Word: bwana
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...British] suckers of blood and squeezers of nationals' lands are determined to impose their policy of overlordship on East, South and Central Africa. The British bwana wants all people who are not white to be slaves." ¶"We would be glad to hear Mr. Eisenhower suggest to the Soviet Union that it join hands with the Americans to fight imperialism. Mr. Eisenhower could not do so because America also is now a state which wishes to have colonies, to oppress and exploit...
Beyond Mombasa (Columbia). "The natives," observes one sweat-drenched bwana, "are growing uneasy." Then one of them catches it right in the back-a poisoned dart from a blowgun. He's a goner, of course, as soon as the stuff hits his bloodstream. More nervous mumbling from the natives ("They say this is a bad omen"). Evil forces are clearly trying to prevent Cornel Wilde from rediscovering the uranium mine found by his late brother, poor devil, who was murdered by a steel-clawed Leopard Man. Also barring his way, on his Technicolor plunge into spine-tingling British East...
...former colonial (bwana), permit me to congratulate you on James Whitmore's photographs of central Africa [May 20]. They shed new light on what is frequently called the dark continent...
With the success of Operation Saucepan, the government gave CABS more kilowatts, with the understanding that every day from noon to 9 p.m. it would be the bearer of the word from the white bwanas to the natives. His Excellency the Governor tried some familiar commercial radio techniques to win cooperation from his subjects. "Be on the Side of Law and Order!" CABS cried. "Pay Your Taxes Now!" Such Madison Avenue methods left listeners bored and unimpressed. Little dramatic parables pointing to a simple moral proved more effective, but nobody can be sure of the effect of the daily lectures...
...supervised by U.S.-born Baptist Devitt. For 25 years 51-year-old William Devitt and his wife Edith have labored among the Kikuyu, traveling 25,000 miles each year through the Rift Valley to direct the mission's 80 schools for Kikuyu children. The natives affectionately call him "Bwana Jambo" (Mister Hello) because of his friendly greetings. When the Mau Mau revolt began in 1952, Devitt organized Kikuyu of his area to protect themselves. For his pains, he was put on the Mau Mau murder list...