…One should not easily throw away ideas only because they are traditional or are tribal taboos. When I was growing up, we were told never to stand by the centre pole in a rondavel during a rainstorm—it was a traditional taboo. Of course, when I went to school I learned how, and why, lightning would strike the highest point in an area—such as the centre pole in a rondavel (Masire 2006, p.17).
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