“One-girl chorus line. Amazing what a mirror can do for one girl... Showing off her finery is Kouvate Kankow of the African Ballet; which opens at the Royal Alexandra tonight. Dancers come from the republic of Guinea; most of them speak French.”
Each morning as the little ones scuttle out of the tree hole and off to school, she stands on the tree, waving a happy claw and promising to be there upon their return home.
Tree Hole Crab (Globonautes macropus)
Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone
Status: Endangered
Threats: Deforestation, habitat loss
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This smiling and waving crab just seemed like a page from a children’s book. I don’t actually know what baby Globonautes do in real life, but I suppose in this picture book they scuttle home happily to their tree hole home after an exciting day in the West African rainforest.
AEW Has A Major Platform For Me To Express Myself And Show People My Culture
Queen Aminata is proud to be the first African born woman to be signed to a big wrestling promotion.
After working a plethora of matches for the promotion over the years, Queen Aminata officially inked a deal with AEW in February 2024. Aminata has capitalized on the momentum quickly, as she is set to face Billie Starkz in a match for the new ROH Women's World TV Championship at ROH Supercard Of Honor in April.
Speaking to the AEW Unrestricted podcast for a new interview, Aminata reflected on being the first African-born woman to ever sign a contract with a major wrestling promotion.
"Coming from Guinea, I wouldn’t say there’s nothing special about it but there’s so much more because people from here don’t know Guinea. They know Africa, but it’s like, Africa, you know what I mean? I just wanted to give them something that they don’t know, tell them a story without talking to them that is showing them, hey this is where I’m from, but this is what you get.
Especially with being signed, this is a bigger company that has a major platform for me, so what better way for me to just express myself and show people my culture, my accent, and how proud I am to walk in there with my cape.
It’s funny sometimes because some fans will be like, ‘Oh my god, that’s just a fake accent, are you really from Africa?’ I’m like, ‘Yes honey, I was born and raised in Africa. I still go back.’
I just had bigger dreams than I could realize in Africa, so I just took a chance on myself and I gave it my all. I feel like I have two homes now, I have the USA and I have Africa. I’m happy to be here, at the same time I miss home. I’m so thankful for everything I’m building here and I know there is many more to come."