Thursday, February 2, 2017

An Insight into the Leopard (Panther) by the Bamileke People of Cameroon, Africa (Excerpt of "The Usurper:and Other Stories)

“I wonder why you are still puzzled by the panther or leopard, or whatever name you choose to give to that wise cat. The leopard is the smartest of all the wild cats. You can’t understand it unless you are a natural soul of this area. It is our totem, our pride in the spirit form as natural animals of this world. See how dignified that cat looks. Understand it and you have understood the nature of the world and what it takes to make us natural survivors. People wonder why the leopard is defensive, caring, agile, sly, illusive, solitary and yet strangely aggressive. It developed those attributes because it was forced to learn to survive during the thousands of years that man and other wild beasts hunted it down...



Janvier Tchouteu is the author of “FALLEN HEROES: African Leaders Whose Assassinations Disarrayed the Continent and Benefitted Foreign Interests”

https://amazon.com/dp/1980996695/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_JX6Q26H573RSKG7HT9V6




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