Thursday, September 15, 2016

A00080 - Cecil Campbell, As "Prince Buster" Became a Trailblazer of Ska and Rocksteady Music

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Campbell, Cecil  Cecil Bustamente Campbell  (b. May 24, 1938, Kingston, Jamaica – d. September 8, 2016, Miami, Florida), known profess...
Friday, July 29, 2016

A00079 - Malick Sidibe, First African Photographer to Receive Hasselblad Award

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*Malick Sidibe, a Malian photographer who was the first African photographer to receive the Hasselblad Award, was born in Soloba, French Su...
Thursday, July 28, 2016

A00078 - Abbas Kiarostami, Iran's Greatest Filmmaker

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Kiarostami, Abbas Abbas Kiarostami   (b.  June 22, 1940 , Tehrān, Iran — d.  July 4, 2016 , Paris, France) was an Iranian director-writer...

A00077 - Mohamed Khan, Egyptian Filmmaker

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Mohamed Hamed Hassan Khan  (Egyptian Arabic :  محمد حامد حسن خان ‎‎  ; b. October 26, 1942, Cairo, Egypt – d. July 26, 2016, Cairo, Egypt)...
Sunday, June 5, 2016

A00076 - Muhammad Ali, The Greatest

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Muhammad Ali (b.  Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.,  January 17, 1942 , Louisville, Kentucky — d.  June 3, 2016 , Phoenix, Arizona) was a profes...
Monday, November 30, 2015

A00075 - Ahmad Jamal, Jazz Pianist

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*Ahmad Jamal,   (b. Frederick Russell Jones), an American jazz pianist known for his rendition of  But Not ForMe , was born in Pittsburgh, ...
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Sunday, November 22, 2015

A00074 - Gaafar Nimeiry, Fifth President of Sudan

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Gaafar Mohamed el-Nimeiri ,  also spelled  Jaʿfar Muḥammad al-Numayrī , Nimeiri also spelled  Nimeiry,  Nemery , or  Numeyri    (b.  Januar...