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...center of the land occupied by the Masaai people—traditionally, nomadic cattle herders.The three rappers, along with Gsann and Nelly’s younger siblings and traditional Masaai singer Yamat (aka Merenge), use their Swahili hip hop to encourage Tanzanian children and adolescents to reject the nation??s dominant youth culture, in which violence is the norm. Instead, they urge listeners to “go back to their roots,” as Gsann says. Speaking at a screening of “Hali Halisi,” a 2000 documentary about Tanzanian...
...comfortable with her sending it to her agent, he remembers being honored that she would think his thesis had such promise. “I wasn’t writing it to be published,” Iweala says. But it was: “Beasts of No Nation?? exploded into a critically acclaimed, best-selling novel. Despite his success, Iweala hasn’t changed his previous plans to go on to medical school. Without the opportunity to write a creative thesis with Kincaid, Iweala doubts he would have even attempted to publish his first novel...
...work as an administrator. She said that the book influenced the way she thought about ways to bring about reform at Radcliffe. As the interview came to a close, Faust took the opportunity to mention the factors which, in her opinion, make Harvard one of the nation??s leading and most influential universities. Faust said that Harvard allows students to realize “how extraordinary people can be,” adding that students who graduate from Harvard know that “there are no limits to what humans can do.” MEDIA BUZZ...
...parents who earn incomes less than $60,000 are not expected to pay their children’s Harvard tuition. Even though the proposal’s $7.3 billion increase affects aid programs other than Pell Grants, experts and financial aid providers said they were still concerned that the nation??s rising tuition will compound the effects of cutting financial aid programs. “We are strongly supportive of the Pell Grant increase, but we have real concerns about paying for it by reducing other financial aid,” said Barry Toiv, who is the director...
...widely expected to become one of the country’s leading presidential contenders—and perhaps South Korea’s first woman president—made clear at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum last night what her top priority would be if elected to the nation??s highest office. “I have only one objective,” South Korean National Assembly member Park Geun-hye said. “I am in to save my country.” Park, who chaired South Korea’s conservative Grand National Party...