Word: africas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...government and private sector can do more to help Africa emerge as a player in the international business arena, according to President Clinton's assistant secretary for the department of African affairs...
What made anyone think fiber could prevent colon cancer in the first place? It all started 30 years ago, when a British medical missionary named Denis Burkitt suggested that the reason colon cancer is rare in Africa is that Africans consume much more fiber than North Americans and Europeans. Perhaps, later researchers argued, the extra fiber sweeps the bowel clean of potential carcinogens or somehow alters the intestinal chemistry to retard tumor growth. A few small studies supported the link, while others didn...
From the soothing chants of the South African national anthem to the thousands of articles on black leaders, thinkers, artists and athletes, Encarta Africana explores the richness and diversity of the peoples who originated in Africa. Its spirited and colorful approach draws you in, and back, like an addiction. Sit down for a quick get-acquainted session and you'll find yourself clicking for hours among articles, videos, maps, songs and lectures...
Uncovering the discs' multimedia treasures is the most fun. Brief movies on historic sites in Africa tell of the medieval trading city Timbuktu (in what is now Mali) and the underground churches hewn from volcanic rock in Ethiopia's 12th century Christian empire Lalibela. Choice video clips, such as those of the Harlem Globetrotters' comic basketball team and singer Bessie Smith, reveal what words could only suggest...
DIED. MYLES TIERNEY, 34, enterprising Nairobi-based television producer for the Associated Press; after being shot by a Sierra Leone rebel while covering West Africa's civil wars; in Freetown, Sierra Leone...