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REGGAE FANS KNOW THAT A BURNING SPEAR CONCERT is an opportunity to gain a little cracker-jack island wisdom from one of the music's mystics. Winston Rodney-the 50-something-year-old St. Ann's, Jamaica, native who adopted his stage name from Kenyan freedom fighter Jomo Kenyatta-arrived at the Theatee District's Roxy Nightclub on the heels of his recent Grammy-winning album Calling Rastafari and with a revamped edition of his Burning Band...
...sixth Women's History Week event, a visiting scholar from the University of Kenyatta spoke yesterday about the tradition of African female activism...
...assumed the mantle of independence hero Jomo Kenyatta in 1978, justifies maintaining the monopoly of his Kenya African National Union -- codified by a 1982 constitutional amendment -- the standard way: a single party begets stability, which begets prosperity. True enough, ethnic tensions that have provoked violence in other parts of Africa have rarely disturbed Kenya's 27 years of independence, even though the country encompasses more than 40 major tribes. And Kenya has maintained economic growth in recent years % at 3% to 5% annually, up to twice the sub-Saharan average. "We are being asked to risk that which we have...
...attack on open debate come only from outside the ivory tower. In the past year-and-a-half, bands of hecklers have threatened the free speech not only of Weinberger, but also of the Rev. Jerry Falwell and a representative of the Palestinian Liberation Organization. Muhammed Kenyatta, a Black student leader at the Law School, conversely abridged the rights of participants at a talk by a P.L.O. member when he refused to recognize Jewish members of the audience during the question-and-answer period...
...these statements seem somewhat disingenuous, for instance, in light of Harvard's failure to act decisively to condemn the law students who refused to allow members of the audience to question a representative of the P.L.O. recently. Bok did not condemn Kenyatta, even though the Law School incident came shortly after he had heaped abuse on the members of the Pi Eta Club for their sexist newsletter. The Pi Eta's actions were no doubt despicable--if not a little foolish--but were Kenyatta's any less...