With the belief for being a “jungle, Africans live with animals, and that make them have pitch-black skin” (Pryor). Furthermore, “Africa is a jungle where men only, as hunters, know how to kill animals for food for their families, and because they live with animals, they talk and dance like them” (Spears). With thick trees, plants, and brush, Disneyland African jungle river adventure highly amplifies the belief that Africa is a jungle. Disneyland attracts millions of people from different parts of the world annually, and the majority of these people who visit Disneyland African jungle river adventure has never been to Africa. By hearing Disney cast member, the skipper of a riverboat cruise, providing humorous narration about Africa using what visitors see within the jungle cruise, those
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The Disneyland jungle cruise paints Africa as “uncivilized” and “animalistic.” The ride features animatronic figures that are dressed in tribal garb and wear ceremonial masks. While some are performing a dance, others are menacingly approaching the riverboat. These supposed cannibals are “threatening” the guests. The environment, cobras, tigers, gorillas, and animatronics climbing trees combined to convey a message of what Africa is believed to represent. Like Disneyland Jungle Cruise, the Tarzan, the series of adventure stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs, described a boy who was raised by apes in the thick jungles of Africa. Tarzan “encouraged Americans to think of the continent as a pristine, primitive setting for exotic beasts” (Zimmerman). All these make the oversimplified view of African. A London merchant, John Locke, who sailed to West Africa in 1561 and kept a fascinating account of his voyage, refers to Africans as “beasts who
The Disneyland jungle cruise paints Africa as “uncivilized” and “animalistic.” The ride features animatronic figures that are dressed in tribal garb and wear ceremonial masks. While some are performing a dance, others are menacingly approaching the riverboat. These supposed cannibals are “threatening” the guests. The environment, cobras, tigers, gorillas, and animatronics climbing trees combined to convey a message of what Africa is believed to represent. Like Disneyland Jungle Cruise, the Tarzan, the series of adventure stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs, described a boy who was raised by apes in the thick jungles of Africa. Tarzan “encouraged Americans to think of the continent as a pristine, primitive setting for exotic beasts” (Zimmerman). All these make the oversimplified view of African. A London merchant, John Locke, who sailed to West Africa in 1561 and kept a fascinating account of his voyage, refers to Africans as “beasts who