Tanzania: Shaphii - 'Miaow' Boy Who Wants to Create Jobs for Nation's Youth

Shaphii is a gifted mimic and can imitate a duck and quack like one. He can hiss like a snake, bellow like a cow and bleat like a goat. Most importantly, he can mimic a celebrity and leaders or any other eminent persons in the country.

If he could speak English with American accent, he is sure he could mimic the US President Barack Obama like Obama's identical twin brother. "That's why I want to improve my English, learn some French and even Arabic to widen the scope of my work," he quips.

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