Transcript Monday Feb. 4

Tues Feb. 16
FUN FACT: Dr.
Christiaan Barnard
performed the world's
first human heart
transplant operation in
Cape Town in 1967.
Wednesday Feb. 17
FUN FACT: Some of the
world’s oldest human
fossils have been found in
Kenya.
Thursday Feb. 18
 FUN FACT: Kenya’s national
motto, Harambee!, was
introduced by the country’s first
president, Jomo Kenyatta. It
means “Let’s pull together!”
Kenyans use the word harambee
when people help one another.
Friday Feb. 19
FUN FACT: Almost half
of the people in Congo
are younger than 15.
Monday Feb. 22
Ethiopia, the oldest
independent nation
in Africa, was
known anciently as
Abyssinia.
Tuesday Feb. 23
In Zimbabwe, A
protruding stomach is
admired in a man
because it means he
can afford to eat meat
every day.
Wed. Feb. 24
Mauritania was the last
country in the Sahara
region to abolish
slavery (1980).
Thurs. Feb. 25
 In the DRC, a second rainy season in
late February or early March is called
the “mango rains” because it allows
growing mangoes to fatten before the
harvest, and storms knock many
ripening mangoes from the trees
Friday Feb. 26
Tanzania's name was
created when its
mainland, Tanganyika,
and main island, Zanzibar,
united in 1964.