Word: jomo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...perform for my people," said Jazz Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, 56. Making his first visit to Black Africa to join Uhuru (freedom) celebrations in Kenya marking ten years of independence, South Carolina-born Dizzy and his trio played to capacity crowds in Nairobi. On Uhuru Day, Dizzy serenaded President Jomo Kenyatta, 82, with a special composition titled Burning Spear (Kenyatta's nickname in pre-independence days). The piece, said Dizzy, included "touches of Indian, South American and African music and quite a few bars of the good ol' American blues." As it turned out, Dizzy was not the only...
...distinguished scholars have included Bertrand Russell, Arnold Toynbee and Harold Laski. Among its students have been several foreigners who went on to become heads of state, including John F. Kennedy, Jomo Kenyatta and Pierre Trudeau. Now a foreigner has been chosen, for the first time, to become head of the L.S.E...
...RELATIONS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES: Amin admitted that he has had his differences with neighboring Tanzania and Kenya but added with wide-eyed sincerity, "I have no time to think bad thoughts about Tanzania." As for Kenya's President Jomo Kenyatta, Big Daddy boasted: "He is one of my best friends." Amin also paid curious tribute to Britain's Prime Minister Edward Heath, whom he described as "one of the best Prime Ministers. He is like Hitler, really tough. I admire him." As newsmen laughed, Big Daddy corrected himself, "I mean like Churchill...
...Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere, who has opposed Amin from the beginning, Amin sent an incoherent telegram: "I want to assure you that I love you very much and if you had been a woman I would have considered marrying you." Nyerere did not reply. Neighboring Kenya's President Jomo Kenyatta watched Amin's wild career in silent horror. Zambia's President Kenneth Kaunda condemned Amin's actions as "terrible, abominable, shameful." Added the Times of Zambia: "Only in the befuddled mind of a punch-drunk ex-boxer could the fact be disputed that his operations against...
...ventures into foreign policy, for example, have been uninspiring. He has represented the President overseas on five major tours, but mostly in areas dominated by right-wing dictatorships, whose leaders he has flattered more than protocol demands. His praise of such oppressive black rulers as Kenya's Jomo Kenyatta and the Congo's Joseph Mobutu, suggesting that U.S. black leaders emulate them, was a major gaffe. He is even more hawkish on the war than Nixon, and his seeming willingness to escalate military conflict would make him a dangerous President. He even initially opposed Nixon's overtures...