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...body of Kamil Kazanchi, the Communist lawyer executed in Mosul, was brought to the capital for burial, a funeral procession six miles long wound like a slow river through the city center. Behind the coffin marched Iraqis who short months ago acclaimed the dictator of the Nile their idol, and now shouted: "Death to Nasser! Death to Nasser...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAQ: The Revolt That Failed | 3/23/1959 | See Source »

...eyes of all Africa were on Nyasaland last week, but Kenya had its own special reason for feeling the tension. Back in the news was the dreaded name of Jomo Kenyatta, "Burning Spear," the idol of the Mau Mau-and the man who put him there was the very same witness who helped put him in prison back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KENYA: The Roots of the Fig Tree | 3/16/1959 | See Source »

Psyche-Semantic. Slinking away in disgrace, Henderson and Romilayu next camp with an ugly-mannered tribe called the Wariri. Here Henderson redeems himself by lifting a previously unbudgeable wooden idol during a riotous rainmaking ritual. He is acclaimed as Sungo, the Rain King, blushingly dons the transparent green silk bloomers of his office and becomes a friend and confidant of Dahfu, the Wariri's chief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Dun Quixote | 2/23/1959 | See Source »

Needed: New Maps. Broad-shouldered and handsome, Sékou Touré is as dynamic a platform performer as any in all Black Africa. He is the idol of his 2,500,000 people, and the shadow he casts over Africa stretches far beyond the borders of his Oregon-sized country. As the head of the only French territory to vote against De Gaulle's constitution and thus to choose complete independence, he has been suddenly catapulted into the forefront of the African scene. Last week somnolent, picturesque Conakry was getting to know how it feels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GUINEA: Vive I' lndependance! | 2/16/1959 | See Source »

...makes the top; he's a hit. Yet security is fleeting, even for an idol, and the saga ends with the sad refrain...

Author: By Charles S. Maier and John B. Radner, S | Title: I Hear America Swinging | 2/12/1959 | See Source »

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