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Bobbing Beard. As the television cameras whirred and the reporters scribbled, Jomo flashed toothy smiles, produced charm, vigor, and quick answers in a three-hour verbal marathon. Belying the stories of his senility, Kenyatta looked at least ten years younger than his admitted 71 years. He wore a fly whisk chained to his wrist with a band of silver, sported a gay red tie and a brand-new leather jacket. As he spoke, the old, grey-flecked spade beard bobbed emphatically: "I shall always be an African nationalist to the end . . . but I have never been a violent...
Should Kenya's Africans go along with the new constitution giving them a majority in the legislature, subject to the British governor's veto? No, said Kenyatta, Kenya Africans should have nothing less than uhuru (freedom). When? "Today!" shot back Burning Spear, his eyes blazing...
...repudiate your Communist affiliations?" asked a reporter, recalling Kenyatta's residence in Moscow in 1929 and 1933. Retorted Jomo: "Anyone who says I am or was a Communist is a liar. I went to Russia for an education. I also lived in England for a long time, but that doesn't mean I became an Englishman!" In fact he was all for keeping the cold war out of Africa. "I recall an old Swahili proverb," said Kenyatta. " 'When two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.' If East and West fight over Africa, only...
Limited Promise. There would be a place for the white man in Kenyatta's new Kenya. If the Europeans stick to their business and do not "mess with politics,'' they have nothing to fear, Jomo insisted...
...whites, this was hardly a promise of anything. But could Kenyatta be kept out of Kenya's politics indefinitely? Even the diehard whites were beginning to admit that it was only a question of time before the man they dreaded would be back in circulation-probably as Kenya's first Prime Minister. Many white moderates were openly urging Kenyatta's immediate release to break the political deadlock. Swallowing hard, Nairobi's white-run Nation declared: "He refuses to commit himself on any major problems facing the country. [But] there comes a point when a leap...