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...main cultural component of the weekend will take place Sunday when the Yale Black Gospel Choir, Harvard's Kuumba Singers and the Nzinga African Dance Troupe of Yale will perform. A black poetry reading will be part of the event...
Braided Initials. Some stylists specialize in bizarre-sounding cornrowing variations such as the Ashia from Kenya, the Nzinga from Nigeria, and the Umoja from Egypt. The majority, however, adhere to cornrowing basics −stick-up or tied-down short braids, or Medusa-like strands sliding down the head. Customers often make specific requests for patterns that include their own braided initials. The price rises with the complexity of styling and ranges from $3.50 to $150. Because braids can remain neat and clean for several weeks, however, cornrowing reduces annual coiffure costs for those accustomed to weekly stylings...
Below the Sahara, Arab traders and slavers established footholds for Mohammedanism in East and West Africa. But Portuguese sailors of Prince Henry the Navigator also dutifully carried Catholic missionaries with them on their 15th century voyages along the coast of Africa; King Nzinga of the Congo became a Catholic a year before Columbus discovered America. The ebb and flow of colonial fortunes kept the coastal missions weak, but a start had been made. Finally, spurred on by both imperialism and the new humanitarianism of the 19th century, missionaries penetrated the interior...
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