Dobet Gnahore will perform at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center tonight Thursday, Feb. 23. Originally from Ivory Coast, she’s a self-taught musician who invokes inspiration through African culture, song, dance, percussion and theater. Often, her lyrics focus on social issues like the importance of family and the AIDS epidemic. Oh, and she can also sing in seven languages. … [Read more...] about Dobet Gnahore at Maui Arts and Cultural Center
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NOTW: Baby-tossing, vampire tourism and gun-toting bureaucrats
THIS WEEK IN BABY-TOSSING India has supposedly outlawed the “baby-tossing” religious test popular among Hindus and Muslims in rural villages in Maharashtra and Karnataka states, but a July New York Times report suggested that parents were still allowing surrogates to drop their newborn infants from 30 feet up and awaiting the gods’ blessing for a prosperous, healthy life. In … [Read more...] about NOTW: Baby-tossing, vampire tourism and gun-toting bureaucrats