San & The Griot Spirit. The new Haitian music

Griot Spirit. Music from Haiti. San Haitian musician
Jean San Lamour
Based in Texas, Griot Spirit was one of the first choice of the 2008 compilation CD of the Francophonies.  Writer, composer, singer, Jean Sanon Lamour - San - was born in Pétion-Ville, Haiti. As a child, San discovered music in his parents' library where he found songs of different material, which he learned without even understanding the words. On his own, San started to sing and play the guitar, before joining the National Arts School where he studied music for some time. But what has made San the artist he has become is his ability to diversify his style and to mix the different sounds which continue to influence him. At the beginning of 2000, San became public thanks to the group Sokute, which already introduced a new musical concept, merging soul music with Haitian rhythms.
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Africa Day lecture by Philip Emeagwali

Philip Emeagwali - Africa Day lecture
Philip Emeagwali
Africa Must Produce or Perish
by Philip Emeagwali
Imagine that it is May 25, 2063, the 100th anniversary of Africa Day, a day for reflecting on Africa’s successes and failures. The newspaper headline announces, “Last Remaining Oilfield in West Africa’s American Territory Dries Up.”

The article continues: “The last patch of rainforest will soon be empty land scarred by oil pipelines, pumping stations, and natural gas refineries. Wholesale pollution will be the environmental legacy for future generations.

“Africa’s offshore oil reserves will ebb away. Abandoned oil wells could well become tourist attractions, and oil-boom settlements will be transformed into derelict ghost towns.
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