How to Write a Novel in Zulu

Garrett was assigned to write about the discovery of ladumahati in zulu. But there is no word for dinosa in zulu, so he had to explain a number of things. He realised how poor his home language made him at being able to talk about science. And that's part of how my journey into decolonization of science are basically started. You can't really share that love and passion with other people in your own language. It just changes the mood in some way. I mean, a person can still keep along the conversation,. But they can't.

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