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Postponed after the events of last Tuesday, Malian singer-guitarist Habib Koite, and Zimbabwean superstar Thomas Mapfumo will finally grace the stage of Sanders Theatre. The two are well matched—Koite’s acoustic, blues-flecked West African themes represent a younger generation of musicians, yet one still faithful to their musical heritage. Thomas Mapfumo created his own tradition in Zimbabwe, where he is credited with originating “Chimurenga” music, the music of the Zimbabwean Liberation struggle. Recently forced to leave Zimbabwe after releasing Chimurenga Explosion last year, an album that specifically criticised...
Thomas Mapfumo and Habib Koite...
...verdict will not come soon. Even the start of the trial remains months away: Milosevic's lawyers will likely file a raft of procedural appeals to delay the hearings. The three judges who will hear the case - Richard May of Britain, Patrick Robinson of Jamaica and Mohamed Al-Habib Fassi Fihri of Morocco - will make the ultimate determination of Milosevic's guilt; but the tribunal's brand of painstaking jurisprudence means that his fate may not be settled for years. If he is found guilty, Milosevic will probably face life imprisonment in one of the seven countries that have...
...Daniel Habib Cohen...
...feat, of course, rivaled ILM's waterworks. During the film's research and development stage, another associate effects supervisor, Habib Zargarpour, studied how waves break and froth by leaning out of a helicopter and sailing on choppy seas with a video camera. "First we found out it's all about foam," says Zargarpour. "Then we found out it's all about mist." Reality was then simulated by ILM's software creators, fluid-dynamics expert John Anderson and programmer Masi Oka. Given variables like wind velocity, for example, the program could determine the size of a wave or the magnitude...