Notes From a Latin Lover Notes From a Latin Lover
Civil wars do not start overnight. You do not simply wake up one morning in what has been a peaceful country only to discover organized armed forces trying to destroy each other. ...
Jun 14, 2001 / Books & the Arts / James North
New China Hand New China Hand
Quite recently yet another of Jasper Becker's indispensable dispatches from China appeared in his newspaper, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post. "Every year," Becker re...
Feb 1, 2001 / Books & the Arts / James North
African Heart, No Darkness African Heart, No Darkness
A revealing question: Why has V.S. Naipaul come to be much better known in the West than the great African writer Chinua Achebe?
Jun 22, 2000 / Books & the Arts / James North
Sen’s Sensibility Sen’s Sensibility
Some years ago, I had the good fortune to befriend an extended family who lived in a poor shantytown in the southern reaches of Santiago, Chile.
Nov 18, 1999 / Books & the Arts / James North
Media Starvation Diet Media Starvation Diet
All during the year 1984, those of us with firsthand experience in Africa knew that drought and famine were cutting across vast swaths of the continent.
Jan 21, 1999 / Books & the Arts / James North