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Word: africanization (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Kigundu pointed out that while many newly independent African nations have only a one-party system, Uganda boasts a well-organized, legalized opposition party. The British parliamentary system operates in spirit as well as in form, Kigundu said, and there is no reason why this situation should change...

Author: By Burton Selman, | Title: Kigundu Claims Moderates Will Survive in Uganda | 8/6/1962 | See Source »

...CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. (F.) Pop.: 1,227,000. Size: 238,000 sq. mi. Literacy: 8%. School attendance: 20%. College graduates: 10. Outside one real town, river port Bangui, primitive population untouched by West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NEW, INDEPENDENT AFRICA: | 8/3/1962 | See Source »

Political parties: 7. Voters: 77%. Only former French dependency with strong political opposition. Communists outlawed by fanatically anti-Red President Ahmadou Ahidjo. Well-trained African civil service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NEW, INDEPENDENT AFRICA: | 8/3/1962 | See Source »

Political parties: 3. Voters: 85%. Statesmanlike Julius Nyerere's monolithic Tanganyika African National Union Party is making big effort to teach principles of self-government. Nyerere has resigned from government but retains dominant influence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NEW, INDEPENDENT AFRICA: | 8/3/1962 | See Source »

Political parties: 7. Voters: 80%. From long constitutional wrangling, urban population is steeped in theory of self-government, but country is still split between Jomo Kenyatta's Kenya African National Union (KANU), representing two biggest tribes, and Kenya African Democratic Union (KADU), supported by pastoral tribes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NEW, INDEPENDENT AFRICA: | 8/3/1962 | See Source »

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