Gay Seidman
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Mr. Huntington Goes to Pretoria
Perhaps it is an occupational hazard: political scientists, even more than academics in other fields, seem to want to see
Qoboza, Released From Jail, Returns to Get Tufts Degree
When Percy Qoboza returned to South Africa after spending a year here as a Nieman Fellow, he said last week,
Biko: A Man for His People
U NTIL HIS DEATH last September, few people outside South Africa had heard of Steve Biko. Their ignorance was understandable;
...Two Plays in One
I T SOUNDED LIKE a great idea: combining two enormously popular works into one massive play, which would cover topics
A Siege Mentality
I T WAS NOT a pleasant sight: Harvard's President Derek C. Bok, stalking tight-lipped through the Yard, followed by at
A High-Risk Position
President Bok smiled wryly last week when reporters asked how he would respond if Dean Rosovsky were to leave Harvard.
A Green World
IN MANY WAYS, Marcel Camus's Black Orpheus was a revelation for American audiences. Surrounding a Greek myth with the swirling
A Place To Express Yourself
Back in 1972, when Harvard students wanted to protest the University's holdings in companies active in Portuguese-controlled Angola, they felt
A Peripatetic Fellow
W ILFRED BURCHETT does not look like a radical journalist. In fact, he looks more like a conservative businessman. But
A Schell Of His Former Self
Ever since Americans first began visiting the People's Republic of China, the American public has been besieged by first-person accounts