big love from Kenya

[@Themuffinman1820]

Such a cool story

[@sirpickledlemon]

Wow, i had completely forgotten this story! This is wonderful!

[@WillowTDog]

This is wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing these stories! Tough, I admit, I would listen to you read a phone book with that amazing voice! :)

[@YB12388]

Very interesting , thank you!

[@tillybinkieking7258]

Love listening to these stories! So Fascinating!

[@mban2748]

I'm glad to know this story. Thank you.

[@Msbabs31]

A series of these stories would be amazing. I would love to hear them in your native language with English subtitles so we can hear them the way they are meant to sound. Thank you for sharing!

[@arthurn9237]

TO THIS ☝️👁 MUST AGREE ASWELL TO HEAR THEM AND READ THEM AT THE SAME TIME THAT WOULD B GREAT

[@asherdog9248]

Nice story

[@ajrollo1437]

I like the bird that seems to laugh at appropriate moments during the story. (Is it a bird? It could be a frog. Or a guy choking.....)

[@blackout2801]

Lol

[@maverick2560]

Those are hippo noises.

[@SusanAmberBruce]

Thank you for a great story

[@billbot7661]

Greetings from germany! Thank you for this story! It really helps to understand nature i think.and theres probably more wisdom to it than science could proove currently.

[@frankomunene]

That is the reason here in Africa, in ancient kemet spirituality and science is not separate because spirit is the wave part while science is the concentration of waves into matter. Gagut equation gij,j=0 has proved it

[@arnel2114]

That's a beautiful story.

[@bernieb4355]

You made my day! I love listening to your stories :)

[@VULPESRUBRUS]

Very good story, pls more

[@jspoosener6729]

Wonderful story! More please!

[@darcymiller9308]

I love hearing the elders stories

[@dalton6439]

Love hearing these stories! Respect!

[@spind6917]

Absolutly brillant (and very funny) story 😁

[@JeffTheHippo]

As a hippo I can confirm this is true.

[@lordunbug1592]

^^More of this, please.^^

[@RiverKinn]

i would love to hear some more of these kind of stories from sakhile

[@potatobird52]

I am about 1/8 Tlaxcalteca Mexican, and my great grandmother’s stories are passed down just like this! Thank you for sharing, I really enjoyed this.

[@amaravos]

You should share or write them down. When I traveled on a long drive with my mamá she told me so much of my family history cuentos. Unfortunately we were driving and not able to write or record. This was for days. Now she is older and her memory is not what it was. This was so precious to me. Since I do not know nor does she what gente we come from indigenous. Due to the fact that the Spanish changed our names forbade our history. You are very blessed.

[@unclemusclez]

i see a podcast in your future... and i hear that podcast, in my future

[@volcaniicash6485]

The most amazing video. Wish I had hundreds to watch.

[@SilG.123]

Bro this story is amazing.

[@grim9172]

That’s such a cool story. I love getting the insight into this culture from these videos.

[@adriendm]

This is just amazing. So mesmerising and interesting. Please make more videos. Subbed

[@Strayalongtheway]

Epic Sakhile!

[@elpred0]

awesome

[@alex-yl9ms]

What’s fascinating about this is that when this man tells of how it’s an old Zulu story of how Hippos used to walk on land, the pre cursor species or ancestor of the Hippopotamus called Anthracotheriidae did walk on land! So perhaps this Zulu story has been passed down from generations way back when Anthracotheriidae was still around

[@soniastarmorales8013]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@vvodcod]

That was very sweet, great video as always!

[@andybelcher1767]

What a superb story, thank you so much for sharing.

[@MrSomeone107]

Very captivating story telling! I love it and hope you keep it up!

[@T-inspiredMind]

Cant wait for the next one just watched all of them

[@Spapito]

Great story thank you Brother..Peace..

[@Bigpimping-by6yj]

Amazing story thank you !

[@MrGreg242]

Sakhile what a great story! I felt it was a great way to bridge the knowledge of modern science and our current understanding of hippos with that of your ancestors. Excellent video and excellent editing. Great to see a growth and betterment of your content. 😄

[@tylerthoren9760]

I have been binge watching all of your videos! I friggin' love them!!

[@paigeherrin29]

Great story! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@johnarizona3820]

The heart and mind of the youth today misses this and tries to make their own story but not having learned of good things and bad from beloved elders they go forth unruly and confused and make chaos as they wander into darkness. Such souls become easy prey for the evil hunting them.

[@ImDenny_]

Your voice is amazing dude, too good!

[@brewskimckilgore6796]

sakhile you are a good man for preserving this history. i gotta know, have you written anything?

[@soorajrajesh6540]

Sir. Your voice is great (good bass.&good prenonciation) you will try Hollywood movie dubbing job👍👍👍👍

[@kifflombrotherbrother8123]

cool story bro

[@rubenvanoene]

A like, a comment, and a subscibe for the algorithm. My man, amazing content, lovely voice, wish u all the best!