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Maya Angelou in 1993
Maya Angelou's books of poetry are widely admired best-sellers, though not as critically acclaimed as her seven autobiographies. Angelou (1928–2014), a prominent African-American writer, used everyday language, the Black vernacular, Black music and forms, and sometimes shocking language to explore themes of love, loss, and struggle against oppression and hardship. Her poetry is not easily categorized, and has been compared with musical forms including the blues. She studied and began writing poetry at a young age, in part to cope with trauma, as she described in her first and best-known autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. She became a poet after touring Europe in the cast of Porgy and Bess and performing calypso music in nightclubs in the 1950s. Her first volume of poetry, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie (1971), was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. In 1993, she recited one of her best-known poems, "On the Pulse of Morning", at President Bill Clinton's inauguration (pictured). Her poetry has not received as much critical attention as her prose; this has been attributed to her popular success and to critics' preferences for poetry as a written form rather than a verbal, performed one. (Full article...)
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Shela river polluted by oil spill
... that in December 2014 up to 350,000 litres (77,000 imp gal) of oil was spilt (pictured) after an oil tanker collided with a cargo vessel in the Sundarbans, Bangladesh?
... that the Ku Klux Klan in Canada, established in the 1920s, once included a Conservative Member of Parliament in the House of Commons and had liberal, conservative, and progressive supporters?
... that future Syracuse lacrosse coach Roy Simmons Sr. was expelled from the University of Chicago for playing in a high school football game?
... that China's Qianlong Emperor called off his annual imperial hunt to receive Lord Macartney?
... that a US$399 limited edition of Borderlands: The Handsome Collection includes a remote-controlled Claptrap?
... that Belgian cinematographer Benoît Debie spent ten years working in television before shooting his first feature film?
... that after the Catalan village of Conill was abandoned, one of its buildings was demolished in order to move its olive press to a public park in a nearby town?
... that Lady Gaga recorded the song "Till It Happens to You" for the 2015 film The Hunting Ground?
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In the news


Boris Nemtsov
Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov (pictured) is assassinated in Moscow.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission votes to reclassify Internet broadband as a utility, enforcing net neutrality rules for the service.
Avijit Roy, a secularist activist and blogger, is murdered in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
British soldier Joshua Leakey is awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in the war in Afghanistan.
A gunman kills eight people and commits suicide in the Czech town of Uherský Brod.
Birdman wins four Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director, at the Academy Awards.
In stock car racing, Joey Logano wins NASCAR's Daytona 500.
Ongoing: Boko Haram – Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – War in Ukraine
Recent deaths: Leonard Nimoy – Clark Terry – Daniel Topolski

On this day...


February 28: Kalevala Day in Finland

C. V. Raman
202 BC – Rebel leader Liu Bang was enthroned as Emperor Gaozu of Han after overthrowing the Qin dynasty, the first imperial dynasty of China.
1897 – Ranavalona III, the last sovereign ruler of the Kingdom of Madagascar, was deposed by a French military force.
1928 – Indian physicist C. V. Raman (pictured) and his colleagues discovered what is now called the Raman effect, for which he later became the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Physics.
1975 – In London an underground train failed to stop at Moorgate terminus station and crashed into the end of the tunnel, killing 43 people.
1985 – The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army launched a mortar attack on a Royal Ulster Constabulary station in Corry Square, Newry, Northern Ireland, killing nine.
More anniversaries: February 27 – February 28 – March 1
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Senegalese wrestling
A Senegalese wrestling match between Mame Balla and Pape Mor Lô during the World African Wrestling world tour in Paris Bercy. This type of folk wrestling is traditionally practiced by the Serer people of Senegal and part of the larger West African form of traditional wrestling, the only such tradition to allow blows with the hands. In this form of wrestling, fighters attempt to throw their opponents to the ground by lifting them up and over, usually outside a given area.
Originating as a preparatory exercise among Serer warriors, this form of wrestling is known as njom in Serer; the term is from the Serer principle of Jom and means heart or honor. The sport is a national sport in Senegal and parts of The Gambia.
Photograph: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin
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From today's featured article


Maya Angelou in 1993
Maya Angelou's books of poetry are widely admired best-sellers, though not as critically acclaimed as her seven autobiographies. Angelou (1928–2014), a prominent African-American writer, used everyday language, the Black vernacular, Black music and forms, and sometimes shocking language to explore themes of love, loss, and struggle against oppression and hardship. Her poetry is not easily categorized, and has been compared with musical forms including the blues. She studied and began writing poetry at a young age, in part to cope with trauma, as she described in her first and best-known autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. She became a poet after touring Europe in the cast of Porgy and Bess and performing calypso music in nightclubs in the 1950s. Her first volume of poetry, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie (1971), was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. In 1993, she recited one of her best-known poems, "On the Pulse of Morning", at President Bill Clinton's inauguration (pictured). Her poetry has not received as much critical attention as her prose; this has been attributed to her popular success and to critics' preferences for poetry as a written form rather than a verbal, performed one. (Full article...)
Recently featured: Kenneth Horne – Operation Hardboiled – "The Unnatural" (The X-Files)
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Did you know...


From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

Shela river polluted by oil spill
... that in December 2014 up to 350,000 litres (77,000 imp gal) of oil was spilt (pictured) after an oil tanker collided with a cargo vessel in the Sundarbans, Bangladesh?
... that the Ku Klux Klan in Canada, established in the 1920s, once included a Conservative Member of Parliament in the House of Commons and had liberal, conservative, and progressive supporters?
... that future Syracuse lacrosse coach Roy Simmons Sr. was expelled from the University of Chicago for playing in a high school football game?
... that China's Qianlong Emperor called off his annual imperial hunt to receive Lord Macartney?
... that a US$399 limited edition of Borderlands: The Handsome Collection includes a remote-controlled Claptrap?
... that Belgian cinematographer Benoît Debie spent ten years working in television before shooting his first feature film?
... that after the Catalan village of Conill was abandoned, one of its buildings was demolished in order to move its olive press to a public park in a nearby town?
... that Lady Gaga recorded the song "Till It Happens to You" for the 2015 film The Hunting Ground?
Archive – Start a new article – Nominate an article

 
In the news


Boris Nemtsov
Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov (pictured) is assassinated in Moscow.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission votes to reclassify Internet broadband as a utility, enforcing net neutrality rules for the service.
Avijit Roy, a secularist activist and blogger, is murdered in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
British soldier Joshua Leakey is awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in the war in Afghanistan.
A gunman kills eight people and commits suicide in the Czech town of Uherský Brod.
Birdman wins four Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director, at the Academy Awards.
In stock car racing, Joey Logano wins NASCAR's Daytona 500.
Ongoing: Boko Haram – Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – War in Ukraine
Recent deaths: Leonard Nimoy – Clark Terry – Daniel Topolski

On this day...


February 28: Kalevala Day in Finland

C. V. Raman
202 BC – Rebel leader Liu Bang was enthroned as Emperor Gaozu of Han after overthrowing the Qin dynasty, the first imperial dynasty of China.
1897 – Ranavalona III, the last sovereign ruler of the Kingdom of Madagascar, was deposed by a French military force.
1928 – Indian physicist C. V. Raman (pictured) and his colleagues discovered what is now called the Raman effect, for which he later became the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Physics.
1975 – In London an underground train failed to stop at Moorgate terminus station and crashed into the end of the tunnel, killing 43 people.
1985 – The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army launched a mortar attack on a Royal Ulster Constabulary station in Corry Square, Newry, Northern Ireland, killing nine.
More anniversaries: February 27 – February 28 – March 1
Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries
It is now February 28, 2015 (UTC) – Reload this page




Today's featured picture


Senegalese wrestling
A Senegalese wrestling match between Mame Balla and Pape Mor Lô during the World African Wrestling world tour in Paris Bercy. This type of folk wrestling is traditionally practiced by the Serer people of Senegal and part of the larger West African form of traditional wrestling, the only such tradition to allow blows with the hands. In this form of wrestling, fighters attempt to throw their opponents to the ground by lifting them up and over, usually outside a given area.
Originating as a preparatory exercise among Serer warriors, this form of wrestling is known as njom in Serer; the term is from the Serer principle of Jom and means heart or honor. The sport is a national sport in Senegal and parts of The Gambia.
Photograph: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin
Recently featured: Loren Pankratz – Goode homolosine projection – European wildcat

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