Word: bata
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Good and Evil" is a curious cut on Rei Momo that imposes tension and humor into a Rumba/Llesa sound. Lamenting that "Good and evil, good and evil/They turned 'em loose, they turned into people," this song combines piano and the bata instrumentation of Milton Cardona, Marc Quinones and Jose Mangual, Jr. to reflect the stresses of opposing positive and negative forces. The ending fades into the distance with a melody pattern not unlike a top 40 love song that takes a sharp turn from the salsa; in the context of all the varieties on the album, however, it is thoroughly...
...sell any products to South African customers. Word of Kodak's withdrawal came one day after a three-week strike ended at a GM plant that is being sold to local managers and on the same day that Hong Kong announced new sanctions. At week's end Canada-based Bata, a major shoe manufacturer, said it would sell its South African operations to foreign investors...
...four countries of West Africa. In response, Africans turned out by the tens, and hundreds of thousands. Normal activity in Nigeria's capital of Lagos all but stopped, as streets filled with crowds of well-wishers bearing pennants and portraits of the Pope. Fully half the population of Bata, capital of tiny Equatorial Guinea, came out to greet him and threw palm branches to blanket his path. In neighboring Gabon, a special residence for the Pontiff was built in two weeks. Even the Marxist state of Benin fell under the spell, as posters with Bible quotations went up next...