Black Excellence: Dawit Tamiru
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/05/g-s1-119984/midwife-midwives-childbirth
Dawit Tamiru knew he wanted to be a midwife when he was just about 10 years old.
It started the day his mother gave birth to his younger sister. After the little girl arrived something wasn’t right: His mother had not delivered the placenta as typically happens after the birth. He recalls that the traditional birth attendant, who Tamiru says had minimal training, advised his mother that perhaps she was having twins and they should wait to see if another baby came.