Transition : a journal of the arts, culture and society
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REMEMBRANCE - White Skin, Black Mask - India in the 1970s was adrift in cut-rate imports -- Cokes, cameras, Cadbury bars. This was a cargo cult, and its leader was an outlandishly worldly superher ... the Phantom. Three decades later, Kai Friese asks, Who was that masked man?Friese, Kai et al. | 1999
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DISPATCHES - A Question of Style - In the slums of Kinshasa, the street kids are so poor they can hardly afford their Versace. They call themselves La Sape -- The Society for the Advancement of Persons of Elegance. Michela Wrong walks among the black dandies of the CongoWrong, Michela et al. | 1999
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DISPATCHES - Rosewood Revisited - Eighty years ago, the town of Rosewood, Florida, burned to the ground. Men were lynched or incinerated; womenfolk were gunned down; a lucky few, disguised as logs, escaped on freight cars. Today, there is only one house in Rosewood. Richard Newman journeys to an American killing fieldNewman, Richard et al. | 1999
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MEMOIRS - The Cosmic Race - In the open spaces of the New World, a race of bastards: Conquistadores and concubines, ancient astronomers and new gods. From Aztlán to New Spain to Mexico to Texas, one family's peregrinations chart the history of a people. John Phillip Santos remembers growing up in the borderlandsSantos, John Phillip et al. | 1999
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MEMOIRS - Veils of My Youth - What's in a veil? The story of Algerian women is a story of evolution: From wool to silk to rayon and back to wool again. Ghania Hammadou reflects on mothers, daughters, and the passing of old AlgiersHammadou, Ghania et al. | 1999
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POSITIONS - Tombs of Unrest - Argentines have always loved a happy ending: They throw a good funeral, they cherish the dearly departed -- And then they defile the grave. Tomás Eloy Martinez eulogizes a nation of necrophilesMartinez, Tomás Eloy et al. | 1999
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POSITIONS - Hemingway's Expatriates - In the United States, the best-known African writer is still Ernest Hemingway, the scrupulous stylist who brawled, shot, and -- It now appears -- Shagged his way across East Africa. At once inspired and repulsed by the man and his methods, Nadine Gordimer dissects the expatriate personalityGordimer, Nadine et al. | 1999
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UNDER REVIEW - Moorish Science - The African slaves who survived the Middle Passage brought new sounds and new styles with them. They also brought Islam: Among the earliest arrivals were scribes, teachers, and true believers. From Fouta Djallon to Farrakhan, Moustafa Bayoumi tells the strange story of Muslim AmericaBayoumi, Moustafa et al. | 1999
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UNDER REVIEW - Believe the Hype - Rap music panders to everyone: Lefties unearth parables of race and resistance; prudes bemoan the sound of youth culture run amok; financiers find reflections of their own extravagant tastes. In the fun-house mirror of rap culture, rappers and critics compete to see who can tell the taller tale. Kelefa Sanneh reflects on hip-hop and its discontentsSanneh, Kelefa et al. | 1999
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FICTION - Trinidad - A story about boysValle, Victor D.La et al. | 1999