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...English teacher decided to stage Romeo and Juliet and make it a metaphor of our divided lives. By acting as young lovers on stage, John Abwole, the African Romeo, and I breached the wall separating us. My family and community reacted with appalling cruelty. Papa never spoke to me again...
Shakespeare speaks directly to those suffering wars and oppression. When Julius Nyerere became the first President of independent Tanzania in 1964, he translated Julius Caesar into Swahili, then sent actors into villages to perform it and discuss the dangers of overweening power. Today, Arab and African exiles across Europe imagine a bloody vengeance against their leaders, those tribal Macbeths and oil-rich Caesars. As Kenya descended into violence last January, Leo, a Rwandan exile in London, rang me. One day, he said, the citizenry will bear this no longer, just like the citizens of 15th century England who rebelled against...
Klein states that the African-Americans who support Barack Obama will sulk and stay home if Hillary Clinton is nominated. What does he think we women feel? Although millions of us are angry that Obama couldn't wait four more years, we are not unwise enough to sulk, stay home or vote for John McCain. Cecilie K. Bodnar, CANANDAIGUA...
There's little of the hustle and bustle that Ghadames saw in its heyday, although there are a few stalls where hagglers can pick up handicrafts made by the local Tuareg tribe - and in contrast to many other North African medinas, there's no pressure to buy. Ghadames is a town attuned to the desert, and this relaxed atmosphere is one of the real joys of going there. As the renovations continue, tour buses will follow. But, for now, this is one of the few places where you can still intentionally get lost alone...
...years that he ran the kitchen at La Colombe, the award-winning French restaurant on Cape Town's Constantia Uitsig wine estate, Franck Dangereux was hailed by many as the best chef in Africa. An émigré from Provence, Dangereux blended traditional French cuisine with South African ingredients to such perfection that he earned a spot on Restaurant Magazine's list of the world's 50 best restaurants in 2006. Then he quit...