I saw this coming too. If aspects of the proposed charter undermine the AU's Maputo Protocol, weaken protections4women&girls, reject comprehensive sexuality education, limit reproductive rights&provide a basis4discrimination against LGBTQ+ persons, then 🇿🇦 is right2approach it with extreme caution. This position isn't a rejection of Africa's position but a defence of the democratic compact we, as 🇿🇦 forged through struggle, sacrifice&constitutional negotiation.
Fun fact : The Vuvuzela shares a note with Deep Space Black Holes.
The standard, 65-centimeter plastic vuvuzela emits a very specific, flat monotone note: B-flat (specifically B\flat_3, the first B-flat below middle C).
Coincidentally, in 2003, NASA astronomers analyzing sound waves rippling through the Perseus galaxy cluster discovered that a supermassive black hole was emitting acoustic energy. The pitch of that cosmic sound? A continuous, deeply vibrating B-flat. Essentially, a stadium full of vuvuzelas is the closest earthly equivalent to the acoustic frequency of a black hole.
Oh what a time. Takes me back to the unisex bathroom in high school that had a giant mirror, and Charmonique and I were always rehearsing the choreography in the mornings. Every beat and every chest pump down to the T.