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A mattock (/ ˈ m æ t ə k /) is a hand tool used for digging, prying, and chopping. Similar to the pickaxe, it has a long handle and a stout head which combines either a vertical axe blade with a horizontal adze (cutter mattock), or a pick and an adze (pick mattock).
Stompie Seipei Born James Seipei 1974 Parys, South Africa Died 1 January 1989 (aged 14) Soweto, Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa Cause of death Murdered (by Jerry Vusi Richardson) Other names Stompie Moeketsi James Seipei (1974 – 1 January 1989), also known as Stompie Moeketsi or Stompie Sepei, was a teenage United Democratic Front (UDF) activist from Parys ...
On August 18, 1976, a group of five Korean Service Corps (KSC) personnel escorted by a UNC security team consisting of Captain Arthur Bonifas; his South Korean army counterpart, Captain Kim; the platoon leader of the current platoon in the area, First Lieutenant Mark Barrett; and 11 enlisted personnel, both American and South Korean, [4] went into the JSA to prune the tree.
Cowrie-shell divination refers to several distinct forms of divination using cowrie shells that are part of the rituals and religious beliefs of certain religions. Though best-documented in West Africa as well as in Afro-American religions, such as Regla de Ocha, Candomblé, and Umbanda, [1] [2] [3] cowrie-shell divination has also been recorded in India, East Africa, and other regions.
Kelly Ripa opened up about gaining weight after quitting alcohol in 2017. She expected a "windfall of weight loss," but actually gained 12 pounds after she began eating more sugar.
Regarding legal discourse on the wrongful enslavement of Muslims in West Africa, Hall (2018) states: [15] The earliest mention of the issue of the wrongful enslavement of Muslims in a text written in West Africa is in Muhammad ‘Abd al-Karim al-Magili's replies to Askia Muhammad, ruler of the Songhay Empire, written in 1498. In it, al-Magili ...
Taylor Swift couldn't contain her excitement after Travis Kelce and the Chiefs secured their spot in the Super Bowl.. Following Kansas City's win over the Buffalo Bills in a down-to-the-wire ...
The Vai syllabary is a syllabic writing system devised for the Vai language by Momolu Duwalu Bukele of Jondu, in what is now Grand Cape Mount County, Liberia. [1] [2] [3] Bukele is regarded within the Vai community, as well as by most scholars, as the syllabary's inventor and chief promoter when it was first documented in the 1830s.