Word: africas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sally Moore, who is also a professor of anthropology, said it was "understood" that this year would be her last as dean. She said next year, when she had planned to be on sabbatical from Dunster House, she will do anthropological work in East Africa. And Cresap Moore said he would like to do some historical work in England...
Some detractors may claim that Tutu should not be elected to the Board because he lives in South Africa and thus will not be able to attend all the Overseers meetings. But the point of his candidacy is in his ability to serve as a powerful advocate for this important issue. He should be elected to serve as a political force on the Board, not as a hands-on overseer serving on several visiting committees and discussing more routine issues of University governance...
Tutu will emphasize the facts: investment in South Africa perpetuates apartheid, and South African Blacks overwhelmingly favor divestment. Even Reverend Leon Sullivan, who created a set of moral principles for businesses that chose to stay in South Africa, now calls for a complete withdrawal of foreign funds. At a time when racial conflict is becoming more violent and bloody, both Tutu and Sullivan advocate the use of every peaceful pressure that can be brought against the South African government...
...resolution directs City Manager Robert W. Healy to establish a purchasing preference policy that avoids contracting with South Africa-related companies and to maintain a list "of all persons doing business with or in South Africa and Namibia...
Calling apartheid "a social system whose policies are so antithetical to the principles of the people of Cambridge," the declaration defined that term as "a policy of racial exclusion and repression [that] is the official policy of the governments of the Republic of South Africa and Namibia...