Just a short note on what people search: “Zoo Augsburg african village” are the most searched words at the moment. It’s quite striking how often this site is visited by people (from countries all over the world!) searching for news about the planned exhibition of Africans in the Zoo in Augsburg, Germany. The news has spread mainly via the internet. Only two newspapers (update 1.6.: now it’s three – no four!) in Germany have been interested in this issue so far. It is widely debated on German language blogs and forums, though.
Here I’ve collected updated news and links:
>> African village in the Zoo: Protest against racist exhibition
>> Bewusster oder unbewusster Rassismus? Proteste gegen “African Village” im Zoo
Most searched words? Where? On the entire Internet?
Not on the entire internet, of course. Most searched words of people visting this website via search engines. During the recent days, the majority of people who visited this website searched for the above mentioned words. I’ve never had so many visitors before.
nterestingly, the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle opened the first part of its “African Village” to coincide with Black History Month in 2001. “The village celebrates African culture and the country’s wildlife…the exhibit will immerse visitors in a representation of a rural village in East Africa. …” reads the press release, which lists appearances by various black artists as well as crafts, African dancing and music, storytelling and puppet performances.