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Ethiopian Authors Who Write in African 'National' Languages
Presently, Nigeria is one of the leading African countries in terms of economic development and cultural and linguistic vibrancy. The Nigerian economic is one of the biggest in Africa. Although ...
The Local8d
'Charming but ungovernable' - What does it really mean to be French?
As the French Prime Minister attempts to launch a national discussion about French identity, The Local looks at how you define Frenchness, and whether it's even possible.
UPI13d
Famous birthdays for Feb. 2: Tom Blyth, Zosia Mamet
They include: Advertisement -- Pope Benedict XIII in 1649 -- French statesman Charles de Talleyrand in 1754 -- Writer James Joyce in 1882 -- Charles Correll, Andy of radio's "Amos and Andy ...
The revival of the Rosebud bar, a historic artist hangout in Paris's Montparnasse neighborhood
When it opened in 1962, the bar was a hangout for writers such as Marguerite Duras, Samuel Beckett, Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. It had lost some of its luster but is now being revived by ...
Food & Wine on MSN12d
The Home of Bouillabaisse Is a Bright, Colorful Fishing Village With Much More to Try
Marseille is still serving must-try bouillabaisse passed down through generations, plus more modern dishes from Provençal ...
The Economist23d
Henri Bergson was once the world’s most famous philosopher
In his heyday—in the 15 years or so before the first world war—Bergson was the most famous man in the world, Emily Herring, a writer ... ideas it expressed. The French thinker, well-versed ...
CNN on MSN14d
His great-grandfather was a famous artist. This craftsman is blazing his own path
Alex Matisse grew up in a family of acclaimed artists, but not until he took an after-school pottery class did he discover ...
Kennedy family tree: All about JFK’s kids, grandkids and more
JFK, the son of Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917. He ...
Spot.ph12d
Is the Michelin Guide Coming to Manila? Here's What We've Heard
Printed with its signature red cover, these guide books included road maps, gas stations, and other pertinent automobile info ...
The Foods We Think Are Romantic Have Flipped Over the Last 50 Years
One food site, for example, serves up a “French Kiss” vegan Valentine’s Day menu of vegetable soup with pesto, a vegetarian pâté sandwich, eggplant Florentine, and potatoes with lentils. This is ...
Creating Carmen: opera’s most famous femme fatale unmasked at Silsden Town Hall
In partnership with music ensemble CarmenCo, theatre and music company The Telling presents a fun-filled music and theatre show, Creating Carmen, by award-winning playwright Clare Norburn and ...
Democrat and Chronicle25d
The secret of the Dunkin' French cruller: All sugar and all air
The other day, I stopped at a Dunkin’ drive-through in Geneseo and ordered, among other items, a French cruller ... And snarky headline writers will have pretty much exhausted every dollars ...