The Baden-Powells born on similar date: Coincidence or convenience?

Talk of ‘undying love’ and, in My Book of Things, the Baden-Powells easily come to mind... Look at it this way... Married in 1912, the couple - Lord Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (‘B-P’: 1857-1941), and his wife Lady Olave (nee Olave Harold Soames: 1889-1977), were born on the same date, February 22, but 32 years apart! Was that a marriage of convenience - or mere coincidence? I don’t know!

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

Mail &Amp; Guardian Online

14 Nov

Tanzania: Marriages of convenience

Tanzania: Marriages of convenience
Mail & Guardian Online
It is 12.30pm and an older woman emerges from her tiny mud house. A younger woman is making some porridge outside. These two women are husband and wife: they are traditionally married and they have children. This practice is called nyumba ntobhu in ...

 

10 years ago

BBC

Congo officials 'similar to rebels'

Abuse and exploitation in government-controlled areas in eastern DR Congo are almost as bad as when they were held by rebels, says UK charity Oxfam.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

05 Nov

Uganda’s coming polls show how similar and yet very different it is from Kenya

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni is to face off with his main opposition challengers Amama Mbabazi and Kizza Besigye in presidential polls next year.

 

5 years ago

Phys.Org

21 Feb

Fossils help identify a lone 'bright spot' in a similar state to coral reefs before human impact

Fossils help identify a lone 'bright spot' in a similar state to coral reefs before human impact  Phys.orgNearly all coral reefs set for collapse by end of century, study finds  New AtlasNew Study: No coral reefs by 2100 | WION News | World News  WIONCoral Reefs Could Be Completely Lost to the Climate Crisis by 2100, New Study Finds  EcoWatchUH scientists say coral reefs may be eliminated by 2100  KHON2 NewsView Full coverage on Google News

 

10 years ago

Dewji Blog

22 Aug

Which month were you born in.?!

 

11 years ago

BBC

The quadruplets born to refugees

The quadruplets born to fleeing refugees in Mauritania

 

9 years ago

BBC

27 Nov

Born in the USA but choosing Ghana

Why African Americans are choosing to live in Ghana

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

06 Nov

Drama as child is born in bus

An ordinary daladala journey from Mwenge to Korogwe Municipal Council in Tanga turned into drama when the vehicle was temporarily turned into a labour ward.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

26 May

TZ Born writer pens a tell-all memoir

Surviving Divorce is a narrative exploration of Nikitia Yona’s own experiences as a foreigner living in a small American town and being the victim of an unjust judicial system. But, as the title implies, Yona’s story is also one of survival. It’s a great story to read but also one that promises life lessons.

 

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