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...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 to Harvard was not only a celebration of his first...
...considered high culture—Shakespeare, fine art—and low culture—Broadway musicals or graffiti art—we’ve seen a gradual blurring and redefinition of these boundaries,” Kaufman says. “Doing mashups can be as high-status as playing Beethoven’s String Quartets, and in many cases even more...
...doing so. At the end of the video, we fade out to a shot of Akon ambling alone along a beach. We can only assume that he wants to make love right now (na na na). And whether you’re watching him pull up in his 007-status convertible or casually remove his Italian suit jacket, we can’t really put the blame on you for wanting it too. —R. Derek Wetzel
...stresses the fact that against the other teams in the tournament—Duke, BU, Dartmouth, Penn—we haven’t done well. So we have something to prove and it won’t be an easy road.”Harvard is relishing its status as underdog.“You can see from the last two years that it’s not as predictable as you would think,” junior Kwaku Nyamekye said. “Anything can happen.”Massachusetts’ run in the tournament last year...
...since the start of Saddam Hussein's trial have Iraqis been so transfixed by a legal and legislative debate. The to-and-fro over the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the U.S. has turned parliamentary politics into prime-time entertainment. In restaurants and caf?s across Baghdad, TV screens normally featuring music videos and Arabic soap operas are instead tuned to Iraqi news channels that seem at times to be devoted exclusively to the SOFA story. It's democracy as reality...