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...literally. “You let the story develop. You let the story begin. The story makes all kinds of preparations for its own arrival.”No one knows that truth better than Achebe. The Nigerian author, who currently teaches at Bard College, established himself as Nigeria??s literary ambassador to the Western world with his first novel, “Things Fall Apart,” published in 1959. This past Tuesday, Chinua Achebe came to Harvard to celebrate his novel’s fiftieth anniversary.The novel was one of the first major works...
...says Gemma Rodriguez, one of the conference’s graduate student organizers.With many difficulties still facing the African community, much of its contemporary art has a social and political message. Blier cites the environment—in particular the destruction of places like the Delta area of Nigeria??as an example of such an issue. “Artists are not just concerned with the creation of visually profound works of art, but with addressing salient issues that are important for them and for their communities,” she says. Blier emphasizes a desire...
...diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and bipolar disorder. Harvard researchers from the Broad Institute joined a team of 200 researchers in six nations to complete the $138 million project. Findings from the HapMap, compiled by analyzing genetic data from four ethnic groups—Europeans, Japanese, Chinese, and the Yoruba of Nigeria??were published in last week’s edition of the journal Nature. Researchers found over three million common variants in the three-billion-unit human genome. Researchers are now planning to use the HapMap data to search for links between common variants and genetically-based diseases...
...delay also meant that in-country partners in Nigeria??including doctors, nurses, counselors, and community health workers—went without pay from Harvard for five months, according to Idoko...
Because funding for the program was delayed in March, in-country partners in Nigeria??including doctors, nurses, counselors and community health workers—went without pay for five months, Idako said...