Word: cameroon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...again in 1987. But after Habre accused him of plotting a coup last year, Deby fled to the Sudan, where he began recruiting his army. A final three-week assault launched last month quickly overwhelmed forces loyal to Habre, who fled across the Chari River into Cameroon...
...Cabinet ministers have died in office, and after Menem shook the hand of a driver before a powerboat race, the driver crashed and lost an arm. The clincher came when Menem showed up on the field with the Argentine soccer team the day before its World Cup match with Cameroon. The heavily favored South American team was then humiliated, 1-0. Menem has heard the talk that he brings bad luck and is said to be worried, since he is superstitious and regularly consults a fortune teller...
When the huge foreign-born challengers showed up at Angels Camp, Calif., they filled U.S. competitors with dread. Back home in Cameroon, it was said, giant African frogs routinely leap up to 40 ft. How could such a performance fail to win the Calaveras County Frog Jump Jubilee...
Perhaps NPR's liveliest offering is Afropop Worldwide, which is buoyed by the wide knowledge, melodious voice and infectious enthusiasm of host Georges Collinet, a Cameroon native. The program explores contemporary African music and its influence on pop sounds. Among performers recently featured: Brazil's Gilberto Gil, the Ivory Coast's Alpha Blondy and the "Lion of Zimbabwe," , Thomas Mapfumo...
...since spent many months in the shadow ofChartres, taken an extended "Pilgrimage" toBenares--which he describes as "the principleplace of pilgrimage for Hindus, truly a miraculousplace"--and three weeks writing flute music in aremote village in Cameroon, which he describes as"the most exciting thing I've ever done...