March 17, 2005
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Midnight Drums for Larry
The Harvard Crimson, March 16:
“Voting by secret ballot in a Faculty meeting at the Loeb Drama Center,
218 faculty members affirmed a motion put on the docket by Professor of
Anthropology and of African and African American Studies J. Lorand
Matory ’82, stating that ‘the Faculty lacks confidence in the
leadership of Lawrence H. Summers.’ “
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences:Professor
Matory is “a renowned expert on Brazil and on the Yoruba civilization
of West Africa, which is world famous for its religious complexity and
artistic creativity. He is equally noted for his study of such Latin
American religions as Haitian ‘Vodu,’ Brazilian Candomblé, and Cuban
Santería….”
The Harvard Crimson, January 7, 2005:
“I came here with the goal of dancing with Larry Summers, and I did it,” Chinwe U. Nwosu ’08 said. “He’s a great dancer.”
“Now I can say that ‘Bootylicious’ is our song,” she added.
“Atabaque – a large tom-tom
that is used in Afro-Brazilian
religious celebrations”– The Sounds of Samba
at Yale
– From Log24.net, Oct. 16, 2004:
Midnight in the Garden
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