Word: africana
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...scientific way," says Dr Mauda Kamatenesi, a lecturer of botany at Uganda's Makarere University and a lead researcher on Mabira's medicinal plants. Kamatenesi is leading a drive to conserve plants such as Citropsis articulata, or the "sex tree." Also in danger of extinction in Mabira is Pronus africana, which is commonly used to treat malaria and some forms of cancer...
Nearby, sunlight streams from an opening in a thatch of trees onto Faziira Nakalama, a cook, as she proudly lists the ailments (her own and her neighbors') cured by the leaves and roots of the Pronus africana. "Decreased immunity, stomach pains, malaria... the forest is very important," Nakalama says...
...race and sex.Wright dropped her suit after she was offered a position at the W.E.B. Dubois Institute for African and African American Reseach in the fall of 1981.Contacted at the College of Wooster, where she is a professor of music and chair of the college’s Africana studies department, Wright denied a request for an interview. Responding instead by e-mail, Wright writes, “At this point in my life I would prefer to ‘let sleeping dogs lie.’”She adds that “while the events...
...primera vez por la Oficina del Censo en 1980, y la ?nica que tiene base en la cultura e idioma, y no en la raza. Esa distinci?n frustra a algunos hispanos que creen que pertenecen a otra raza, el producto del mestizaje de la herencia espa?ola, ind?gena y africana. Un n?mero creciente, especialmente en California prefiere el t?rmino ?latino?. Pero en un sondeo realizado por Time de adultos hispanos, el 42% dijo que prefer?an ser llamados hispanos, s?lo el 17% dijo latino y el 34% no mostr? preferencia. Tal gama de opiniones y prioridades se refleja en la lista...
Gates also served as chief-of-staff to the vice chancellor and provost and acted as associate director of the NYU Africana Studies Program and The Institute of African-American affairs...