A nuclear scare, a literary loss, and the birth of a pop sensation.
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A nuclear scare, a literary loss, and the birth of a pop sensation.
Harmless insects are named after nasty dictators, which doesn’t seem to bother zoologists. Botanists, on the other hand, want to banish the offensive word “caffra” from the realm of flora. There is an understandable reason why South Africa has managed to do so, writes correspondent Christian Putsch.