PiecesofAfrica is a 1992 studio album by the Kronos Quartet, containing works commissioned by the quartet, written by seven African composers. According...
increasing amount ofAfrican art in Western collections, the finest piecesof which are displayed as part of the history of colonization. African art has had...
first piecesofAfrican literature to receive significant worldwide critical acclaim was Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, published in 1958. African literature...
Quartet, Pieces of Africa". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 12, 2007. Retrieved January 26, 2009. "PiecesofAfrica: Kronos' Latest...
Piecesof a Man is the debut studio album by American poet Gil Scott-Heron. It was recorded in April 1971 at RCA Studios in New York City and released...
West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region ofAfrica. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso...
knight, or pawn. Chess sets generally come with sixteen piecesof each color. Additional pieces, usually an extra queen per color, may be provided for...
Kronos turned 30, in 2003, it decided to commission new pieces from composers under age 30, in hopes of encouraging talented young composers. The program,...
Piecesof April is a 2003 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Hedges. Marking Hedges' directorial debut, the film stars Katie Holmes...
Kronos Quartet (Kronos Quartet, 1986). (Kronos Quartet's 1992 album PiecesofAfrica topped both the Billboard classical and world music charts.) Hurwitz...
were carved items of ivory made by Benin's artisans in the form of carved saltcellars, spoons, and hunting horns - piecesofAfrican art produced for sale...
Ginger Baker, Paul Simon, Yousif Sheronick, and the Kronos Quartet (PiecesofAfrica). He has contributed to music for the Olympic Games in 1984 and 2004...
According to the Hebrew Bible, the covenant of the pieces or covenant between the parts (Hebrew: ברית בין הבתרים, romanized: Brit Bein HaBetarim) is an...
especially South African English: /əˈpɑːrt(h)eɪt/ ə-PART-(h)ayt, Afrikaans: [aˈpartɦɛit] ; transl. "separateness", lit. 'aparthood') was a system of institutionalised...
The Parliament of the Republic of South Africa is South Africa's legislature; under the present Constitution of South Africa, the bicameral Parliament...
Fugitive Pieces is a novel by the Canadian poet and novelist Anne Michaels. The story is divided into two sections. The first centers around Jakob Beer...
out ofAfrica between 0.5 and 1.8 million years ago. This was followed by the emergence of anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens) in East Africa around...
nonfiction pieces about African safaris. His short stories "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" and "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" are set on African safaris...
Acts of cannibalism in Africa have been reported from various parts of the continent, ranging from prehistoric times until the 21st century. The oldest...
been widespread in Africa. Systems of servitude and slavery were once commonplace in parts ofAfrica, as they were in much of the rest of the ancient and...
Identity Pieces (French: Pièces d'identités) is a 1998 Belgian/French/Congolese comedy film written and directed by Mwezé Ngangura. It premiered at the...
included by the Kronos Quartet on their 1992 CD PiecesofAfrica, which contains music by seven African composers. His music has also been performed by...
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It lies adjacent to the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing...
chicken, also known as Southern fried chicken, is a dish consisting of chicken pieces that have been coated with seasoned flour or batter and pan-fried...
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