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...while language sheds light on culture, fundamentally it is just a communication tool. One semester in African political systems or African history will provide a much more broad and profound knowledge of Africa than learning basic grammar and vocabulary in Yoruba. It is far more important for the vast majority who know very little about Africa to learn about its particularities, and quickly, which is most easily done in one’s own language...
Secondly, the vast continent of Africa teems with over 1,000 languages of varying currencies. A choice of four, even if they are among the most widely spoken, is incomplete, arbitrary, and of limited utility. Studying one of these languages means that at an early stage in his intellectual journey a student would be confined to concentrating on the narrow region where this language is used. It makes much more sense for a student of Africa to satisfy himself with his knowledge of English or French—two of the continent’s much more far-reaching lingua...
...only the students at Columbia had realized that the vast majority are so opposed to racism that it is easy to calmly snuff out the few places where it remains. Instead, they chose to risk rekindling the flame with their unnecessary fury...
...were waiting to assemble enough equipment and foam from nearby districts before tackling the main blaze-which may not be controllable until it burns itself out. They do not expect the blaze to spread beyond the depot; the main danger to people in the area comes from the vast amounts of smoke being generated...
It’s culture-clash weekend at the box office! Wildly different movies open on the same weekend all the time, but this particular mid-holiday frame’s lineup is just plain bizarre. Obviously, a vast conspiracy is at work—a bunch of Hollywood suits sat down over a bottle of Coppola Wine and decided that Americans needed a good dose of hot-button issues. In Shakespearean tragic tones, here’s what you’ve got coming: “Something’s rotten in the State of the Middle East?...