E Luxo So by Rosa Passos
November 20, 2007 11:17 PM
Possibly the sexiest song I have ever heard. Definitely not the Blues. Transport me, Rosa! From the collection Samba Bossa Nova.
Posted at 11:17 PM
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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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- Whale Music David Rothenberg
- 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
Snippets
- China’s Role In African Politics Appalling Last Moyo - The Zimbabwe Independent
- Bullshit: Made-Up Japanese Sex Stories Gawker
- Kung Fu Panda, Go Home! Haiyan Lee - The China Beat
- America, Too Big to Fail … Probably: The feds can bail out Fannie and Freddie, but who will bail out the feds? Nicole Gelinas - City Journal
- The Meaning of Tiger Joe Posnanski
Reading Table
- As China rises, the pre-eminent U.S. may raise its game Copyright The International Herald Tribune LETTER FROM CHINA By Howard W. French July 10, 2008 SHANGHAI: For the last three years, this space has been intended as a column about China, or at the limit, one that looks at East…
- 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
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