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Word: africas (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Department briefing . book stamped SECRET. Methodically, Baker underlines almost every sentence. "It's how I learn," he explains. "That and taking almost verbatim notes when someone is briefing me. 'Proper preparation prevents poor performance': one of my father's maxims. That's how you gain control. I'm on Africa now," he says. "We'll pick up and move when I get to the Near East...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing for the Edge | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

Ramphele, a "distinguished visitor" at the Bunting Institute, was named South African Woman of the Year in 1983 for her social work at Lenyenye. Next week, she will begin a national tour to promote her new book,Uprooting Poverty in South Africa, co-written by Francis W. Wilson...

Author: By Glenn Slater, | Title: South African Activist: Space Shortage Is Severe | 2/10/1989 | See Source »

Inequalities within the Black community in South Africa are largely the result of a severe shortage of living space, a Cape Town anthropologist told a packed lecture room in Longfellow Hall last night...

Author: By Glenn Slater, | Title: South African Activist: Space Shortage Is Severe | 2/10/1989 | See Source »

...term "African-American" is not sufficiently inclusive because it refers to only those groups which identify with Africa and leaves out those originating in the Caribbean. There may have been a time when all Blacks in this country could call themselves African-Americans, but after almost 400 years here that day has probably passed. Blacks here are more than just "African-Americans." They are a different type of people--different from any other, and this is something not to be ashamed...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: What's in a Name? | 2/9/1989 | See Source »

...movement to change the term to "African-American" attempts to give Blacks more awareness about themselves, and to become more concerned with Africa. But it is a move with more feeling to it than logic. For better or for worse, America is the only home Blacks have known...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: What's in a Name? | 2/9/1989 | See Source »

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