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...papers and clothing litter the floor, presumably from a search for cash or documents. But most of the former First Family's belongings are still here: CDs of Beethoven and the sound track of the film Moonstruck, sterling-silver tea settings, an embroidered cushion presented by another former dictator, Nigeria's Ibrahim Babangida. Greetings from Pope John Paul II and U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher, among others, are proudly displayed on shelves. In a teenager's room upstairs, the scent of spilled perfume mingles with the stench of decaying flesh that still pervades most corners of the dying city...
...European leaders agree with the U.S. that African nations should take the lead in policing Rwanda, even though they lack the money and equipment to carry out such a perilous mission successfully. Ghana, Ethiopia, Senegal and Zimbabwe have promised troops, and the U.N. hopes Egypt and Nigeria will also contribute. That only intensifies suspicion that the white West's refusal to come to the aid of black Africa is racist. Wrote columnist Simon Hoggart in the British daily Guardian: "Nobody you know has ever been on holiday to Rwanda. And Rwandans don't look like us. They have even less...
...Nigerian American with daughters, I find Lydia Oluloro's assertion that deportation to Nigeria would have resulted in the inevitable circumcision of her daughters absolutely ridiculous. In Africa, the individual's wish with regard to matters affecting his or her immediate family is still supreme and is always respected, regardless of cultural and traditional pressures. Oluloro, as the mother and guardian of her children, would still have been the person to make the final decision concerning their welfare...
...investments. Major banks, brokerage firms and insurance companies write them for customers, inventing such exotic names as forwards, caps, collars, swaps, options and swaptions. Derivatives can be as straightforward as options to buy or sell securities or as fancy as unregulated and customized agreements to purchase oil futures in Nigeria while selling dollars in Indonesia and graphite in Madagascar...
Through July 3. African and Oceanic Sculpture: Treasures from a Private Collection. The objects are mostly wood and terracotta, ranging from a miniature wooden mask from Zaire to a monumental yoruba veranda post from Nigeria...