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Howard W. French is a senior writer for the New York Times. After teaching at the University of Ivory Coast in the early 1980s, he began his journalism career writing about Africa for the Washington Post, Africa News, The Economist… read more

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A Continent for the Taking

Africa first captivated New York Times journalist Howard W. French more than twenty-five years ago, but his knowledge of and passion for the continent has the depth of a lifetime association. His experiences there awakened him as nothing before to… read more

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Miles from India Produced by Bob Belden
Goin’ Down Slow - Chess Blues: 1960-1967 Howlin’ Wolf
The Voice of Lightness Tabu Ley Rochereau
Yamfa Toumani Diabate with Ballake Sissoko
Samba Triste Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd

Snippets

Compassion for quake victims is compatible with the quest for truth LETTER FROM CHINA Copyright The International Herald Tribune By Howard W. French May 22, 2008 CHENGDU, China: The colleague trembled as she spoke. Tears welled up in her eyes and poured forth. A question was formulated, but had barely been…
Bruce Gilden Shoots New York Bruce Gilden - YouTube
King as He Was Eugene Robinson - The Washington Post
The Cleveland of Asia: A Journey Through China’s Rust Belt P. J. O’Rourke - World Affairs
Condi Rice on Race in America Elana Schor - The Guardian

Reading Table

What Does China Think? Mark Leonard
The Corpse Walker Liao Yiwu
The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama Pico Iyer
Dreams from my Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance Barack Obama
The Writer and the World V.S. Naipaul

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