Word: 153rd
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Harlem, where he appealed for solidarity between American and African blacks. His audience replied with cheers, raised fists and chants of "Mu-ga-be." But officially he had come to the U.S. to address the U.N., where his nation formally took its place as the 153rd member in the General Assembly. With a certain irony, the Zimbabwe delegation was seated right behind that of Britain, its former colonial master. Mugabe, however, had no time for recriminations. He praised Britain for "a job well done" in negotiating the turnover of his country to black majority rule. Though he forecast the eventual...