Word: kenyan
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Some people connected with the local proposal have seemed to view the peace corps as a kind of Soc Rel experiment for the American participants. To keep this kind of thinking from taking precedence over the requirements of the emerging nations, the University might invite the Nigerian or Kenyan government to take part in the selection and indoctrination processes. Thus the primary purpose of the peace corps--that of aiding underdeveloped nations--can remain the focus of attention, and not be lost in extraneous sociological considerations...
...publishing the Corfield report now, British colonial authorities obviously hoped to head off a welling movement among Kenyan nationalists to force Kenyatta's release. In mid-May African leaders elected Kenyatta head of the new Kenyan African National Union, gave the government in Nairobi a month to release him or face civil disobedience. In rebuttal, the British argue that Kenyatta's release would put a bloody end to Colonial Office plans for Kenya's peaceful transition to independence, and point to the fact that already, fear of the Mau Mau is returning. Last week, following mounting reports...