#zambezi — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #zambezi, aggregated by home.social.
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Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe – UNESCO World Heritage Site
#UNESCO #PatrimonioMundial #WorldHeritage #Welterbe #Philately #Filatelia #Sellos #Stamps #Timbres #Philatelie #Briefmarken #UNESCOWorldHeritage #MosiOaTunya #VictoriaFalls #Livingstone #Zambezi #VictoriaFallsNationalPark #MosiOaTunyaNationalPark -
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Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe – UNESCO World Heritage Site
#UNESCO #PatrimonioMundial #WorldHeritage #Welterbe #Philately #Filatelia #Sellos #Stamps #Timbres #Philatelie #Briefmarken #UNESCOWorldHeritage #MosiOaTunya #VictoriaFalls #Livingstone #Zambezi #VictoriaFallsNationalPark #MosiOaTunyaNationalPark -
#Fossil hunter discovers new species of 210-million-year-old lungfish https://phys.org/news/2024-08-fossil-hunter-species-million-year.html
A new #lungfish from the Upper #Triassic of the Mid-#Zambezi Basin, #Zimbabwe https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2024.2365391
This is a time in history when the rise of the #dinosaurs was starting, and bony #fish were diversifying.
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A new General Knowledge Quiz has just been posted on our website!
https://youknowwhatblog.com/quizzes/general-knowledge-quiz-61/#victoriafalls #zambezi #zambia #zimbabwe #nature #geography #natural #falls #river #landscape #photography #quiz #trivia #nowplaying #currentaffairsquiz #africa #southafrica #rivers #beautiful #adventure #safari #african #quiznight #quizinstagram #quizmaster #quizzing #quizknock #quiznos #quizas #quizgame
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Nigerian Explorer Discovers Lake in Leicester, UK and Challenges Colonial Narratives
In a bold move to challenge colonial narratives that have long claimed the discovery of African landmarks, a Nigerian man living in the United Kingdom has discovered a new lake in Leicester, East Midlands, and named it Iyi Ojemba.
Mazi Uba Acho, a native of Igbo Naton in West Africa, posted on #Facebook about his discovery, highlighting the absurdity of the colonialist mindset that sought to claim discovery of places already known to local communities. He cited examples of Mungo Park's claim to discovering the River #Niger in #Nigeria and David Livingstone's claim to discovering the #Zambezi River and Victoria Falls in #Zambia and #Zimbabwe.
By discovering and naming the new lake in Leicester, Mazi Uba Acho is taking a stand against the erasure of African knowledge and history. He urges others to put it on record, teach it to their children, and take pride in their heritage.
This act of reverse colonialism serves as a powerful reminder that knowledge and discovery are not exclusive to any one race or culture, and that we must celebrate and value the contributions of all communities. It is a call to action for Africans to take pride in their history, knowledge, and heritage, and to challenge the narratives that seek to erase them.
#unitedstatesofafrica #Colonialism #FunnyAndSad #Africa #England #Europe #Explorers -
Nigerian Explorer Discovers Lake in Leicester, UK and Challenges Colonial Narratives
In a bold move to challenge colonial narratives that have long claimed the discovery of African landmarks, a Nigerian man living in the United Kingdom has discovered a new lake in Leicester, East Midlands, and named it Iyi Ojemba.
Mazi Uba Acho, a native of Igbo Naton in West Africa, posted on #Facebook about his discovery, highlighting the absurdity of the colonialist mindset that sought to claim discovery of places already known to local communities. He cited examples of Mungo Park's claim to discovering the River #Niger in #Nigeria and David Livingstone's claim to discovering the #Zambezi River and Victoria Falls in #Zambia and #Zimbabwe.
By discovering and naming the new lake in Leicester, Mazi Uba Acho is taking a stand against the erasure of African knowledge and history. He urges others to put it on record, teach it to their children, and take pride in their heritage.
This act of reverse colonialism serves as a powerful reminder that knowledge and discovery are not exclusive to any one race or culture, and that we must celebrate and value the contributions of all communities. It is a call to action for Africans to take pride in their history, knowledge, and heritage, and to challenge the narratives that seek to erase them.
#unitedstatesofafrica #Colonialism #FunnyAndSad #Africa #England #Europe #Explorers -
Southern #Africa is one of the most important places in the world for understanding the #Permian, the period that ended with the largest #MassExtinction in #Earth's history. The valleys of the #Luangwa and #Zambezi in #Zambia 🇿🇲 are particularly rich in Permian fossils, including this #gorgonopsian on display at the #UniversityOfWashington's #BurkeMuseum. These impressive animals are #therapsids, close relatives of mammals and perhaps the first #sabertooths.
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Many of the oldest #fossils from the countries of the #Zambezi Basin come from #Namibia 🇳🇦, so we're returning there this week to meet the #Carboniferous #fish Namaichthys schroederi. It was an early member of a group with a bright future: the #Actinopterygii, or ray-finned #fishes, which, since Namaichthys swam the #Namibian seas 300 million years, has #evolved into by far the most diverse group of #vertebrates.
Figures from Gardiner 1962
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I'm excited beyond words to be able to be one of the leaders of the #Gonzaga in #Chimfunshi study abroad course in #Zambia 🇿🇲 this summer, and in honor of the region and its #paleontological #heritage, my #FossilFriday posts for the next few months are going to feature #fossils from the countries of the #Zambezi Basin: #Angola 🇦🇴 , #Botswana 🇧🇼 , #Malawi 🇲🇼 , #Mozambique 🇲🇿 , #Namibia 🇳🇦 , #Tanzania 🇹🇿 , #Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 , and, of course, Zambia. The first post is forthcoming, and suggestions are welcome!