Word: african
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...have absolutely no intention of delivering Guinea either to Western or Eastern influence," says Touré, proclaiming his creed to be "Pan-African neutralism." Even if his procedures owe more to Lenin than to Jefferson, those who know him best believe that 1) ambitious Sékou Touré intends to be beholden to no one, 2) his fellow-traveling companions, who made the journey to the U.S. with him, found the U.S. a much better place than it had seemed through Red-colored glasses...
Though the emergency would officially be over, some key temporary powers would be transferred onto Kenya's regular statute books, including permits for political meetings and restrictions on forming African political parties. Said Sir Patrick: "I hope experience will show me that I do not need the use of these controls...
Though one Kenya African leader grumped that his people would never be satisfied until Jomo Kenyatta is free, and some white settlers were alarmed at the impending release of hundreds of Mau Mau murderers, Harold Macmillan's new Colonial Secretary, bright, ambitious Iain Macleod, intends a bolder, more liberal approach to Britain's colonial problems in Africa. As one indication of the new trend in British colonial policy, Prime Minister Macmillan himself drove out to London Airport last week to welcome one of the most outspoken of new African leaders, President Sékou Touré of newly...
Last week Bhengu was busy in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. Whites jam-packed Salisbury's Methodist Hall to hear him tell them, in precise English, what was wrong with white Christianity: "The greatest dangers in Africa today are Communism and Islam. Both offer the African equality. The churches are divided. There are too many, and their different dogmas and doctrines are too confusing for Africans. Christianity has failed in India and China because Christians have failed to live up to Christ's teaching, and in Africa it's proving an empty shell for the same reason. If Christians...
...pentecostal group. He went to the U.S. in 1949 to study at Indiana's Taylor University, and made evangelistic forays to America in 1954 and 1958, plans to go again next year. Bhengu has also preached in England, Canada, Scotland, Norway, Sweden and Finland. He finances his African campaigns entirely from donations collected on his trips overseas; his African audiences are never asked to contribute...