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On a moonless night under a dark sky, two interesting “clouds” can be seen to the south, one cloud much larger and brighter than the other. These are the Magellanic Clouds, or the “Cape Clouds”, and are actually entire galaxies, thousands of light years away.
The Xhosa people have four names for Venus: Ikhwezi (when Venus is observed in the morning in the east), Ikhwezil lesibini ( the ‘second Venus’, during the day) and in the early evening is called by two names, u Madingeni (an appointment star) and u Cel’izapholo (Venus seen as begging for milk).
1 sty 2021 · Modjadji, or Queen of the Rain is the ancestral queen of the Balobedu people of the Limpopo Province of South Africa. The succession to the Rain Queen role is matrilineal, so her elder daughter is the heir, and males are not entitled to inherit the throne at all.
11 wrz 2017 · From breathtaking sunsets, sunrises, rainbows and thunderclouds, to enchanting full moons and highways of stars – Africa truly has the most magical skies. A canvas silhouetting the wildlife walking home after a long day, the African skies exhibit a wonderful phenomenon.
16 mar 2011 · David Livingstone “discovers” Lake Nyasa. 16 September 1859. Born in Scotland in 1813, Livingston was a renowned explorer, doctor and missionary. Of course, he is most remembered for his exploits as an explorer.
22 sty 2024 · The song opens with a vivid imagery of Joseph, a character whose origins lie under the vast African skies, painted across the backdrop of the Southern Hemisphere’s constellations. It’s a poetic expression of the birthplace of rhythm, a nod to the idea that all music finds its genesis in Africa’s beating heart—the cradle of humankind and ...
The Fall of the Central African Lakes: Lake Nyasa. THE enclosed photograph shows the marks on the rock at Monkey bay, on the west side of Lake Nyasa, placed there by the captains of the various steamers plying upon the lake, and indicating the water-level at different dates during
