Name: ↗ by Anbid Zaman
Duration: 3 min 27 s
Description: Progress questioned; direction bends and pauses.

“Echoes of Gombe” tells the story of Jane Goodall, the pioneering primatologist whose groundbreaking research transformed our understanding of chimpanzees and the natural world. From her first steps into the forests of Tanzania, Goodall observed behaviors that challenged scientific assumptions—chimpanzees using tools, hunting, forming complex social bonds, and expressing emotions strikingly similar to humans. The song captures the wonder and intimacy of her discoveries, highlighting the profound connection she formed with the creatures she studied and the lessons about empathy, intelligence, and the shared threads of life that transcend species.

Central to the song’s narrative is the Jane Goodall Institute in Gombe, Tanzania, a hub for conservation, wildlife research, and environmental education. The institute not only protects the forests and wildlife that Goodall dedicated her life to but also empowers local communities and youth through programs like Roots & Shoots. The lyrics celebrate this ongoing legacy, emphasizing her advocacy for habitat preservation, animal welfare, and global awareness. Through evocative imagery and reflective storytelling, the song weaves together the science, passion, and activism that define Goodall’s life’s work.

“Echoes of Gombe” was inspired by the voices, behaviors, and lives of the chimpanzees Goodall studied, as well as the immersive experience of the Tanzanian forest itself. The song’s melodies and lyrics seek to carry listeners into that world, allowing them to witness the intelligence, emotion, and social intricacies of these remarkable animals. By narrating her discoveries in a vivid and lyrical form, the song encourages reflection on our shared kinship with the natural world and the importance of protecting it. Ultimately, it is both a tribute to Jane Goodall’s pioneering spirit and a call to honor the ecosystems and creatures that continue to echo in her footsteps.

Echoes of Gombe [Jane Goodall]

Motion learns its own grammar.
Falling becomes instruction.
Curiosity grows louder than fear.

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Cosmic scale held within human stillness. Silence here isn’t emptiness, but awe—space large enough to hold wonder.

A Brief Silence [Stephen Hawking]

Imagination reaching beyond its time. A mind living slightly ahead of the world, listening to futures others couldn’t yet hear.


Electric Dreams [Nikola Tesla]

Persistence under pressure. Discovery carried forward despite cost, guided by patience and belief in unseen forces.

Elements of Light [Marie Curie]

Brilliance and vulnerability intertwined. A mind of patterns carrying a heart the world couldn’t fully read.

Encrypted Heart [Alan Turing]

Logic touched by imagination. Thought allowed to dream. A reminder that creativity and structure are not opposites.

Poetry in Numbers [Ada Lovelace]

Stillness that alters history. A single choice held firmly, changing the direction of a world.

Quiet Revolution [Rosa Parks]

The inheritance continues. Not a portrait of the past, but a space for whoever listens next.

A Child of Tomorrow [The Next Giant]

A song shaped by decades of attention, where wonder slowly gives way to quiet alarm.
Nothing is dramatized — the weight is passed on through careful noticing.

The Long Witness [David Attenborough]


Progress questioned; direction bends and pauses.


I’m an artist and activist shaped by displacement, resistance, and the stubborn decision to live fully even when the world tries to make that impossible. I was born in Bangladesh and grew into my voice through grassroots queer organizing, where I learned early that courage isn’t something you perform. It’s a daily discipline.

My journey from danger to refuge changed me without erasing where I come from. I now live in Germany, working at the intersections of identity, migration, and liberation — supporting queer people facing violence while navigating the fragile, necessary work of chosen family, safety, and belonging. What guides me is simple and unnegotiable: justice without compromise, solidarity across borders, and the belief that marginalised voices deserve respect, not pity.

My music carries all of this. The sound is built from testimonial storytelling, emotional minimalism, and atmosphere shaped by memory — the quiet of hiding, the noise of protest, the ache of leaving, the strange brightness of surviving. Every track holds both the weight of lived experience and a hope that refuses to disappear.

I build slowly and deliberately.
I KNOW, SLOW GROWS GLOW.

This is not just expression for me.
It’s continuation.
It’s resistance.
It’s a reminder that our stories carry power long before the world learns how to listen.

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Anbid Zaman

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