Word: africanism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...white settlers in Kenya, Mboya's mention of guns and pangas brought unhappy memories of the Mau Mau terror. Last year, under the Lyttelton constitution, Africans in Kenya were allowed to vote for certain members of the 58-member "multiracial" Legislative Council, which, it was hoped, would bring unity to the European, African, Asian and Arab citizens of the colony. Mboya and seven other Africans were elected to the "Legco" but, protesting that Negroes deserved at least 15 more seats, they refused to have any part in the government...
...years the British dreamed of an East African federation combining Uganda, of which Buganda is officially a province, with Kenya and Tanganyika. But Cambridge-educated King Freddie, as he was known in Mayfair society, dreamed of independence. In 1953 the British rashly hustled him off into exile in London, had to back down when the Baganda threatened to become completely unmanageable. In 1955, as drums rolled and tom-toms boomed, King Freddie came home in triumph...
Linked with other finds at Ife (where, the Yoruba tribe believes, all creation began), the bronzes have opened a new chapter in the history of African cultures. The seven pieces, all told, believed to have been cast in the 13th or 14th century, are among Africa's finest. They add important new evidence of an ancient Negro culture of amazing sophistication. Last week while the pieces were on their way to England for showings, experts continued to dig and sift the soil at Ife in search of more clues to the past...
AFRICA'S BUILDUP is starting to draw big money from private U.S. investors. To finance housing, roads, utilities, Belgian Congo will float $15 million bond issue in U.S. through Dillon, Read & Co., first such Wall Street public offering: bv any African colony since World...
This week the aftermath of the African border incident, when France bombed Sakiet-Sidi-Youssef in Tunisia (TIME, Feb. 17), has the French government teetering, see FOREIGN NEWS, Explosive Olive Branch. And for an unusual closeup of Soviet Russia's ruler, who would be embarrassed by a well-informed citizenry, see FOREIGN NEWS, Host with the Most...