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...cultural lexicon upon which we depend to communicate, "Western" is conceived as referring to the European/Mediterranean world. The role of Blacks in the early development of Western history was, therefore, necessarily limited. Contact with Africa remained confined to coastal regions as late as the year 1600 and de Gama did not even round the coast of Africa until 1498. In refusing this truth, perhaps Muhammad is implicitly asserting that the word "Western" extends beyond Europe and the Mediterranean to include Africa. If this is the case, however, he has construed "Western" so broadly that it is no longer...
...Muslim fundamentalists. A safari van filled with tourists came under a fusillade of small-weapons fire near Dairut, 168 miles south of Cairo. Sharon Pauline Hill, 28, from England, was struck by several bullets and died within 20 minutes. Two other British passengers received light flesh wounds. The Gama'a el-Islamiya, one of the most radical fundamentalist groups in Egypt, claimed responsibility in a brief statement given to reporters...
...Portugal's Prince Henry (commonly known as "the Navigator," but wrongly so, since he never took part in any exploratory voyages himself) established a maritime training center at Sagres, on his country's Atlantic coast. Inspired by Henry's seafaring passion, such explorers as Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco Da Gama sailed down the coast of Africa and eventually to India. From the rival ports of Palos and Cadiz, under the flag of Spain, Christopher Columbus set out westward on his seminal voyage of discovery, eventually journeying four times to what he never believed was a New World. His discovery...
...Chapel Concerts--presents Na'ama Loin, baroque flute; Dana Maiben, baroque violin; Jane Hershey, viola da gama; and Peter Sykes, harpsichord, performing works by Telemann, Le Clair and others. MIT Chapel, 77 Mass Ave., Cambridge. Thursday, Feb. 20. Free...
...hunchbacked King Gama (Kenneth Bamberger) steals the spotlight in the prologue when he limps on stage to explain that Ida has run out on her engagement to Prince Hilarion. His amusing gestures and grimaces demonstrate why he has been the mainstay of several Harvard Gilbert and Sullivan Players' shows. Bamberger most recently starred as King Pooh-Ba in the fall production of The Mikado...