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Suriname

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    The Long and Ambivalent Genesis of "Waka Waka," the Cameroonian Military Theme Song Shakira Pilfered for Her World Cup Anthem

    Note the chanting. Ace critic Jeff Chang points us to the never-less-than-prescient blog of local freeform radio titans WFMU, where one intrepid writer traces the origins of "Waka Waka"--the song now famous for providing the base text for Shakira's official/abysmal World Cup anthem "Waka Waka (Thi ... More >>

  • News

    June 3, 2009

    MobFellas: Simels, Gleeson, and Shargel

    The only-in-NY trial that brings together a lawyer to drug kingpins, his mob attorney, and the Gotti prosecutor

  • Dining

    March 18, 2009

    Spring Guide: Slurp Through the Recession

    The only-in-NY trial that brings together a lawyer to drug kingpins, his mob attorney, and the Gotti prosecutor

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    Phagwah!

    No, these teens are not victims of some senseless bloody attack -- they're celebrating Phagwah, also known as Holi or the Festival of Colors, a Hindu festival commemorating the escape of Prahlad, a devotee of Lord Vishnu, from Hoilka, a demon who carried the lad into a bonfire. She perished whi ... More >>

  • Dining

    February 11, 2009

    Warung Kario's Dutch Treat

    Making do with what was available in South America

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    Pix from Warung Kario

    The city's only Surinamese-Indonesian restaurant reflects the activities of Dutch colonialists in both Souheast Asia and South America during the 19th century. Warung Kario is a hawker stall turned diner, started by immigrants from the Indonesian community of Suriname, on the northeast coa ... More >>

  • Art

    December 19, 2000

    Cuba Libre

    Art and Contradiction at the Havana Bienal

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