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Chris C. Anderson

Exclusive Interview With Taiwan's Minister Of Culture

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris C. Anderson | Posted 09.06.2012 | Arts
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Doctor Lung Yingtai does not have an enviable position. She is Taiwan's first Ministry of Culture. In a country that is in constant cultural "disagree...

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Abel Prieto, Cuba's Minister of Culture, Ousted by Regime

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.06.2012 | World
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Yoani Sanchez

Over fifteen years, this man who looked like a hippie was turned into a bureaucrat. It is true that he won some battles against the demons of political extremism, but he lost the most important ones.

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Afro-Brazilian History, Beats and Culture

Lauri Lyons | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Lauri Lyons

While Africa and America are often recognized as the book ends of the African Diaspora, there is an additional link in the Middle Passage that is less publicized, but no less important.

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