Word: afros
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Last month’s eruption of controversy between University President Lawrence H. Summers and the Afro-American Studies Department fueled speculation—from dining hall conversations to articles in national newspapers—about Summers’ commitment to diversity...
After intense media scrutiny, Summers issued a public statement pledging his strong support for diversity, and members of the Afro-American Studies Department soon said the dispute had been smoothed over...
...Afro-American Studies Department Chair Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr. says he is “firmly convinced” that when Summers says he is committed to diversity, he means...
Baaba Maal, the Afro-pop superstar from Senegal, is not only the best-dressed musician in town, decked out in long, flowing robes that emphasised his spur-of-the-moment dancing, he is also entirely deserving of his place in the pantheon of African music. Playing to a highly appreciative audience in the Somerville Theatre in Davis Square, Maal performed selections from his latest, acoustically-flavored disc, Missing You…Mi Yeewnii. Rumor has it that the disc was recorded outside in a small village in Senegal after the sun had gone down, and the slow-burning grooves evoke...
...Nude Olympics held at Princeton was originally started by a group of students who wanted to protest the university’s decision to admit women. Since then men and women have greeted the first snowfall without proper attire in joyful harmony. Unfortunately for Carswell Professor of Afro-American Studies and of Philosophy K. Anthony Appiah, the Nude Olympics were recently banned from campus due to the number of cases of alcohol poisoning surrounding the event...