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...Zulu men dominate isicathamiya, though Zulu women are entering the ranks. A troupe often represents a district from one of the former apartheid reserves administered by tribal chiefs. Residents in these infertile scrublands remain dirt poor and dependent on income from emigrant relatives. Their homes are only now receiving electricity and running water. A lone goat bleating often punctuates the usual rural stillness, but when people gather for traditional ceremonies the landscape reverberates with songs of courting and dances of war. Isicathamiya embraces both these vibrant customs and the modern cultural innovations brought by Zulu workers living in cosmopolitan cities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Zulu Blues | 3/9/2001 | See Source »

...Ironies aside, the demise of Milosevic has strengthened the tendency in NATO to discourage any redrawing of sovereign borders in the Balkans. And Western enthusiasm for policing the region's tribal wars will inevitably wane in proportion to any increase in direct danger to their troops. For some, that appears to make a compelling case for bringing back the Yugoslav army to police the borders NATO is now committed to upholding. Who knows, at this rate they may yet find themselves pining for the former Yugoslavia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO's New Balkan Solution: Bring in the Serbs | 3/7/2001 | See Source »

...tinkly music played, the fallen hero went out horizontal, like in the bad action movies, and the helicopter took him away, over the trees, taking all hopes of a Tribal Council with it. And at the end, Kucha prayed solemnly over the fish Mike caught...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ouch! Mike — No Shrimp He — Falls on the Barbie | 3/1/2001 | See Source »

...kids. Pop-music turnover is faster than ever. The group that gets two or three successful albums in a row is harder to find. No sooner do you figure out who Blink-182 is, than Blink-183 takes its place. And music is more splintered into niche markets and tribal followings. It can be tricky to navigate the byways of postpunk and trip-hop, ambient techno and speed metal. But remember, there was a time when you had no trouble telling the difference between surf music and Merseybeat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Rock Of Ages | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

...accountants and its all-controlling p.r. department - is at this point as joyful as a colonoscopy. Nobody would be happier to see CBS get embarrassed, or worse, for rigging a show than journalists. As far as the audience is concerned, though, the lawsuit may just prove one tribal challenge too many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The People vs. Pulau Tiga | 2/7/2001 | See Source »

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