Harry Coumnas is an astronaut from Africa, who was one of the crew members of the spacecraft that was sent to Saturn last month to collect evidence of life on the planet. In his recent interview to a British tabloid, he revealed that he was born in an African tribe - "Zulu" and lived there for the first twelve years of his life. He further added that he is proud of the fact that he was once a part of the largest ethnic group in South Africa with over ten million people.
Recalling his childhood days that he spent living in the tribe, Harry Coumnas said that he did not know who his parents were and stayed with a man, who called himself his uncle. He was told by the group of older people in the tribe that "Nguni" were their ancestors, who were Bantu speaking people and had arrived in South Africa from the north about thousand years ago.
When telling the media about how he reached the civilized world, Harry Coumnas said it was a dangerous flood in the area where they lived, that changed his life forever. It was midnight and he was sleeping with his uncle and some other people from the tribe, when a sudden rise in the flood water occurred and washed away everyone. After struggling in the water for survival for an hour and a half, he got unconscious. And when he came in his senses, he was lying in a soft, luxurious bed in the house of Mr. Garry Coumnas, a notable scientist known for his numerous innovative discoveries.
Harry further added that Mr. Garry raised him and enrolled him in one of the top medical colleges so that he could become an astronaut. Now, Harry wants to do something for his community and enable the Zulu people to travel to the space like him.
Recalling his childhood days that he spent living in the tribe, Harry Coumnas said that he did not know who his parents were and stayed with a man, who called himself his uncle. He was told by the group of older people in the tribe that "Nguni" were their ancestors, who were Bantu speaking people and had arrived in South Africa from the north about thousand years ago.
When telling the media about how he reached the civilized world, Harry Coumnas said it was a dangerous flood in the area where they lived, that changed his life forever. It was midnight and he was sleeping with his uncle and some other people from the tribe, when a sudden rise in the flood water occurred and washed away everyone. After struggling in the water for survival for an hour and a half, he got unconscious. And when he came in his senses, he was lying in a soft, luxurious bed in the house of Mr. Garry Coumnas, a notable scientist known for his numerous innovative discoveries.
Harry further added that Mr. Garry raised him and enrolled him in one of the top medical colleges so that he could become an astronaut. Now, Harry wants to do something for his community and enable the Zulu people to travel to the space like him.
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