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...purest” state and viewed through a glass barrier. The bulk of his contribution lies in his skill at weaving distinct musical elements from each tradition into a coherent whole. Jazz, a mélange of musical techniques even in its purest state, immediately lends itself to this approach. Astatke’s Ethio-Jazz perfectly illustrates the cultural syntheses that have defined the Diaspora of the second generation.In one composition, entitled “Derashe/Asosa/Dewel,” Astatke captures the sound of the dewel, a stone slab used to call devotees to prayer in rural Ethiopia...
...recent interview with The Crimson, Gessen discussed Harvard, critical theory, and the role that literature has played in his life. The Harvard Crimson: I’d like to start off by thinking about the somewhat strange and unsatisfying journeys your characters take to something approaching success and self-understanding. What were your post-collegiate years like?Keith Gessen: When I first got out of school I moved to New York and basically sat in a room and wrote stories. And then for work, I was a PowerPoint specialist at Morgan Stanley, but after about a year I began...
...deceits as a point of departure for acute self-reflection on his own profession, scrutinizing journalism in light of Hogue’s actions: “While it is facile to equate journalism with lying, it is also true that both actions share in common an unpleasantly instrumental approach to people and language that diminishes the common store of trust. The subject has no power to alter a reporter’s approach to his or her subject, or to take back a single word that they said.” Told in Samuels’s clean...
...repertoire, which ranges from virtuosic classical pieces to numbers the members arrange themselves, combining their favorite pop songs and STOMP-inspired pieces. She points to one THUD collaboration, written by its female members, that combines parties and percussion as an illustration of the playful attitude with which they often approach their own compositions. “We perform it using things—high heels, lipstick containers, mascara, compact mirrors, and magazines,” Bray says. “It’s like getting ready for a night out.” Bray’s interest...
...South African politics. This hard-hitting political commentary, delivered through plenty of lipstick and glitter, has made his shows a mainstay of South African political activism, from the Apartheid era through the recent troubles with President Thabo Mbeki and the African National Congress (ANC).Uys’ unique approach has broadened his audience to include even those he mocks. He is popular within the ANC and is frequently invited to perform at their events. However, Uys refuses to be a simple court jester: during a Winnie Mandela impersonation at an ANC event, Uys performed a skit about...