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Taylor first rose to power as a warlord during Liberia’s bloody civil war in the 1990s. After the war ended in 1996, he defeated Johnson-Sirleaf to become president. He was elected with the campaign slogan, “He killed my ma, he killed my pa. I’ll vote...
...started novel, maybe even the movies. But just four months later, liver cancer was diagnosed, and he died last week at age 60, ensuring that his life would forever be defined by the great work that he spent more than two decades creating. Each of his 10 plays, from Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (which opened on Broadway in 1984) to his latest, Radio Golf, was set in a different decade, chronicling the struggle of African Americans to come to terms with the legacy of slavery and the injustices of today. His work stood apart from, and above, nearly everything...
...Ma attended every rehearsal—I wasn’t expecting that,” says Koh, “Obviously, he had a lot of things to do, along with the Silk Road Project, but being in that situation, you couldn’t tell that he was under so much stress—he was really enjoying rehearsals...
...slightly chillier response initially greeted the ensemble on Wednesday night, when a “jam session” was held in Cabot House. Students from across the campus were invited to come and play with the members of the ensemble, and although Yo-Yo Ma was present, he didn’t play with the group...
...Ma writes that the journey, however uncertain, is going to be made rich, not so much by the Ensemble, but by what Harvard students can offer up. “From the sight-reading abilities of the students who came to the [reading sessions], 95% of whom were not music majors, to the great questions and comments we got from students in the classes, to the amazing enthusiasm and energy of the jam session, everywhere we went we could feel the intelligence and open-mindedness of Harvard undergraduates,” Ma wrote...