They are the new points of exchange for long-term expatriates and short-term visitors looking to identify trends, find local talent, and catch the African wave of innovation.
Another 1960s writer more postmodernist than nationalist, Adrienne Kennedy made her avant-garde theatre debut with stunningly innovative, nightmarish one-act plays, most notably Funnyhouse of a Negro (produced 1962) and The Owl Answers (produced 1963), which featured surrealist spectacles of black women caught between African and European heritages.
In the waters of southeast Africa, countries have joined forces to create FISH-I Africa, a group of eight coastal nations that track suspicious vessels and exchange information about their activities in real-time, motivated by the astonishing fact that one in four fish caught in African waters is pilfered by pirate fishers.
Surveys of fish caught in African lakes, rivers, and streams show large variation in terms of the levels of MeHg in fish relative to recommended limits.
In the Internet forum "soc.culture.vietnamese," one participant responded bluntly: Just a thought, but if McCain had been caught by Africans while fighting in Somalia, would he feel as comfortable calling his torturers "niggers" as he does using the word "gook"?
Other white people may disagree, but to me, your series underscores how far we have to go to catch up with African-Americans in understanding the role that race plays in this country's social and economic dynamics.
Arguably, the ideas that Marxism-Leninism provided were strong enough to catch the attention of African leaders as the best way of governance.
On a good day, they say, an average Joe can catch more than 100 African perch here in a few short hours.
Simon's endorsement allowed a mass audience to catch on to what African music fans had known for years, that the 10-member chorus's a cappella harmonies pull a piece of heaven to Earth every time they sing.
"There's a saying that when America catches a cold, African-Americans catch the flu," said Mr. White.
