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...past Tuesday, Chinua Achebe came to Harvard to celebrate his novel’s fiftieth anniversary.The novel was one of the first major works to bring Western readers the experience of an African man under colonial rule from an African perspective. It tells the story of the unsympathetic protagonist, Okonkwo, a volatile patriarch who attempts to reassert his status and masculinity against a tide of circumstances out of his control. Achebe’s most extraordinary feat in the novel is his ability to communicate Okonkwo’s poignant experience to Western audiences. But Achebe’s visit...
...finally set off for a fact-finding mission to the Liberian capital, Monrovia, the commercial flight it was booked on was cancelled. Then a military plane the men commandeered developed engine trouble and had to turn back. "I'm sure you waited for us last week," force commander Festus Okonkwo said when he finally landed in Monrovia. "We couldn't make it, but now we're here." It's been a long time coming. Fighting raged into its second week in central Monrovia last week, and rebels took Liberia's second biggest city, Buchanan. President Charles Taylor promised yet again...
...best trained Africans are leaving because they cannot find the challenging positions and the well-paid positions that they desire," said conference co-chair Ndidi M. Okonkwo, an HBS second-year...
Harvard will also need to stop Brown's Aaron Butler, who is shooting 38 percent from downtown. Like Okonkwo, Butler (14 ppg) leads his team in scoring...
...While Okonkwo and Butler are the only players in double figures on their respective teams, Harvard has three: Snowden, Grancio, and sophomore guard Tim Hill. Additionally, all three are among the top ten scorers in the league...