Word: africanization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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RHINO! An African hunt for a pair of rare white rhinos triggers a timely, scenic, instructive and highly entertaining melodrama...
...stood firm against recognizing Red China, even though Peking is reported ready to extend credits of up to $50 million in return for recognition. Another trigger of the revolt was Banda's negotiation of a trade pact with Portugal, whose policies in Angola and Mozambique are anathema to African nationalists...
...Mediterranean air, jasmine and mimosa mingle with the aroma of frying pescado and chips; from back alleys float shreds of flamenco music, tourist twist and the dogged strains of Methodist choir practice (Rock of Ages is a Gibraltarian favorite). Helmeted native bobbies impartially ogle vacationing English shopgirls, off-duty African belly dancers, and the Midwestern matrons among the 240,000 visitors who stop off there by sea each year...
...membership of the Committee reflects the realities of African politics. Tanganyika and the Congo were chosen undoubtedly because of their geographical proximity to southern Africa, while the three countries having the largest armies, Algeria, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Republic, also happen to be members...
...self-assertion, sometimes arrogance. Negroes who had been good friends in prep school consequently often become aloof. Those who are particularly active in civil rights groups sometimes refuse to discuss that subject in the dining room. Perhaps the best example was the formation in 1963 of the Association of African and Afro-American Students, with its "by-invitation-only" membership clause...