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...those accounts was a book published that same year, Prince Among Slaves, which chronicled the fate of a young royal heir from present-day Guinea named Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori, who ended up a slave in Mississippi. Its author, historian Terry Alford, came across the story in old deed books while doing graduate research in Mississippi. To Alford's chagrin, the book was largely panned by local academics, and its story remained in relative obscurity. Though it has remained in print since its release, Alford admits that the dramatization of Haley's novel had burned many out on the subject...
Only a true leader can turn an age-old adage on its head. While actions are thought to speak louder than words, Natasha S. Alford ’08 has proven the power of words to spur action. Growing up, Alford attended an inner-city high school in Syracuse, N.Y. where she became known for achievements in oratory competition. Unable to find a formal outlet at Harvard for her love of language, she decided to instead use her speech-making skills to help give voice to the causes she cares about. One of the inaugural interns at the Women?...
...most well-dressed, popular, and talked about people at school. But if you ask Nicholas T. Brown ’08 what he thinks of all this, he considers himself to be somewhat of an “enigma.” “I was with Natasha Alford,” Brown says, “who is just an incredible person and superstar at Harvard, and she said, ‘I’m really anxious to see what they might write about you. Even though I call you a friend, I don?...
...because it’s very haphazard, but you can definitely get lucky,” she said. After hearing from a graduate student that an unofficial women’s center of the 1990s had hosted a Naked Ladies Brunch, Women’s Center intern Natasha S. Alford ’08 reintroduced the event last year. “I thought it would be great to revive a tradition from the days of old,” she said. Alford noted that the social space at the Women’s Center enabled the interns to improve...
...Natasha S. Alford ’08 is a Social Studies concentrator in Dunster House...