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8,000 African artists celebrate continent's culture and reflect on 40 rocky years of freedom

From superstars to tribal dancers, thousands of African artists are celebrating their troubled continent's culture and potential in an epic festival - and looking back at what they've accomplished and squandered in four decades of freedom from colonial rule.

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Related Topix: Tribal

Wed Jul 08, 2009

Taipei Times

[Art Journal] Out of Africa

The outstanding exhibit Fatal Beauty: Traditional Weapons From Central Africa reveals how iron weapons formed a vital part of the continent s rich cultural traditions By Noah Buchan STAFF REPORTER Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009, Page 15 EXHIBITION NOTES: WHAT: Fatal Beauty: Traditional Weapons From Central Africa WHERE: National Museum of History , 49 ...

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Related Topix: Tribal, Taiwan, Southeast Asia

Mon Jul 06, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

Africa's empire strikes back

Obama's roots give him a unique capacity to transform American relations with Africa during his coming visit On July 10, one very important descendant of black Africa will make a triumphant return to the motherland.

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Related Topix: Tribal, Somalia, World News, Africa, Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, US Politics, US News, George Bush

Sat Jul 04, 2009

Calgary Herald

Calgary family leaves fear behind in Africa

A young Jeilan Batu used to spend his days in Africa wondering "Will I die today, or will I live?" He was running, always it seemed, from the sporadic gunfire, the street warfare of ethnic and tribal wars, first in Ethiopia where he grew up, then over the past seven years in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Related Topix: Tribal, World News, Kenya, Africa

Thu Jul 02, 2009

BellaOnline

Fusion Dance Styles

In this day and age, everything is game. Music, art, food, clothes, and just about anything can be fused, creating a different result.

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Related Topix: Tribal

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Panapress

African crises escalate as AU leaders meet in Libya

As African leaders gather here Wednesday for a summit aime d at discussing peace and security across the continent, British humanitarian gr o up Oxfam International said over 1.4 million people have been forced to flee their homes so far this year as a result of sign ificantly increasing violence in DR Congo, Sudan and Somalia.

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Related Topix: Somalia, World News, Africa, Tribal

Mon Jun 29, 2009

About.com

Dirty Secrets of Christian Evangelism

Both Catholics and Protestants spend a lot of money on missionary programs in the "Unreached Bloc," a largely non-Christian region stretching from Africa to East Asia, with India being a primary target.

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Related Topix: Tribal

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Sunday Herald

Careful spending? Bag ladies are Birkin up the wrong tree

YOU WILL be relieved to hear the tide is turning recession-wise. Shoes by Christian Louboutin and Prada are flying off the shelves at Harrods and other luxury stores.

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Related Topix: Tribal, Opinion

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Sudan Tribune

SPLM must endorse democratic principles

June 22, 2009 - The Sudan Comprehensive Agreement was a novel agreement that was greeted with enthusiasm and jubilations among the South Sudanese population as well as the whole population of Sudan.

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Related Topix: World News, Sudan, Africa, Tribal, Salva Kiir,

Thu Jun 25, 2009

News Observer

His will to give

Push James Giacomo Lecce on any topic and he gently shushes you. "Ahhh, pazienza, pazienza," he says in Italian, his voice slowed by age and Parkinson's disease, his pale hands, still strong, patting down the air.

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Related Topix: Italy, World News, Tribal, Williamsport, PA, University of Pennsylvania

Tue Jun 23, 2009

Bizcommunity

African music goes digital

Recordings of rarely heard traditional African music collected over a period of 50 years by music historian Hugh Tracey are now available to anyone on earth via the internet.

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Related Topix: World News, South Africa, Africa, Libraries, Tribal, Zimbabwe,

Mon Jun 22, 2009

Financial Times

It is time for Obama to get tough with Kenya

It was one of President Mwai Kibaki's cannier moves. His citizens had spent the night gathered around television sets, weeping with joy at the victory of this son of the soil.

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Related Topix: World News, Kenya, Africa, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Mwai Kibaki, Tribal,

UPI

Military contractors eye Africa again

European mercenaries, the notorious "Dogs of War," came to prominence in Africa in the 1960s when the mineral-rich continent was convulsed by wars and revolutions as Britain, France and Belgium relinquished their vast colonies.

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Related Topix: Tribal

Sun Jun 21, 2009

Free Republic

In Venezuela, Land 'Rescue' Hopes Unmet Farmers...

Chvez's so-called back-to-the-land movement calls for the redistribution of land -- increasingly properties that the state has taken over in what officials term a "rescue" or "recuperation." The objective is to ensure "food sovereignty," thereby reducing dependence on imports.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Tribal

Fri Jun 19, 2009

San Francisco Examiner

de Young: Art and Power in the Central African Savanna

Chokwe Male Mask In the past, when the Westerners looked at objects from Africa, they brought their own preconceived ideas of the primitive and the savage.

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Thu Jun 18, 2009

Trend Hunter Magazine

Ape-Man Exhibits - Paris Museum Announces Tarzan Display to Battle Stereotypes

The Paris Museum has announced a Tarzan exhibition for the summer. The Musee du Quai Branly is set to expose some of the more ludicrous misrepresentations of Africa in Western society through the unlikely juxtaposing of comic, TV and films of Tarzan.

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Related Topix: Tribal

Wed Jun 17, 2009

Department of Defense News

Al-Qaida Feels 'Significant Pressure' in Pakistan, Official Says

Al-Qaida terrorists hiding out in Pakistan are coming under increased pressure from that countrya s military forces, a senior Defense Department official said here today.

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Related Topix: Terrorism, Tribal

Mon Jun 15, 2009

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Gaddafi to pitch tent in Rome

Libya's leader Moamar Gaddafi will begin his first visit to Italy shortly, and the "king of kings of Africa" will pitch his trademark tent in a Rome park.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Libya, Europe, Italy, Tribal

Sat Jun 13, 2009

UPI

Some al-Qaida leave Pakistan for Africa

Increased airwave chatter indicates some al-Qaida members may be moving from Pakistan hideouts to Somalia and Yemen, U.S. intelligence officials said.

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Related Topix: Tribal

Fri Jun 12, 2009

CNN

Al Qaeda fighters relocating, officials say

Al Qaeda operatives are leaving the battle zones along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and heading for Somalia and Yemen, where they have set up training camps, according to U.S. intelligence officials.

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Related Topix: Somalia, World News, Africa, Tribal, Terrorism

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