Celebrate 125 years of the Bronx Zoo with amazing animals from around the world. At our African Plains exhibit, discover mesmerizing wildlife at every turn, including lions, zebras, hyenas, giraffes, and more! | Bronx Zoo

2.1K views · 1K reactions | Embrace spring at the Bronx Zoo! Encounter over 10,000 animals from all around the world, and explore 265 acres of nature bursting with life. | Bronx Zoo | Facebook

The Bronx was a phenomenon long before the world knew it as the birthplace of hip hop. It was a place shaped by the constant flow of cultures from Puerto Rican, Jamaican, African American and Caribbean communities. This mixture created a unique environment where mambo rhythms lived next to soul, funk and early street sound systems. Mambo to hip hop was not a jump but a natural progression born from shared spaces, shared struggles and shared creativity. In the 1970s social and economic pressure p