A fish has died in #Zambia.
Not just any fish, but a special fish.
A very special fish!
A fish called #Mafishi (meaning "Big Fish" in the local Bemba language)
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#Mafishi was a good luck fish.
It lived in a pond at #Zambia's second-biggest university, Copperbelt University (CBU).
For the past two decades CBU students have believed the fish would bring them good luck in exams.
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#Zambia's President Edgar Lungu @EdgarCLungu
has joined the nation in mourning the death of #Mafishi.
The news got international media coverage.
bbc.com/news/world-afr…
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The Minister of Higher Education thanked the President for his commitment to restocking the pond where #Mafishi lived all those years after the conclusion of the review in the circumstances of how Mafishi died.

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The British high commission in Zambia came to the rescue : "RIP #Mafishi but not all is lost. Zambians you can apply for a #Chevening scholarship & attempt to see the #Mafishi equivalent the #LochNessMonster if you study at @ThinkUHI"
🤣😅😂
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Students in #Zambia paid their last respects to #Mafishi 😭💔 through singing the national anthem for their hero 🐡

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The Alumni Association at #UNZA (another uni in Zambia) jokingly said that their Vet dept had dispatched a team to aid in preparation of #Mafishi's remains for burial ...... or lunch🤭

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#Lusaka Province Minister & Member of Parliament for Kabushi Constituency Hon. Bowman Lusambo @BowmanLusambo said he actually fell in love with #Mafishi 💕

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The influential farmer/entrepreneur Mwila C. Macasa @Prof_Chisanga made a nice tribute to #Mafishi

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Restaurants in #Zambia have joined in the mourning and are not selling any fish meals in honor of the passing of #Mafishi

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Copperbelt University's School of Medicine also joined in the mourning of #Mafishi through a tribute song
facebook.com/10000476292200…
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And here's Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation @MYZNBC 's coverage of #Mafishi's life:
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