When Hansberry died of cancer in 1965, at the premature age of 34, Martin Luther King sent a message to be read at her funeral: “Ms Hansberry’s commitment of spirit, her creative ability and her profound grasp of the deep social issues confronting the world today will remain an inspiration to generations yet unborn.” The fact that A Raisin In The Sun continues to inspire and instruct students, actors and activists decades later is testament of the veracity of King’s prophetic words. Contre une édition des Oiseaux d’Amérique d’Audubon42 et 32 dessins sur vélins peints par Nicolas Robert, Claude Aubriet, Jean Joubert, Madeleine Basseporte et Redouté, qui sont en double dans ses collections, le Muséum acquiert 37 volumes concernant Plumier et Bégon : 22 volumes de dessins et de manuscrits de Plumier43, neuf volumes de plantes recueillies par le père Plumier sur les côtes de Provence et rangées selon la classification de Tournefort, ainsi que quatre volumes d’herbier provenant du Cabinet de M. Bégon intendant de la Marine. And you brought Buddhism as well into it. Les observations de Plumier vont au-delà de l’histoire naturelle. In 1960, Saint Laurent unveiled his fifth collection under Dior. But the show went on, of course, without Mercury, who died in London on November 24 1991 of Aids-related bronchial pneumonia. She liked it so we were invited to dance for her son’s birthday. And in March she got into a Twitter spat with CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, tweeting “@AndersonCooper called me a terrorist for speaking out [about Tamil civilians dying in Sri Lanka]” (although after defending their positions the two called a truce). I think it’s an interesting wave to watch but I still remain true to my upbringing [and] school, and happy to explore, to expand the horizon as long as it’s live and real. Of course, there’s no such thing as bad publicity. I think there are more of us [Africans] in London, in England, and more people are tapping into that. Although critics are concerned this is exactly what will happen. We get a mix of people, although we do have Ghanaian students who come along that haven’t learnt so much about their culture in that respect and just feel that they really want to touch base and learn. The minister of health refused to talk to me on the radio but it got the nation talking anyway. How has it been? You directed Wah-Wah in Swaziland. 51Pendant la Révolution, les manuscrits et dessins de Charles Plumier présents dans les collections de l’ancienne Bibliothèque du roi restent conservés à la Bibliothèque nationale. Why do you think things have changed? I know it’s wonderful. We’re doing the second video from this new album for the track Kites. A year later, King did finally get his day in court. 26Plumier décrivit à Lister l’étendue de ses « années à vagabonder dans les îles » des Antilles. In most cases we gave the guests the songs very well developed, then they did their part, and we figured out what to add or take away to make the sound its best. Des copies de manuscrits, de traductions manuscrites, sont également conservées au British Muséum, en Allemagne, aux Pays-Bas (voir Planchon & Triana 1862 : 30-31 ; Fournier 1932a : 57). The other names [such as Alien with Serial Crew Breakers] people gave to me. The I See Lagos team will be monitoring feedback over the next four years and inviting those who share their visions to high-profile events, such as Governor Fashola’s recent inauguration. Gaborone Dam, Fusion Entertainment Frère Charles PlumierDessin à la Plume de Sylvany. 35Toujours attiré par l’expérimentation, Plumier développa l’habitude de goûter chaque nouvelle plante qu’il rencontrait, au prix parfois de très désagréables surprises : « Cette plante est une substance violemment caustique et corrosive ; je voulus la goûter, mais à peine avais-je touché le bout de la tige que ma bouche s’enflamma à tel point qu’il me fut impossible de parler pendant presque deux heures, si bien que je dus tenir ma bouche ouverte et même tenir ma langue à l’extérieur autant que possible. 