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Harvard’s Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa (YALDA) sponsored “Uniting the African Diaspora: Building the Western Hemisphere African Diaspora Network” yesterday to begin Africa Week, a program sponsored by Harvard African Students Association (HASA). “Everyone in the African Diaspora needs to know that this goal of Pan-Africanism is happening right now,” said Ras N. Blake, director of the African Union Sixth Region 2006 Education Campaign, who spoke at the event. “[W]e’re building this network...
...When we say Irish culture, we’re really talking about Irish-American culture,” Kelly says. “There isn’t really a representation of the Irish diaspora at Harvard...
...cultural and artistic traditions from around the world to celebrate their common origin, points of intersection, and distinctive regional heritage.The festival, dedicated to Harvard Business School alumnus and beloved former faculty advisor of Kuumba, Walter J. Leonard, bears the title “Soaring Spirits: Black Expression in the Diaspora.” The dizzying calendar features black art not only from all over the world, but also from across the spectrum of creative work. The Food Festival on Saturday from 5-7 p.m. in Ticknor Lounge will feature dishes prepared by the Nigerian Student Association and the Native Americans...
...Lakshmi Mittal is the symbol of the new Indian confidence. Even a decade ago, who would have dreamt that the third richest man in the world would hold an Indian passport? Integral to the way in which Indians regard Mittal is that he is not a child of the diaspora, not some person of Indian origin who grew up in Leicester or New Jersey. He is, for want of a better term, an Indian Indian, the son of one of Calcutta's leading businessmen, and still regarded as much a part of the Indian business scene as his father...
...decade. In postwar Italy, the Christian Democrats held or shared power in every government until 1992. But despite its leaders' intimate ties to the Vatican hierarchy, the party continued to stress the secular nature of politics. Its collapse after a bribery scandal in the early 1990s created a diaspora of former Christian Democrats into rival parties, and fierce competition among erstwhile colleagues. Each sought to demonstrate greater fidelity to the Church and better connections to the Holy See. "There was a whole political class of orphans, and Ruini was skillful in realizing that he could see which would offer more...