Word: jomo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have befriended him (while working for his parents) in his native South Africa. Master Harold, called "Hally" (Brian Kleppe), wears a tie and blazer to school and comes home to the cramped St. George's Park Tea Room, where the entire one act play takes place. Sam (Jomo I. L. Ray) and Willie (E. William McGlaston), wiping the counter and scrubbing the floor, await him there...
...Jomo I. L. Ray gives a magnificent performance as Sam. At first his perpetual smile seems almost painted, but as the play progresses the smile becomes loving and fatherly. When Hally's hidden racism surfaces, the change in Ray's expression is terrifying. His anger and sorrow are heartbreaking, making us wish desperately to have the smile back...
...assumed the mantle of independence hero Jomo Kenyatta in 1978, justifies maintaining the monopoly of his Kenya African National Union -- codified by a 1982 constitutional amendment -- the standard way: a single party begets stability, which begets prosperity. True enough, ethnic tensions that have provoked violence in other parts of Africa have rarely disturbed Kenya's 27 years of independence, even though the country encompasses more than 40 major tribes. And Kenya has maintained economic growth in recent years % at 3% to 5% annually, up to twice the sub-Saharan average. "We are being asked to risk that which we have...