Word: africanizing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Although some of the essays are imaginitively conceived and brilliantly executed, the tone of the collection rings more of individual dissertation than collective discussion. The essays have little in common except that they all study Negro and African problems in the U.S. and abroad...
...most interesting article, Pan Africanism and the White Man's Burden, was written by Aryee Quaye Armah who graduated from Harvard in 1963 and is presently studying at the Institute for African Studies, University of Ghana. Armah attempts to prove that Pan-Africanism is not simply a reaction to British colonialism, but rather is an outgrowth of it. Summarizing his thesis, Ahmah says "that the seeds of Pan-Africanism can be found in Britain's imperial ideology, and that it is through the working out of the (British) ideology that Pan-Africanism came to fruition...
...fact-finding" mission. The Tories will capitalize on any indications of submissiveness he may detect. They insist that there must be no question of direct rule by Britain at the time of the rebellion. Rhodesia should be subject to limited white control under a constitution which protects African rights and provides for eventual majority rule...
...effective use of sanctions has convinced South Africa not to interfere, Dr. Verwoerd's continuing policy of strict neutrality belies predictions that supplies from South Africa will keep Rhodesia going indefinitely. The privately subsidized shipments of South African oil should not surpass 80,000 gallons per month, less than one day's rationed consumption. Continued application of sanctions, coupled with a British offer of acceptable settlement terms, could lead to negotiations within a few months...
...royal Governor and a council of Rhodesian advisors. This centralized rule linked to Britain will be needed to replace rebellious members of the current government, the armed forces and police with men loyal to the Crown. Elections for an interim independent government will be held after the African franchise has been increased. A constitution would be written with provisions to give the Africans a "blocking third" in the legislature and to assure them of increasing participation in the government, leading to majority rule. An international treaty imposing strict sanctions and control would insure against any attempts by whites to subvert...