Word: africanization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Chicago's Artistic Heritage Ensemble, a troupe of 25 Negro performers, works from a wheel-mounted band shell, mixes gospel, modern dancing and rhythm-and-blues to illustrate African and U.S. Negro contributions to music. Its costs are paid by federal and state funds...
...member of the dominant Kikuyu tribe, from which Kenya draws a large proportion of its successful native businessmen, the missionary-educated Rubia was once a clerk in a local stock brokerage, later became a dry-goods retailer before serving from 1962 to 1967 as Nairobi's first African mayor. Rubia's development company recently doubled its capitalization to $9,000,000. "Industry does not generally attract outside investors," he says, "unless there is active participation in industry within the country itself...
...bearer and other noble savages of yesteryear." A graduate of a South Dakota Presbyterian college, Kairo put in two years as President Kenyatta's private secretary before staking $17,000 in receipts from his 300-acre cattle, maize and sheep farm to start Kenya's first African-owned safari operation. Kairo's safaris, however, are not designed for big-game hunting. Equipped with five Volkswagen minibuses, he takes his clients to "meet the people in the villages and let them enjoy African dishes...
...felt that in commerce," he explains, "I could make a real contribution to national development." Owner of one of the finest libraries on Africana in Kenya, Murumbi is chairman of a large sugar refinery, a Nairobi-based export-import firm, and an advertising agency that promotes, among other things, African trade abroad...
...fast becoming a more representative figure in Kenya than Mr. Shida. In its eagerness to develop a native cadre of businessmen, however, Kenya must use restraint. Pressed by the government to aid in the effort, many non-African businessmen note that effective training takes time. And a group of University of Nairobi economists, African and white alike, has warned that Africanization, essential as it is, could impair Kenya's continued economic growth if pushed too fast...