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2 unusual facts about Afrika


Brand Suid-Afrika

This appears to be a reference that many of the older people in South Africa are still clinging to the Apartheid past and that the younger generation does not have an identity of their own but lives in the shadows of the past.

Die Stem van Suid-Afrika

In 1995, Die Stem was sung by a black choir at the Rugby World Cup final match.


.za

None of the official names for South Africa can be abbreviated to ZA, which is an abbreviation of the Cape Dutch Zuid-Afrika.

Eduard Rüppell

During his absence Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar had used specimens sent back by Rüppell to produce the Atlas zu der Reise im nordlichen Afrika (Atlas of Travels in northern Africa) (1826).

Heinrich Leutemann

Some of his drawings include Ankunft Junger Leoparden bei Hagenbeck in Hamburg ("A box of young leopards arrives at Hagenbeck's Animal Show in Hamburg"), Tierkauf in Afrika ("Buying animals in Africa"), Riesenschlangen-Käfig im Zoologischen Garten Hamburg (Giant snakes' cage in the Hamburg Zoo), and Manatees ("Manatees").

Jacobus Capitein

Guus Kuijer, a Dutch author of children's books, wrote a novel about Jacobus Capitein's life called The redder van Afrika ("The savior of Africa").

Mama Africa

Miriam Makeba, a South African singer and civil rights activist also known as "Mama Afrika"

Muti Media

"Faust" was originally recorded for the Handspring/ William Kentridge production of Faustus in Afrika; vocal by Jennifer Ferguson

Peter Hammill

As a former Jesuit chorister, his delivery is usually Received Pronunciation British English — notable exceptions are his Afrikaner accent on "A Motor-bike in Afrika" and his Cockney accent on "Polaroid" — and ranges in tone from peacefully celestial to screaming rants (which are nevertheless highly controlled).

Radio Belgrade

Even Erwin Rommel, the commander of the Afrika Korps admired the song.

Robert Lebeck

Lebeck became well known in 1960 after his report on the independence of the Congo "Afrika im Jahre Null" ("Africa in Year Zero") which included a photograph of an African boy, Ambroise Boimbo, standing beside the steel scabbard of Belgian King Baudouin.

Somewhere in Afrika

Somewhere in Afrika is an album released in 1983 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.

Soukous

They were joined by Papa Wemba and Sam Mangwana, and classics like Afrika Mokili Mobimba made them one of Africa's most prominent bands.


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