Word: africanism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Such butchery by the Mau Mau, male and female, is fast becoming commonplace in the rich and sorrowful land of Kenya Crown Colony. In the twelve months since Governor Sir Evelyn Baring declared a state of emergency, the Mau Mau has murdered 730 Africans. 16 whites, eleven Indians.* In return. British troops have killed 2,340 Africans in battle; have hanged 89 and jailed 27,000, have 149 of them awaiting execution. The fighting has busied five full battalions of British infantry with supporting troops (6,750 men) and 3,000 African levies; it costs the shuddering colony more than...
Originally entitled Red Dust and set in the Orient, Mogambo has now been converted into the latest in a series of technicolor African epics which includes King Solomon's Mines, The African Queen, and The Snows of Kilimanjaro. Following the example of its predecessors, the film devotes considerable footage to sweeping shots of the varied flora and fauna of Kenya and Tanganyika. Unfortunately, even a panoramic screen and stereophonic sound cannot destroy the feeling of having seen all this before. Leaping gazelles, prowling lions, and flamingos rising against an orange African sunset are getting just a little commonplace...
...African prince...
...your review of the forthcoming African sculpture exhibition in the British Museum [Oct. 5] ... when you talk about "harmony and order" being sacrificed to "demoniac fervor," it appears as if you would have never really seen African sculptures. They are, in fact, of great harmony and order of volumes, expressing a deeply felt religious fervor . . . African sculpture is one of the great artistic achievements, comparable to any of the great periods in the history...
After traveling 12,000 miles to survey U.S. installations and aid programs in twelve European and African lands,-a Senate Armed Services Subcommittee last week made an interim report. Its biggest news: general approval of U.S. defense measures in far lands...