My Story

Afrika

I was taken to Ngamba Island when I was only five years old in 2008, I’m now a mother. My name is Afrika and I am 13 years old now and mother to the adorable baby boy, Survivor who is famously known as ‘Afrika’s son’.

If you had told me in 2008 that in 2015 I would be a mother, I would have said, get out of here but I am. That’s how life changed for me at Ngamba Island.

I was confiscated from Kashoya, Kitomi Forest Reserve and taken to Ngamba on 18^th June 2008 where I found a wonderful Chimp female Billi, who adopted me and raised me like her own daughter. I don’t know who my mother was nor do I know who my father was that’s why when I think of the privilege Survivor has, I sometimes envy him.

H e knows his mother and father but most importantly he was born in a place where they understand our kind. In Kashoya, Katomi forest reserve where I was found, nobody cared about Chimpanzee welfare least our existence.

I just can’t wait to introduce him to my adoptive mother who will be his grandmother and the rest of the Chimp family and his father. He has a half full family this one, but it’s better than being an orphan.

If you are interested in knowing more about my family find us at Ngamba Island.

1000 Pant Hoots

Afrika.