Word: africanizing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...French government declared that the conflict should be settled "on the basis of the right of peoples to govern themselves"-the first such commitment favoring Biafra by a European nation. "This strengthens our hand at Addis," exclaimed Biafran Information Minister Ifegwu Eke. "And if the talks break down, our African friends will be prepared to take the issue to the United Nations." Only four African nations-Zambia, Ivory Coast, Tanzania and Gabon-have so far recognized Biafra. But it is entirely possible that the French declaration may move former French colonies in Africa into a similar pro-Biafran stance...
...progress: the Biafrans would launch no new attacks and only fire when fired upon. With the Nigerians aggressively on the move, that is not likely to reduce the level of violence much. But it will improve Biafra's image with the representatives of the Organization of African Unity, who are sponsoring the peace talks, and perhaps ultimately bring African pressure on Lagos to follow suit...
...African porters, hired by white traders, who first labored their way 300 miles upstream on the Zambezi River called the spot Kebrabasa - "where the work ends." A huge gorge through which the Zambezi flows in the western panhandle of Mozambique, Kebrabasa has always been a dead end. There, according to legend, Dr. Livingstone turned around his wheezing paddle steamer MaRobert in 1858, musing that mastering the forbidding rocks would open wide the gates that have barred for centuries the interior of Portugal's second largest overseas possession...
...second time in 14 months of cruel civil war, Nigeria's federal government and Biafra's secessionist regime were edging toward peace talks last week. Meeting in Niamey, capital of Niger, under the aegis of the Organization for African Unity, the warring parties promised to undertake a second try at a full-scale peace conference in Addis Ababa on Aug. 5. At the very least the Biafran leader, Lieut. Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu, hopes to achieve a temporary ceasefire. For Biafra desperately needs a respite in the bitter...
...consider everything that goes on here a school," says Co-Founder Lou Smith. Aimed primarily at preparing dropouts for available jobs rather than college, the program helps pay its own way by mining the talents of the students, who have published books on Afro-American history and designed African-style shirts and dresses that were featured at a fashion show at Las Vegas' Sands Hotel...