• Pieces of Africa is a 1992 studio album by the Kronos Quartet, containing works commissioned by the quartet, written by seven African composers. According...
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    increasing amount of African art in Western collections, the finest pieces of which are displayed as part of the history of colonization. African art has had...
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  • first pieces of African literature to receive significant worldwide critical acclaim was Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, published in 1958. African literature...
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    Chess piece (redirect from Chess pieces)
    knight, or pawn. Chess sets generally come with sixteen pieces of each color. Additional pieces, usually an extra queen per color, may be provided for...
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    Quartet, Pieces of Africa". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 12, 2007. Retrieved January 26, 2009. "Pieces of Africa: Kronos' Latest...
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  • Pieces of April is a 2003 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Hedges. Marking Hedges' directorial debut, the film stars Katie Holmes...
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  • Identity Pieces (French: Pièces d'identités) is a 1998 Belgian/French/Congolese comedy film written and directed by Mwezé Ngangura. It premiered at the...
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    West Africa, or Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso...
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    Recording Industry of South Africa (RISA). It received criticism for its cover and title bearing a similarity to that of the 2011 album Pieces of Me by US singer...
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    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,...
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  • Pieces of 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...
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  • Kronos Quartet (Kronos Quartet, 1986). (Kronos Quartet's 1992 album Pieces of Africa topped both the Billboard classical and world music charts.) Hurwitz...
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    Benin (redirect from Republic of Bénin)
    were carved items of ivory made by Benin's artisans in the form of carved saltcellars, spoons, and hunting horns - pieces of African art produced for sale...
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  • Hamza El Din (category Egyptian people of Nubian descent)
    with the Kronos Quartet on an arrangement of his piece Escalay on their album Pieces of Africa. His pieces were often used in ballet performances and...
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    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...
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    Foday Musa Suso (category American people of Mandinka descent)
    Ginger Baker, Paul Simon, Yousif Sheronick, and the Kronos Quartet (Pieces of Africa). He has contributed to music for the Olympic Games in 1984 and 2004...
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    Ledisi (redirect from Pieces of Me Tour)
    six more albums on Verve: It's Christmas (2008), Turn Me Loose (2009), Pieces of Me (2011), The Truth (2014), The Intimate Truth (2015), and Let Love Rule...
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    Acts of cannibalism in Africa have been reported from various parts of the continent, ranging from prehistoric times until the 21st century. The oldest...
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    Morabaraba (category African games)
    whatever comes to hand) used as the pieces. The description below is compatible with Mind Sports South Africa's "generally accepted rules". There are...
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    and eastern Asia, Africa, Madagascar, northernmost South America, Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean, with the majority of species being tropical...
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    especially South African English: /əˈpɑːrt(h)eɪt/ ə-PART-(h)ayt, Afrikaans: [aˈpart(ɦ)ɛit] ; transl. "separateness", lit. 'aparthood') was a system of institutionalised...
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  • 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...
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  • Justinian Tamusuza (category Alumni of Queen's University Belfast)
    included by the Kronos Quartet on their 1992 CD Pieces of Africa, which contains music by seven African composers. His music has also been performed by...
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    beehive-shaped pieces found in the games from which it is derived. Aeroplane chess has spread around the world, especially in Africa.[citation needed]...
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  • Music of the World. Shona Spirit (1995). Dumisani Maraire & Ephat Mujuru. Music of the World. ASIN: B000003IT0. Amazon.com Pieces of Africa (1992)....
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    Kora (instrument) (category West African musical instruments)
    extensively in West Africa. A kora typically has 21 strings, which are played by plucking with the fingers. It combines features of the lute and harp....
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  • from -30°C to 100°C. It can be used to secure things in place, such as pieces of paper on walls or fridge doors. It is similar to Blu Tack. Bostik Prestik...
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    been widespread in Africa. Systems of servitude and slavery were once commonplace in parts of Africa, as they were in much of the rest of the ancient and...
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    Rhodesian and Bechuanaland British South Africa Policemen, was equipped with Maxim machine guns and some artillery pieces. The plan was to make a three-day dash...
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    Lewis Howard Latimer (category African-American inventors)
    1910 A book of poetry called Poems of Love and Life. A technical book, Incandescent Electric Lighting (1890). Various pieces for African-American journals...
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