Word: chirau
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Dates: during 1977-1977
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...black moderates sounded surprised and pleased. A spokesman for Sithole called the announcement a "decisive move" that paved the way for blacks and whites to "sit down together and work out a blueprint for Zimbabwe," the African name for Rhodesia. Jeremiah Chirau, the head of a group of tribal leaders, declared that "an end to terrorism must be in sight." Most important of all was the reaction of Bishop Muzorewa, probably the most popular of Rhodesia's black politicians. Addressing a rally of his African National Council's youth wing in Salisbury, Muzorewa said he was willing...