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Curious About the Unique Flag of the Country We'll Be Reading in May?
Before 1980, Zimbabwe was alternately known as Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia & Zimbabwe Rhodesia before becoming the Republic of Zimbabwe as it's known today (after the historical stone structures called "Great Zimbabwe", the largest in Africa after the pyramids of Egypt). And this flag was adopted.
- The red stripes represent the blood shed for independence.
- The yellow stripes represent the country's mineral wealth.
- The green stripes symbolize Zimbabwe's agriculture & land.
- The black stripe represents the African people.
- The bird is a national symbol & represents a soapstone statuette of the bird found at the Great Zimbabwe archaeological site.
- The red star behind the bird represents socialism.
- The white triangle behind the red star stands for peace.
A Reader's Best Friend—the Library Browser Extension
This is the most magical piece of technology for library lovers out there—a FREE browser extension that checks to see whether a book you are perusing online is available via your library as a hard copy, ebook, or audiobook called Library Extension. And it works for multiple libraries at one time in case you have borrowing privileges at more than one library!
You simply install the extension on your browser & select your library (or libraries) from a list. Anytime thereafter that you view a book on a major book site (e.g., Amazon, Goodreads, Audible, Barnes & Noble, etc.), the extension will show you whether your library has it in their collection, in what format, & whether it’s available (or there’s a waitlist)! With a touch of a button, you can then snag the book from your library.
Note: This extension includes libraries around the world, but if your library isn’t there, just send a message to Library Extension Support. I asked for an obscure library to be added & it was done quickly.
Check out the video I put together to show you how Library Extension works: