Manemarak is an Afrikaans

Afrikaans

Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape...

 edutainment show about a tiny alien who regularly travels from his far-away planet to study life on earth.

Story

Manemarak, following in the footsteps of his grandfather, travels to and explores the earth. His faithful companion is an artificially intelligent space-ship computer. The computer has knowledge of earth that was recorded by Manemarak's grandfather.

Trivia

Manemerak is an anagram of "kameraman", which means cameraman in Afrikaans

Afrikaans

Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape...

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The little character's spaceship was actually a walnut shell.