25Au cours d’une conversation qu’il eut avec Plumier dans sa cellule de la Place Royale en 1698, le célèbre naturaliste anglais, spécialiste des mollusques, Martin Lister (1638-1712) fit cette remarque : « Aucune visite ne me fut plus agréable que celle que j’eus avec F. Plumier, que je joignis à sa cellule du Couvent des Minimes. Our similes, idioms and proverbs are built around what is most important to the people. Selon Louis-Étienne Arcère (1757 : 422), Plumier, après sont retour de Saint-Domingue, rencontra Baulot à La Rochelle ; ce dernier ayant rédigé des remarques sur L’Art de tourner que venait de publier Plumier (1701) transmit ses commentaires à Plumier par l’intermédiaire de Begon (voir aussi Rainguet, 1851 : 69). And now newly re-elected Lagos state governor Babatunde Raji Fashola is encouraging his constituents to go online – to share their visions for Lagos. On the first album I was so hugely influenced by that. And I just realised I didn’t know anything about Nigeria. Highlights of the Women’s Forum, for example, included the debate Will the Arab uprisings truly become Arab springs? I am very open to play with new people all the time, but I can’t think of one person in particular right now. Au cours d’un séjour qui ne dura pas plus d’un an, il illustra et prépara des descriptions détaillées des plantes et des animaux locaux. Although Saint Laurent became increasingly reclusive over the years, battling with depression and drug addiction, his legacy had already cemented itself. At the time of writing, 332 Lagosians have logged on to I See Lagos to upload their photos and requests. 54Lors d’une contestation de l’exécution de cet échange par la Bibliothèque royale en 1835, le bibliothécaire du Muséum, Jules Desnoyers, nota que les dessins étaient beaucoup de doubles que la Bibliothèque du Muséum possédait déjà47. He also holds sabar dance classes in London: “Sabar is the drum, and also the dance – they go together. The branch in Riverwalk Mall is the place to go if you live the hip hop lifestyle. The knowledgeable panel included human rights activist and former Minister of State for Family and Population of Egypt Moushira Mahmoud Khattab, the executive editor of the International Herald Tribute Alison Smale and Tunisian cyberactivist Amira Yahyaoui. 2 Sur cette conversion, cf. Yes, Chef is his fourth book, and Red Rooster is only one of his restaurants (the others are Ginny’s Supper Club, newly opened downstairs at Red Rooster; Marc Burger in Chicago; and Costa Mesa – with Norda and Street Food in Sweden). “He is an amazing guy, like a father or big brother.” Kweli took to the stage too, putting on killer shows at Cape Town’s Trinity club and Joburg’s OST. I was last in the country for the Bushfire Festival [in May], which was a real pleasure. When I performed in India…[there were musicians on stage] surrounded by computers, playing samples, pre-recorded material on a loop… It sounded interesting enough but what I noticed was that there was no energy. We need factual more than moral education and we need to ensure that we have the necessary services available. So we realised we had to have parallel programmes and fundraising projects that could support our activities. La paternité de ce volume donné « par le père Plumier, minime, de la province de Provence », comme l’indique une mention manuscrite au premier feuillet, fait l’objet d’une contestation : une autre main y a également inscrit : « Ce n’est point un ouvrage du P. Plumier. The Olympics wasn’t the only arena in which South Africa was shunned. It is my foundation. In The Definitive Biography, a friend recounts his memories of hanging out with Mercury on his return to Zanzibar: “We’d cycle to Fumba in the south, Mungapwani in the northeast, the site of the old slaves’ caves… we’d swim, eat snacks, climb coconut trees. [At Sauti] we push our artists to do 15-minute to one-hour showcases, and the ones who put in the work see the benefits. The two runners-up from sub-Saharan African were Linda Ravenhill, founder of VideoLive – a low bandwidth online education tool, which gives healthcare workers across Africa up-to-date information, training and news – and Lauren Thomas, whose company Mozambikes sells affordable, quality, branded bicycles in Mozambique. As the list grew, some followers messaged to say they were no longer receiving messages so we had to readjust the size of the groups and ensure we left a gap between the sending of each message to our 22 broadcast lists – to allow time for the message to send to everyone. Even at school I could feel the pressure – the way they would humiliate us – so that was on my mind. on actual alcohol and substance abuse or dependency still requires conclusive evidence. Not knocking anyone who uses a CD, but I think it being authentic is a big part of drawing people. But when she came out with [French music label] Naïve, I called that guy and was like ‘you see!’ And then she invited me to sing in a show, which is on her live DVD, with Yael Naïm. After a four-year legal battle the community won its fight and, with it, the right to live and hunt on the reserve. D’emblée considérés comme particulièrement importants, les dessins de Plumier ont été partiellement cités, copiés, étudiés par de grands botanistes tels Sébastien Vaillant, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, Bernard puis Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu, Carl von Linné. 147-152 (voir aussi Plumier, 1702, 1704). “Here at Rooster we have a lot of African-inspired dishes and I feel that a lot of the dishes that I wanted to do there [at Merkato 55] I encompass in my restaurants and those dishes are very popular… I wanted to create a menu from Harlem: African-American cooking, Caribbean, Puerto Rican, Mexican food – but also immigrant food from Africa and Sweden.”. How are you introducing these new forms? Outside of the Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards, the programme was no less inspiring. You have said your music is now more mature, more evolved. » Effectivement, les syndicats, CGT en tête, ont joué un rôle central dans le « calme absolu », du point de vue de la lutte de classe, qui a caractérisé l’année 2009. Together they have whipped up remixes for. Maillol a un incroyable talent 2016, Perpignan (Perpignan, France). Ms Keys are you listening? Selon Georges Cuvier, les frères du monastère de la place Royale à Paris, qu’il qualifie de « moines ignorans », auraient fait peu de cas des manuscrits, s’appuyant sur le témoignage de Jussieu qui lui aurait assuré « qu’ils servaient de tabourets aux moines pour s’asseoir près du feu » (Cuvier 1828 : 93, 1995 : 84, 90). Unfortunately the funds from the alcohol levy have not been sufficiently dedicated to rehabilitation and relapse-prevention services since its inception. Unlike Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, which starred James Earl Jones, not all the performers in Streetcar are African or African-American. “It’s not just about the technology, it’s what you do with it.”, (ARISELIVE.com, January 2012) Words Carinya Sharples Image credit Zeb Goodell. Will you be performing songs by other artists too? Located in the charmingly lazy, residential area of Village, this centre exhibits works by local visual artists. I give it two thumbs up. She needn’t have worried. It was everything. By getting them to fill in their Twitter status. How did that happen? I’ve got quite a number of tracks that I’ve written but – maybe because I’m old school – I don’t believe in releasing something that I have not performed well. There’ll be more Chinese speaking English and more African employees speaking Chinese.”. Par-delà quelque candeur et grandiloquence, le religieux n’a d'autre préoccupation que la gloire et la puissance du royaume. For Merz, his presence as a filmmaker obviously made him more aware of events: “This was like wow, the shit’s going to hit to fan. 45Charles Plumier laisse un ensemble considérable de notes et de dessins aquarellés encore aujourd’hui inédits. The remarkable thing about the resulting film, An African Election, though, is not what goes right or wrong but the unprecedented access Merz and his team have to the two main candidates, their people and (a first for any film crew) the Strong Room – where all Ghana’s election results are sent, where accusations fly and where presidents are made. Bring on the next chapter, MIA. Yeah but I can’t say yet, it’s not out there – someone could steal the idea. “The Cypher is the circle, especially in b-boy culture, where the battles and expression take place,” explains Little. What was the response in Mali to this musical departure? International rugby, cricket and football contests were also made off limits – hitting sports-mad South Africans as hard as the economic, trade and music sanctions already in place. There is a performance artist from Cape Town called Athi-Patra Ruga who’s making big moves. I’m not really into wine otherwise I could tell you all the good wines they have. We realised this captive audience had lots to say – and could help inform our news reporting about Ebola.