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Word: imbuia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Verwoerd often boasts that the blacks of South Africa are better off than anywhere else on the continent. Economically he is right. What with decent paychecks (minimum daily wage for an unskilled laborer is $2.80) and easy credit, many an urban African can afford to buy imbuia wood furniture for his dining room, neat school uniforms for his children, and in some cases even a car for himself. Every year countless thousands of blacks from nearby countries flood into the republic looking for work-and the bright lights of the city life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa: The Great White Laager | 8/26/1966 | See Source »

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