Word: afros
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...celebration will ultimately involve about 400 student performers, and will feature such luminaries as Professor of Afro-American Studies Cornel West '74, record producer and musician Delfeayo Marsalis, and poet-activist Sonia Sanchez...
...just incredible that Sonia Sanchez is coming, and that we can utilize our own Faculty like [Professor of Afro-American Studies and of Philosophy] K. Anthony Appiah," said April Garrett, W.E.B. DuBois institute fellows coordinator. "That's what I'm most excited about--fostering a connection between students and faculty--an event that students are interested in, and faculty can get intellectually excited about...
There is a need for "Afro-Diasporic groups to come together and see how Caribbeans are connected to Africans, and how Africans are connected to African-Americans," she said. "It's really a tapestry--[the traditions] are woven into each other...
...under way in Castro's Cuba. Catholic Church attendance, baptisms, confirmations, religious weddings and funerals are all on the rise. In this traditionally Catholic nation, almost equal numbers attend Catholic Mass or evangelical services, and the religion with the most adherents of all--perhaps half the population--is the Afro-Cuban rite of Santeria. Its babalaos (spiritual guides) far exceed the Catholic priests in influence, but its home-based, loose network of competing sects poses no political threat. Economic hardship is a powerful motivator: many of those new congregants of all faiths are searching for material sustenance in the food...
Harvard needs junior faculty in Afro-American Studies. It has none. Harvard must make a serious effort to increase the pool of scholars in the field and others like it. It hasn...