Pentathlon proposal.

I consider this invention in this blog the most basic multisport event. Having participated in biathlon (running & swimming) before, multisport events with "survival" aspects have grown on me so this is what could be the ULTIMATE ATHLETIC EVENT that any able-bodied person could participate in because it requires little to no equipment.

a) Two events in the running in the order 1) 1500 m & 2) 100 m run.

b) Typical Olympic 3) climbing event.

c) Swimming event: 4) 200 m swim & 5) 50 m swim. Both freestyle.

This multisport event could include javelin & be a sextathlon or kickboxing & wrestling (grappling) for a national TV game show version.

The event would be done in the order:

1) 1500 m run

2) 100 m sprint

3) climbing

4) 200 m swim

5) 50 m swim

6) javelin or kickboxing/Olympic wrestling (optional)

Two hour intervals between each event for athletes to rest.

History of the Mpofana by Mthoko M. Mpofana

I'm not very traditional, I'm more straightforward & basic & often disregard cultural nuances so this history of the Mpofana tribe is going to be as direct & concise as possible. Growing up, I grew up knowing that the clan praises or izithakazelo of the Mpofana are "Zulu" & "Ntombela", I never questioned that. What I know now for sure is that there's a lot more that's hidden in history. What I keep seeing being repeated from various sources is that the Mpofana were part of the Amazizi (or AmaTiti) tribe. I now know that in the midlands & perhaps further north, up to the northwestern parts of KZN, they use the greeting "MaZizi okuhlala", perhaps alluding to the fact that the Mpofana as well as other Amazizi tribes were among the original tribes to settle in present-day KZN from 200 AD onwards & the "Dlamini" praise or greeting was used among all Dlamini tribes i. e. the Amahlubi, Amazizi (Mtiti), Hlangwini...

Why "KwaTu"?

We are all "Tu": In many, if not, most of the major indigenous languages in Africa, there's the "tu" suffix or "tu" in the body of the word meaning "a person" (NB: It can be spelt differently depending on accents, in some African languages it's "-du" & others "-tho".). " Tu " may be the best name for Africa collectively. Hausa: Person ~ Mu tu m Igbo: People ~ Ndị mma dụ Swahili: Person or people ~ M tu au wa tu Maybe Tu is too short a word to call a continent so we add the place name prefix "kwa" (meaning at/for) present in Swahili, Kinyarwanda, Zulu & other African languages to make Kwatu or KwaTu .

African Renaissance

• African automotive brands. • African tech. • African diet in 1500 BC. • African invention & innovation. Bowuwazi? Repartition Africa

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