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          I will demonstrate with a reference to the history of astronomy in Africa something that has not been very much explored.

        1. I will demonstrate with a reference to the history of astronomy in Africa something that has not been very much explored.
        2. Thebe Medupe and Patricia Whitelock approached Saalih Allie who held a joint post in the Physics Department and the Science.
        3. It was about an African, Thebe Medupe, who is an astro-physicist.
        4. Dr Medupe was a guest lecturer during his visit to Steward Observatory.
        5. Prof Thebe Medupe – Prof Medupe is Professor of Physics at NWU. His field of expertise is astronomy.

          6. It was about an African, Thebe Medupe, who is an astro-physicist.!

          Thebe Medupe

          Thebe Rodney Medupe (born ) is a South African astrophysicist and founding director of AstronomyAfrica.

          He is perhaps best known for his work on the Cosmic Africa project that attempts to reconcile science and myth.[1][2]

          Biography

          Thebe Medupe, born in , grew up in a poor village outside Mmabatho, without electricity, lights or television, where he sat near the fire under the African sky, listening to the elders tell traditional Setswana stories.

          His family made sacrifices to send him to a fine, modern high school in Mmabatho, where science and mathematics captured his imagination.[citation needed] Halley's comet inspired Medupe to build a crude telescope with a cardboard tube and lenses donated by a school lab technician, at the age of On an unforgettable chilly, windy night, he pointed his telescope at the Moon, and found himself looking at mountains, plains and craters on another world.

          At the age of 17 in , Medupe won a