First recorded in 1975–80; from Setswana: literally, “shield”
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Celebrated South African fashion designer Thebe Magugu hopes his success will inspire other young people on the continent.
From Reuters ● Oct. 31, 2022
"It's a very special place to go, you could spend the whole day there admiring the creativity of those young artists," said Mr Thebe.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2022
Formerly of the off-kilter rap collective “Odd Future,” Thebe Kgositsile, also known as Earl Sweatshirt, has grown up before the hip-hop audience in the last decade or so.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2022
The rest of his words arrive in verses and show the artist born Thebe Kgositsile experimenting with structure and meter while pouring forth streams of consequential ideas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2019
In it too were the twin sons of Antiope, daughter of Asopus, Amphion and Zethus, and Thebe still ungirt with towers was lying near, whose foundations they were just then laying in eager haste.
From The Argonautica by Seaton, R. C. (Robert Cooper)
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