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...Sobanza Mimanisa, who root their song “Kiwembo” in a distorted, angular guitar riff; in a decidedly non-Western move, melody seems to support rhythm, rather than the other way around. Some of the tracks downplay the innovation of electric/acoustic fusion in favor of emphasizing the blended cultural milieu of the music and Kinshasa. Masanka Sankayi sing one of their songs in French. Bolia We Ndenge introduce an accordion into their music and shout that it “comes from Belgium,” the country’s old colonial master. But the sound...
EPCOT as envisioned by Walt was certainly nightmarishly controlling, although endlessly fascinating. He wanted to build a planned city, a new town, with a dome over it, a nuclear power plant and electric cars, and a social contract that supercedes the Constitution. People would waive their Constitutional rights in favor of an explicit written social contract that would be more like an employment contract...
...think it’s good that we only have one day off,” Freese said. “When you win a game, you get a little momentum. If we play our cards right, it can work in our favor...
...Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. Finally, Chisholm broke down huge barriers in American politics by becoming the first black woman elected to Congress and the first woman to make a serious bid for the presidency. However, the importance of leaders like these is simply swept under the carpet in favor of heaping nearly all of the credit for the advancement of black people on the familiar male icons. Interestingly enough, the few black women that we do hear about often have their achievements gravely oversimplified. In the most noticeable example, mainstream history tells us that Rosa Parks simply decided...
...faculty first voted 218-185 in favor of a no-confidence motion last March, following the criticism of Summers’ remarks about women...