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Owen was attracted to the tortoise name Mzee, which is Swahili for old man -- He's 120, you see -- because of Mzee's dark gray color, which is similar to adult hippo's dark gray color.
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"I am called Mzee (old man), the vice president of this country ... when President (Robert) Mugabe is not there I run the country, and if I sign your death warrant you will hang," Muzenda warned.
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« I had never lived such a situation in Goma, which now gives the impression of being in an industrial zone » exclaims Mzee Paul, a man in his sixties we met along the boulevard Kanyamuhanga.
Global Voices in English » DRC: Goma’s Makeover for Independence Day 2009
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One of them, Dr. Carl Jung, entered the novel as Mzee, “the old man,” who tenderly begins to guide Tashi, the character who was mutilated (lover and later wife of Adam, in The Color Purple) back to mental health.
The Mother’s Business Alice Walker Blog Administrator 2008
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A spirit variously called Franko or Mzee commanded Company C.
The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010
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Along with Owen the hippo and Mzee the tortoise see #6 above these two are the most famous of odd animal companions.
David Mizejewski: Oddest Animal Companions David Mizejewski 2010
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Along with Owen the hippo and Mzee the tortoise see #6 above these two are the most famous of odd animal companions.
David Mizejewski: Oddest Animal Companions David Mizejewski 2010
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One of them, Dr. Carl Jung, entered the novel as Mzee, “the old man,” who tenderly begins to guide Tashi, the character who was mutilated (lover and later wife of Adam, in The Color Purple) back to mental health.
Archive 2008-10-01 Alice Walker Blog Administrator 2008
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Along with Owen the hippo and Mzee the tortoise see #6 above these two are the most famous of odd animal companions.
David Mizejewski: Oddest Animal Companions David Mizejewski 2010
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Along with Owen the hippo and Mzee the tortoise see #6 above these two are the most famous of odd animal companions.
David Mizejewski: Oddest Animal Companions David Mizejewski 2010
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