Word: africa
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Accusing his accusers of hypocrisy, Banda challenged them to stop issuing empty threats against South Africa-which, after all, is the continent's most powerful nation-and concentrate instead on convincing the whites that apartheid is unnecessary. The only way to convince them, Banda suggested, is by proving that black Africans can get along well with their white neighbors-and that they can govern themselves with responsibility and stability. So far, the record of the OAS nations is hardly convincing, he said: "They practice disunity, not unity, while posing as the liberators of Africa. While they play...
...much cause for gagging. Rhodesian farmers are rapidly diversifying their crops so that the country will no longer need to import such staples as wheat and soy beans. Despite the worldwide oil embargo, Rhodesia gets all the oil it needs from its good friend-and embargo breaker-South Africa. It also keeps its export market alive through agents in South Africa, in the Portuguese colonies of Angola and Mozambique and in the black African nation of Malawi (see following story). The Rhodesian pound may have been declared worthless on world mar kets, but Rhodesian mines turn out enough gold...
...devised a more workable form of pressure against Rhodesia. In Cairo last week, the leaders of five African nations concluded a so-called "mini-sum mit" on Rhodesia by demanding that Smith be overthrown by force of arms. Such demands have been heard before in Africa; they are not only demagogic but silly. No responsible government gives serious thought to a war against Rhodesia. And for all the calls to arms, not a single nation anywhere in the world has ever volunteered any of its own troops to do battle against Ian Smith...
Wrinkles & Chins. The bone-dry climate of North Africa, however, has preserved almost perfectly the portraits painted at Faiyum, especially those done on wood panels in encaustic (a mixture of beeswax and pigment, usually applied with a cauterium, or hot spatula). Today, these paintings tell historians most of what is known about portrait technique 1,100 years before the Renaissance. Modeling and shading were expertly done. Except that the anonymous workmen of Faiyum customarily enlarged eyes (large pupils being considered at the time a sign of beauty), classical realism was faithful in portraying hair styles, jewelry, wrinkles and occasionally double...
...fact. Rustin is one of the Grand Old Men of the Negro Movement. But his long experience in social activism brings him much closer in spirit than his contemporaries to his more strident successors. From singing with Leadbelly in the '30's to protest movements in America, England, South Africa and India -- not to mention two marches on Washington in the space of 20 years -- Rustin's life has been a busy and colorful...