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cownchicken

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A clue:

In 2000, he wrote a widely-disseminated piece in Rolling Stone about the origin of the song The Lion Sleeps Tonight, tracing its history from its first recording by Solomon Linda, a penniless Zulu singer, through its adoption by The Weavers, The Tokens, many of the folksingers of the 1960s, and its appropriation by The Walt Disney Company in the movie The Lion King. He reveals that Linda never received any royalties for the song; however, an ensuing courtcase established that 25 percent of the song's past and future royalties should go to Linda's three daughters

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cownchicken

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Another clue:

 

He was born in 1954 in Johannesburg and is a South African author, journalist, documentarist and songwriter of Afrikaner descent. He first rose to prominence as the author of a memoir which, like the bulk of his work, deals with South African society in a historical and contemporary perspective and focuses on racial relations. As a journalist, he has written for major newspapers in South Africa, Great Britain and the USA.

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cownchicken

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ANOTHER CLUE

He grew up in a middle-class and pro-apartheid Afrikaner family in a white suburb of Johannesburg. He has described how, as a teenager, he formed a rock band that associated with black artists and wanted to rebel against the apartheid system. He attended the then Witwatersrand university for a year. To avoid conscription, he moved to Los Angeles in 1977 and worked as a journalist.

Returning to South Africa in the 1980s, he wrote his memoir of growing up in Apartheid-era South Africa in which he explores race relations through prominent murder cases. In addition, he reflects on the history of his family, a prominent Afrikaner clan that migrated to the Cape in the 17th century The book, which became a best-seller, was translated into 11 languages.

He began his journalistic career in 1975, as a reporter for The Star (South Africa). During his stay in the U.S., he served as managing editor for Music Connection (1978), as news editor for LA Weekly (1979), as staff writer for New West Magazine (California) (1981), as senior writer for Los Angeles Herald-Examiner (1984) and as senior editor for Manhattan Magazine (1984). Since then, he has been a freelance writer for various magazines, mainly in the U.S. (e.g. Esquire, Rolling Stone, The Wall Street Journal), Great Britain (e.g. The Spectator and The Sunday Times) and South Africa (e.g. The Star, Time and Noseweek).

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the pooks

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seahorse?

 

Ding

 

I thought this was rather obscure, but never underestimate what others know!

 

From wikipedia:

The male seahorse is equipped with a brood pouch on the ventral, or front-facing, side. When mating, the female seahorse deposits up to 1,500 eggs in the male's pouch. The male carries the eggs for anywhere from 9 to 45 days until they emerge, expelling fully developed, miniature seahorses in the water. Once the seahorse babies are released into the water, the male's role is done and he offers no further care.

 

All yours 7gryph7

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7Gryph7

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seahorse?

 

Ding

 

I thought this was rather obscure, but never underestimate what others know!

 

From wikipedia:

The male seahorse is equipped with a brood pouch on the ventral, or front-facing, side. When mating, the female seahorse deposits up to 1,500 eggs in the male's pouch. The male carries the eggs for anywhere from 9 to 45 days until they emerge, expelling fully developed, miniature seahorses in the water. Once the seahorse babies are released into the water, the male's role is done and he offers no further care.

 

All yours 7gryph7

 

smile.gif thanks.

 

this might be a easy one... what is the oldest known written recipe for?

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