Like the untainted waters of a languishing African river in no hurry to find the ocean...

I found this piece of text in a description of the South African punk band, 'éVOID' who put a characteristic mark on the 1980ties of South Africa (and redid it a tiny bit):

...to flow like the untainted waters of a languishing African river in no hurry to find the ocean, where you will only merge with many other rivers and lose your distinct and evocative individuality.

I think the metaphor is one of the better.

You know that gravity will lead the river to the end eventually - as well are our lives put together by momentums - that is if you live according to the expat existentialism. 

In my case gravity took me from my Tanzanian momentum to another in Europe, where it is a huge challenge not to go mainstream.

Soundtracks:

'Shadows'

'Taximan'

and The Kwela Walk: