Gou Kréol (1994) reflecting on the common Creole culture across the Indian Ocean.
But séga also gave rise to a genre the Seychelles claims as its own – the moutya. A deeply communal performance of dance and music, the moutya’s characteristic flat goatskin drum is tuned by being warmed by the heat of the open fire around which the gathering takes place and is joined by improvised call and response singing. In recent years Victoria has been at the heart of efforts to preserve this sound of more than 200 years’ history.
There were thousands of slaves on the Seychelles islands by the early 19th century, and the moutya – derived from a Bantu word – arose in circumstances of severe oppression.
Vietnam to Modern Conflicts
The Vietnam War saw the appointment of a new generation of Official War Artists. Civilian artists Ken McFadyen and Bruce Fletcher were appointed. Unlike previous artists, they were expected to undergo jungle warfare training and perform as soldiers would should this be required. McFadyen and Fletcher captured U1H1 Iroquois helicopters and Caribous on multiple occasions.
Ken McFadyen,
Bruce Fletcher, Gunship , Nui Dat, Vietnam, 1967, black fibre-tipped pen on paper, ART40454
Ken McFadyen, Insertion, 1968, oil on hardboard, ART40741
Following the Vietnam War, the Official War Artist scheme was put on hold until 1999, when Rick Amor was appointed to East Timor (Timor-Leste) as part of INTERFET peacekeeping operations. While examples exist in the form of donated posters, or private artwork by RAAF members, art relating to RAAF activities from Vietnam to 1999 is sparse.
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CCP Adviser Outlines Plan to Control South China Sea, Challenge US Dominance in Indo-Pacific
The Chinese regime aims to seize all of the South China Sea to eventually control parts of the wider Indo-Pacific and challenge U.S. dominance in the region, according to a well-known Chinese professor.
The plans illustrated by the professor, who also advises the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), stand in stark contrast with the CCP’s public declarations on its behavior in the waterway.
The Chinese regime has continued to lay claims to almost all of the South China Sea, despite a 2016 international tribunal ruling that rejected Beijing’s territorial claims. Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam all have competing claims over various atolls, islands, and reefs in the strategic waterway that is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world.
Black Construction Corporation received a National Excellence in Construction Eagle Award from the Associated Builders and Contractors.
It was for the P-1705 Wharf Refueling Capability project in Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, a Guam Contractors Association news release stated.
The awards program is the national construction industry’s leading competition that honors both general and specialty contractors for innovative and high-quality merit shop construction projects, the release stated.
Black Construction also was honored with a 2020 National Safety Merit Award.
Winners were selected from ABC member firms that achieved Diamond, Platinum and Gold status in ABC’s STEP Safety Management System in 2020, the release stated. STEP, the standard for developing world-class safety management systems in construction, is designed to help both large and small contractors evaluate every aspect of their corporate safety and health programs and identify opportunities for