Dark Africa

                                                  Twins Capital of the World African Twins                "The best thing in life comes in pairs " Globally, the birth rate of twins differs by region and country. Europe boasts about 16 twins for every 1,000 childbirths and the United States about 33 for every 1,000 These statistics pale when compared to Africa where Scientists from Oxford and Radboud University found that Africa is home to the world’s highest rate of twin-births among regions in the developing world and the developed, with 45 sets of twins per 1000 births. By contrast, Latin America and Southeast Asia record fewer than 10 sets of twins per 1000 births. A research by British gynaecologist, Patrick Nylander, between 1972 and 1982, recorded an average of 45 sets of twins per 1000 live births in Igbo-ora a sle...