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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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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Kronos Quartet discography (redirect from Osvaldo Golijov: The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind)
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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Black Coffee (DJ) (redirect from Africa Rising CD)
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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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 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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Apartheid (redirect from Apartheid system of South Africa)
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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Nonesuch Records (redirect from Music from the Morning of the World)
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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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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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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Constant – tanpura Bob Edwards, Howard Johnston – Engineers List of 1993 albums Short Stories at AllMusic. "Kronos Quartet: Pieces of Africa", Wired.com....
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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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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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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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Ghana (redirect from Ghana, West Africa)
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...
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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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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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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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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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emerged out of Africa between 0.5 and 1.8 million years ago. This was followed by the emergence of modern humans (Homo sapiens) in East Africa around 300...
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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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Fried chicken (category Cuisine of the Southern United States)
chicken, also called 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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Philadelphia Wireman (category Year of birth unknown)
known about the artist's motives. Many of the pieces resemble African art, and this plus the demographics of the neighborhood where the art collection...
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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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Crime in South Africa includes all violent and non-violent crimes that take place in the country of South Africa, or otherwise within its jurisdiction...
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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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