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...remember going to school, not having to sing 'God Save the Queen' but singing another anthem, and all the British flags coming down, to be replaced by Kenyan ones," says Asani, who grew up in Africa. "Also, after independence, the school curriculum changed to stress Africa. Before, we studied Britain and Europe, and next to nothing about Africa...
Professor of the Practice of Indo-Muslim Languages and Culture Ali S. Asani '77, who serves on the Faculty board of the Harvard Foundation for Race and Intercultural Relations, says he remembers when the schools around him ceased to be segregated, and even when the patriotic songs in class changed...
This has created a situation that Professor of the Practice of Indo-Muslim Languages and Culture Ali S. Asani calls "a very delicate balance...
...feeling is that there are pros and cons of both," Asani says. "One year of language doesn't give somebody sufficient competency. But on the other hand, I realize that undergraduates have a lot of other requirements to fulfill...
...might be better to leave the language requirement as it is and then make it possible to fulfill the foreign cultures requirement by taking a second year language course," Asani says...