Word: africanism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Gumboots act, an African step dance performed with rubber boots on, preceded a performance by the '01 Steppers, who performed a step routine that partially mocked Gumboots. Afterwards, the two groups performed together...
Audience member Jennifer L. James '02, said she felt the performances indicated the strength of African-Americans' connection to Africa...
...Sometimes as an African-American I feel out of touch with Africa. As a student at Harvard sitting in the audience, I had a chance to get in touch with the motherland. I hope it becomes an annual event," James said...
...dance in Adams House, featuring traditional African and Latino music, sponsored by HASA and Latinas Unidas followed the show...
...latest turmoil has its roots in the meltdown of a once hopeful alliance that united four African nations--Uganda, Angola, Rwanda and Burundi--with the promise of establishing a stable, democratic Congo. But the alliance, formed in 1996 to speed the ouster of longtime Congolese leader Mobutu Sese Seko, was split almost instantly by self-interest, greed and ambition. Laurent Kabila, the onetime Congolese rebel installed at the head of the new Congo government, is fighting against three of his ex-allies--Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi--in a desperate war to preserve his rule. The fighting has bled across Congo...