Harambe also known as the Port of Harambe is the fictitious city which serves as the setting for the themed "land", Africa of Disney's Animal Kingdom.
Background[]
History[]
Harambe is a municipal port located in an unidentified county in East Africa, along the Uvumbuzi river which connects to the Indian Ocean. The colony was originally known as Harambe Village with the name Harambe being a Swahili term for communal labour. The main language used by natives in Harambe is that of Swahili though English was also very commonly spoken.
The village was colonized in the year 1420 by imperial Europeans. The primary structure used by these Europeans was Harambe Fort along the Uvumbuzi river. Throughout the 1500s, the village was a major trading-port used for amoral businesses such as ivory, precious metals, spices as human-trafficking in the European slave-trade.
Colonial British groups frequented the port in the 1800s, notably through the Tusker House establishment. Harambe would serve as a base for the company Kilimanjaro Safaris which arranged for safaris through the wilderness surrounding Harambe. In the late 19th/early 20th century, the port was visited by adventurer Trader Sam who accompanied Kilimanjaro Safaris for an elephant-back expedition.
Around the 1930s, the port of Harambe was visited by the colonial Adventure Trading Company which traded totems known as jujus. Prior to the year 1938, a book on Harambe was written by an author named Wilson with the title, "The Harambe Chronicles". At some point in the 19th or 20th century, the port would also host the international adventurers group known as the Wilderness Explorers.
In the year 1961, the people of Harambe revolted against their European colonial overlords. Via this revolution, Harambe gained its independence and celebrated the event by declaring it as "Uhuru 1961" or "Freedom 1961". By the 1990s, the wildlife surrounding Harambe was turned into the Harambe Wildlife Reserve which aimed to preserve Africa's fauna. The Wilderness Explorers and Kilimanjaro Safaris often worked with the reserve to assist in protecting Harambe's wildlife and culture.
Points of interest[]
Assorted[]
- Harambe Wildlife Reserve:
- Pangani Forest:
- Gorilla Falls:
- Sokoni Road:
- Uvumbuzi River:
Old Town[]
Old Town is the district of Harambe which was originally the Harambe Village.
- Dawa Bar:
- Harambe Fruit Market:
- Harambe Railway Station:
- Harambe Theatre:
- Kilimanjaro Safaris base-camp:
- Kusafiri Coffee Shop & Bakery:
- Mombasa Marketplace:
- Tamu Tamu Refreshments: This establishment was made from the remains of the Harambe Fort along the river.
- Tusker House:
- Ziwani Traders:
New Town[]
New Town is a metropolitan urban city district of Harambe. It is located, "Up the road" from old Harambe.
Appearances[]
Adventure Trading Company[]
Harambe was mentioned in the fictitious Daily Gnus newspaper as having been visited by the organization, the Adventure Trading Company. The other locations mentioned alongside Harambe were Mystic Point and the Lost River Delta before the trading company arrived in, "Adventureland" during the 1930s. All of these locations are jungle settings used throughout the Disney Parks to represent different, "Lands".
Africa[]
Old-town Harambe serves as the setting for this themed area of Disney's Animal Kingdom.
Festival of the Lion King[]
Kilimanjaro Safaris[]
Wilderness Explorers[]
Disney Springs Marketplace Co-Op[]
Harambe is mentioned on a flight-board in the market-place co-op of Disney Springs which mentions different locations connecting to the town via airline. Other locations mentioned on the same board including Disney locations, such as Arendelle, Tortuga, Agrabah, Tomorrowland, and Toontown.
Skipper Canteen[]
In the library of the Skipper Canteen is a book titled, "The Harambe Chronicles" by an author named Wilson.
Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar[]
In this bar is a photograph of Sam on an elephant-back safari in Africa around the late 19th/early 20th century with a note that reads, "Embarking from Harambe Village on a Safari". On the elephant carriage of this safari is the logo of the Kilimanjaro Safaris company.
Jungle Cruise[]
A banner referencing The Village of Harambe is present in the queue for Magic Kingdom's Jungle Cruise alongside a banner for fellow Animal Kingdom land The Kingdom of Anandapur, and several others from across Disney Parks.
Trivia[]
- The term, "Harambee" is notably used on the crest of Kenya with said crest resembling the fictional crest of Harambe. The name Harambe also might have been chosen in development due to the song "Harambe (Working Together for Freedom)" by Rita Marley (1946-present), the widow of singer Bob Marley (1945-1981).
- The Uvumbuzi river is named for the Discovery Rivers in Disney's Animal Kingdom as Uvumbuzi is Swahili for, "Discovery".
- Harambe is similar to Diggs County, Anandapur, Discovery Island and the Valley of Mo'ara in all being fictional settings for different lands in Disney's Animal Kingdom.
- Due to Harambe being a coastal municipality where Swahili is a common language, it is likely that Harambe is set in Tanzania, Kenya, or Mozambique.
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