Word: feted
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...performing in the U.S. for the first time, as part of Africa Fete, a traveling festival of African music and culture that will visit 20 North American cities starting in early June. Joining her will be several other African singing stars, most of them little known in America, including Salif Keita (a huge star in his native Mali), Papa Wemba (from the Democratic Republic of Congo) and newcomer Cheikh Lo (of Senegal). Their sounds can be heard on Africa Fete '98, a companion album just released by Island Records. Taken together, the tour and the album offer American audiences their...
...Africa Fete began as the dream of Mamadou Konte, an African immigrant living in Paris. He wanted to bring a little of Africa to Europe to show Parisians what that continent's culture was all about. So in 1978 he founded Africa Fete, a weeklong series of concerts in Paris that still draw tens of thousands of people each year. In 1993, Island Records founder Chris Blackwell (who helped bring reggae superstar Bob Marley to a global audience) licensed the name Africa Fete and started a similar show in America. He was forced to halt it, however, after three years...
...When you compare [the fete] to other Houseformals, everything else is like 'Hello Kitty,'"said Knapp. "We're definitely in the upperechelon...
Brian C. Fox '99 Cloos' date at the fete, addedthat when it comes to drinking responsibly atformals, "Harvard students deserve the benefit ofthe doubt...
...other students at the fete felt that thealcohol policy at spring formals has become morestringent in recent years. In fact, one underagestudent's fake I.D. was seized at the door of thefete...