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- proper noun South Africa The Rain Queen, or hereditary queen of the Lobedu people of the Limpopo province of South Africa, held to have various special powers including the ability to make it rain.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Along the way, just outside of Modjadji home of the rain queen, we stopped at Sunland Nursery and saw the Sunland Baobab.
Archive 2009-04-01 Megan aka Mmapula Reamogetse 2009
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Modjadji is a small publisher that publishes writing from women in Southern Africa.
Archive 2009-10-01 Lauri 2009
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Along the way, just outside of Modjadji home of the rain queen, we stopped at Sunland Nursery and saw the Sunland Baobab.
Oh Limpopo, Limpopo! Megan aka Mmapula Reamogetse 2009
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Modjadji is a small publisher that publishes writing from women in Southern Africa.
Good News X 4 Lauri 2009
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Similarly, our movement pays tribute to the traditional leaders who passed away last year, including Queen Modjadji, King Mayitja III, and King Xolilizwe Sigcau, as well as former Chief Rabbi Cyril Harris, and reiterate our condolences to their communities.
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Modjadji, the sixth in a line of Balobedu rain queens, was crowned in 2003 at the age of 25 after the death of her predecessor and grandmother, Mokope Modjadji.
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Modjadji and once gave the queen a four-wheel-drive vehicle and a sedan - donated by Nissan and Toyota - to help her reach her home up a steep and winding road in the remote Northern Province.
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Modjadji was chosen to succeed her grandmother, Mokope, who died in 2001 at the age of 64.
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Modjadji, who was crowned in 2003 at the age of 25, was the sixth and youngest queen in the history of the tribe and the only one to be formally educated.
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The Modjadji dynasty remains the only royal house in Africa where Queen, "with some supernatural powers capable of making rain", reigns supreme, and stands out as yet another distinguishing feature of Limpopo.
Index 2004
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