Word: africanism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...amateur musicologist. The primitive native music-its complicated rhythms pounded out with hands or curved sticks on crudely made drums-made him think inevitably of the origins of jazz. He recorded some of it on ancient equipment for the Library of Congress, returned to the U.S. convinced that West African music deserved some better recording...
...ashamed to voice his dismay at British mismanagement and failure at Singapore and Tobruk, where British armies surrendered to enemy forces about half their number. Admiring skill, he praised German General Rommel in a speech in the House of Commons during Britain's North African setbacks, and still sticks to his praise. When some Britons grumbled about Eisenhower's deal with French Admiral Darlan, Churchill, agreeing with Eisenhower, tartly reminded the House of Commons that "since 1776 we have not been in the position of being able to decide the policy of the United States...
There is a live lion in the lobby of the Orpheum theatre these days, and if you are under 14, you might easily win a cocker spaniel puppy by naming the beast. He is appearing in connection with M-G-M's African movie "King Solomon's Mines" and presumably remains in the lobby because it would be sheer folly to buck the horde of wild animals who are currently haunting the screen...
While H. Rider Haggard's story of a woman looking for her husband and his lost diamond mine is not outstanding, the African landscape and its macabre inhabitants have turned a pedestrian adventure plot into a fast moving film. Fortunately, the producers seem to be aware of the plot's shortcomings, and it is safe to say that there are more animals present than words of dialogue...
...point out that they were not so sweaty as the South African, not as beefy as the Argentine...