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...turned out, the get-together was as easygoing as a barbecue in the Outback. The hosts graciously did not bring up Whitlam's proposal to replace God Save the Queen as his nation's national anthem. For their part, the guests brought a well-received present, a thick sheepskin rug. As Margaret Whitlam later related, "Prince Philip took off his shoes and trampled about in its depths to get the feel...
...last Jamaican election in February 1972, when Michael Manley, head of the opposition People's National Party, hired Reggae Singer-Composer Clancy Eccles as his campaign consultant. First Eccles converted the reggae hit Better Must Come ("Let the power fall, beat down Babylon!") into the party anthem. Next he supplied disc jockeys with rhythmic campaign slogans. Then he assembled a morality play, casting Manley as Joshua-rewriting the last line of his own reggae song Rod of Correction and substituting the name of Prime Minister Hugh Shearer in "King Pharaoh's army was drownded...
...Ogle had seen it all before. He watched as the nation's Red Ensign, with its British Union Jack, was replaced by the red and white maple leaf flag; he heard the familiar strains of God Save the Queen fade out when O Canada became the national anthem. Now based in Australia, Ogle is again witness to a growing spirit of nationalism in another Commonwealth nation. The new mood Down Under has been fostered largely by Gough Whitlam, Australia's first Labor Party Prime Minister in 23 years and-as Ogle discovered -a hard man to interview. After...
...with U-shaped bottoms that make it difficult to stand up and take a shower. As before, the Big Ben clock on the Customs House a few blocks away sounded the hour, though Red Guards had changed the chimes to play The East Is Red, China's national anthem...
Kuumba is Swahili for creativity. If Sunday's performance is indicative, the group certainly takes its name seriously. Beginning with a rich, solid rendition of the old Negro National Anthem ("Lift Every Voice and Sing") the group escorted the audience on an exciting, innovative two hour trip into black spirituality. The concert format touched on four themes central to the cultural corpus of the Afro-American experience: Spirituality, Love, Struggle, and Joy. Of the four, the least impressive was Struggle, perhaps because the theme lends itself less easily to a celebrative situation...