Word: africanism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...also performs gigs throughout Boston and Cambridge. She had one at Harvard this fall in Loker Commons, which she advertised in Lowell Lecture Hall at the beginning of Cornel West's Introduction to African-American Studies course...
...obsession. [Laughs]...I kept taking classes that would help me with the book. So when I had them down in Mexico I signed up for Spanish 101 so I could put in a few Spanish phrases, which I did, for the four Spanish sentences. I wanted Fatima to be African because I wanted to include a lot of the continents. So I took [a course on] 19th and 20th Century African history. I was also taking Anthropology 101 which was my forced science--nothing to do with the book--but it became almost the most important class in the book...
...admit that I was attracted to the book just because I like stories of the underdog. I'll even admit that the deal was sweetened by my personal fascination with African-American inner-city life. But this book is one that transcends those interests. I found myself reading passages again because they were so full of a simple, quiet strength of character and intensity of spirit which allows the narrator-heroine to endure the trials that occasionally strike the reader dumb with incredulity. Despite a few rough edges, the book manages to involve readers deeply in the emotional current...
...audience member said the reason it is difficult to talk about "African-American pro-lifers" is because race plays a factor as well...
...Harvard African Students' Association and the Italian Cultural Society sponsored the lecture and discussion...