Here is the video the mentioned earlier that the little African child watched in Little Vera. By itself it is just a cartoon, about Barmaley the nemesis of Dr. Aibolit. Without a larger mass of comparable cartoons, or some other context i.e. Little Vera, it has little to no value in a discussion of the African experience in Russia, despite its outward appearances… or does it…?

Little children! / For nothing in the world / Do not go to Africa / Do not go to Africa for a walk! // In Africa, there are sharks, / In Africa, there are gorillas, / In Africa, there are large / Evil crocodiles / They will bite you, / Beat and offend you – // Don’t you go, children, / to Africa for a walk / In Africa, there is a robber, / In Africa, there is a villain, / In Africa, there is terrible / Bahr-mah-ley! // He runs about Africa / And eats children – / Nasty, vicious, greedy Barmaley!