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But I honestly don't know the answer to that question. We have a lot of white Zimbabwean immigrants and it is not out of the realm of possibility at all that one of them do have some connection to Zimbabwe. They didn't announce the meaning of the name, I looked it up and some news sources did as well, so they weren't like "Oh, look at the meaning of the name we picked!"

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I have watched some of Turia's talks but did not closely follow her recovery until I discovered a couple of her talks and filled myself in (although I do remember the tragedy happening from the media). So yeah- not sure- but not willing to say "no connection to Zimbabwe" because it's possible and not ridiculously unlikely. Also, when you go through something like she has, I can understand the desire to look for a name with meaning to you. It's not like she's in a position in society where she doesn't face stigma and have people recoil at her appearance so I'm less judgmental about appropriation, which I usually see as a powerful group or person taking something from a less powerful group.