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My dad passed away when I was 12. I heard footsteps walking behind me in the hallway one day and I was happy that my dad “was still with me”. I told my mom and she told me that was not my dad without hesitation. It crushed me, and I was upset at her for years b/c she told me
1. THE CREATION OF AFRICAN COUNTRIES : THE CASE OF ZIMBABWE
A thread...🧵
African countries as we know them today have not always existed since time immemorial but were a deliberate creation of colonisers who were pursuing commercial interests. Africa is a colonial construct.
Zimbabwe's 20-year-old Malone Mukwendel cowrote a book to help health workers spot diseases on black & brown skin to avoid misdiagnoses in patients.
He said “I noticed a lack of teaching about dark skin tones, & how certain symptoms appear differently in those who aren’t white."
1. ZWANGENDABA'S LONG JOURNEY
A short thread...
Mzilikazi, Soshangane & Zwangendaba are the most prominent leaders to emerge out of the Mfecane wars during the reign of King Shaka (Sgidi kaSenzangakhona). Of the three I find Zwangendaba's journey as the most fascinating.
Sphephelo Mabena is a 16 year old boy from my school who created an app that'll reduce the stress of taxi maths👏🏿. It's called 4Local and is available on playstore. It's simple and very easy to use and you have options of being guided in English, Sesotho or IsiZulu.
Just in case you are wondering, A woman's cervix will usually stretch up to 10cm so the baby's head can pass through.
Look at these photos to have an idea of what 10cm looks like.
Then the shoulders follow, then the rest of the body.
Birthing is a miracle.
Remarkable:
More than 155 vaccines against the coronavirus are currently under development and 22 vaccines are in human trials.
Four vaccines are in Phase III, including AstraZeneca/@UniofOxford (Sweden/UK), Sinopharm (China), Sinovac Biotech (China), Murdoch Institute (Aus.)