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... point for black Americans who grew up with racism. Slavery was more of an economic system - from which African tribal leaders also profited by selling slaves to the whites - than racism. The blacks had to overcome the trauma of slavery and Obama's ... Comment?
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8,000 artists celebrate in Panafrican Fest
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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. Comment?
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Obamaa s direct line to the heart of Africa
... cause a civil war. After the disastrous election at the end of 2007, when politicians played on ethnic fears and paid tribal gangs to attack their rivals, parts of the country exploded in violence. Mr Obama's father's own Luo people were in the ... Comment?
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'SANTANA' Santana 1969 Tracks/time: 9/37 minutes, 12 seconds. Sounds like: The full-tilt breakout of Latino rock into mainstream American airwaves and consciousness. Comment?
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... are deliberately shocking and offensive because they want us to join them in being small and mean and petty and tribal - I'm thinking of the likes of Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh - Baron Cohen is doing so for the very opposite reasons. And that is ... Comment?
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Riding High: Baron Cohen, as Bruno, tramples homophobic tendencies with high-minded low humor.
... are deliberately shocking and offensive because they want us to join them in being small and mean and petty and tribal - I'm thinking of the likes of Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh - Baron Cohen is doing so for the very opposite reasons. And that is ... Comment?
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Malta and international press digest
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... and travel bans. Afghan Times says US drones launched two missile attacks on Taliban targets in the South Waziristan tribal region on Wednesday, killing at least 45 militants. Jakarta Post quotes Indonesia police saying a ship carrying 74 people, ... Comment?
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Faithful bridges to reconciliation
... in North America, it is the ideological power of evangelical fundamentalism which excludes others; in Africa, it is tribal loyalties that can murderously divide; and in the United Kingdom, it can be the judgmentalism and lovelessness between ... Comment?
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'Wildflower' explores Joan Root's African life, violent death
... of Africa and its endangered wildlife. And the desperate Africans living on a dollar a day, their poverty and lethal tribal conflicts legacies from European colonial policies. Guidelines: Comment?
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DRC ghost town protects itself
... sleep in the forest. Local people fear the armed men roving the region, whether they are rebels, government troops or tribal militias. They do not want to be looted again and worse. Even before nightfall, a young woman, Leussa, her husband, her ... Comment?
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Babatunde Olatunji: Drums of Passion: Legacy Edition
There's something primal and joyous but also chilling about Nigerian master drummer Babatunde Olatunji's classic 1959 album Drums of Passion. Comment?
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ICC asked to charge Bashir with genocide
... the court, argues he and his colleagues assembled evidence showing the Sudanese state was mobilized to destroy three tribal groups in Darfur for at least six years. Moreno-Ocampo is now in Africa discussing Sudan with leaders there. Last week, ... Comment?
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Local nursing students lend hand in Africa
... just finished their third year, travelled to remote villages and gave presentations on hygiene and sexual education. "Tribal leaders came and took notes and asked so many questions," Forsythe said. The students were careful to provide information ... Comment?
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Recycled fabrics focus of show
... Room, 315 Ouellette Ave. Paolo's one of those house music playboys who feel limited by the house music label. Tech, tribal, funk, disco, deep grooves, breakbeats - His style is one big electronic party. Doors open 9 p.m. to 4 a.m., $5 cover, 19+. ... Comment?
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... panies' entry into the Andamans. 'Now it may not take long for others to set up resorts nearby,' rued S.K. Narayan, a tribal activist in Port Blair. Comment?
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Winning the ultimate battle: How humans could end war
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... other and with nature. Not any more. Ethnographic studies, together with some archaeological evidence, suggest that tribal societies engaged in lethal group conflict, at least occasionally, long before the emergence of states with professional ... Comment?
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... daggers, sickles and throwing knives as a means of illustrating the importance that these weapons occupied in the tribal societies where they were used. This theme is underlined by additional sections on iron smelting, weapons as a form of currency ... Comment?
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Obama in Ghana - his roots run deep
... slave trade of the 18th and 19th centuries, Mr. Obama bypassed the Kenya of his father. Kenya is embroiled in bitter tribal disputes, and saddled with a brazenly corrupt government. By contrast, Ghana represents the sunny side Africa. The country ... Comment?
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The hidden danger of failed states
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... Yemen. The Yemeni government can maintain security in the capital city of Sanaa, but it can't control rural and tribal areas, where an Afghanistan-style dynamic has unfolded: Local tribes are cutting separate security deals with local extremists. ... Comment?
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CD Review: Black Lodge / Spo'Mo'Kin'Nan
... by Edward S. Curtis and in that sense becomes even more powerful and passionate since it represents an actual tribal figure and leader. The song features some acapella singing without the drum and is very powerful indeed when the drum comes back and ... Comment?





