Harambe the gorilla: Meme, herald of the apocalypse, nationalist icon

This week marks ten years since Harambe the gorilla was shot dead at the Cincinnati Zoo. For those readers who didn’t follow the tragedy the first time around: the 17-year-old silverback was killed by a zoo worker after a three-year-old boy fell into his enclosure. Over the course of around ten minutes, Harambe became agitated by the screams of onlookers, and – after initially showing curiosity – began dragging the boy around his concretehellip; read more raquo;