Word: africanizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Nelson Mandela?s miracle is complete. South Africans voted Wednesday without fuss or violence in their second free election, confirming their retiring president?s profound achievement of entrenching democracy in a country once wracked by brutal racism and civil war. At the same time, the fact that Mandela?s African National Congress (ANC) is expected to win a landslide victory is a sign of remarkable voter patience with a party that has not yet managed to deliver on its promise to provide jobs and homes for the impoverished majority. Rather than trying to unseat the ANC, opposition parties have...
...growing unemployment and burgeoning violence. Mandela is almost certain to be replaced as president by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, 56, who has effectively run the government since being anointed by Mandela as his successor two years ago. Although the former ANC diplomat?s competence is unimpeachable, the South African media is awash with speculation about whether Mbeki is an Africanist ideologue or a pragmatist, a democrat or an authoritarian. But with media interviews extremely rare and leaks from his inner circle unheard of, almost everything written about Mbeki is entirely speculative. Suffice it to say that in light of Mbeki...
...discrimination cases there." Just three months ago, Morgan Stanley settled a similar claim of racism by two black employees (the firm denied wrongdoing). For his part, Curry alleges he was paid less than his white counterparts and was often assigned menial work. Co-workers allegedly derided him and other African-American employees. After the magazine appeared, Curry says, people left messages calling him a "faggot" and a "monkey...
Spelman is the only historically black college to rank number one in any category of U.S. News and World Report's annual college issue. Spelman was also ranked first in a Black Enterprise listing of the top 50 institutions "where African Americans are most likely to succeed...
Cole retired from Spelman in June 1997 and is now the presidential distinguished professor at Emory University in anthropology, women's studies and African American studies...