United by red, black, white, and yellow. Both have birds of iconic destiny.
Once upon a time they were adopted by the UK, now they are independent and have stepped into a world of their own making.
Sunday, October 18, 2026
Uganda & Zimbabwe - Birds of Similar Feather
United by red, black, white, and yellow. Both have birds of iconic destiny.
Mauritius & Seychelles - Isles of Afica in India
Small sisters that are hidden gems as isles of Africa down under, hanging it lose like Australia & New Zealand. But they are deeply tied to West Asia, than to Northern Europe.
Angola & Papua New Guinea
Angola & Papua New Guinea are Lands Down under who connect the common element of humanity from Africa to Australia. Peoples with little in common, yet are distant cousins separated by eons.
Mozambique and Sao Tome & Principe - Portuguese Princes
The Bahamas & St. Lucia - Black, Yellow, and Blue
Big sister Bahamas gets all the attention, but little sister St. Lucia is hardly noticed. They are English-African cultures that lay in the wake behind the other English colonies. During the 1776 rebellion, the Bahamas and English speaking Caribbean were apart of the 13 plus loyalist colonies that opposed the Americans.
Oman and Madagascar - Indo-Africa
The silent T and soft T, is self evident.
Belize & Haiti: Non-Latin Latin America
Many wrongly assume that south of the US border it turns into Latin America. But Belize and Haiti are exceptions to the rule. Canada, Australia, and New Zealand get all the attention of being cousins the USA, but there is a so close cousin that often gets ignored, Belize, the English Speaking nation of Central America. Likewise Haiti is Quebec of the Caribbean.
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