Word: kwame
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Punning seems to be a special passion with many writers, from James Joyce to Peter De Vries to numerous practitioners at TIME. A classic example still remembered with shudders on two continents was entitled "Fangs a Lot," an article about what had happened to Kwame Nkrumah's zoo "since the day he was ostrichized." That one actually appeared in the World section of April 8, 1966. Last week Associate Editor Spencer Davidson was faced with the news that Italian shops have been giving their customers candy instead of small change. Instantly Davidson saw the punny possibilities. He turned...
...mark of the projects' success is that they have survived the worst of Africa's political upheavals. In Ghana, for instance, Israelis began working during the regime of Kwame Nkrumah, continued under the military government that toppled the dictator, and are now cooperating with the civilian government that succeeded the soldiers...
...casualties among Africa's first generation of leaders have been heavy; Nigeria's Sir Abubakar Balewa, Togo's Sylvanus Olympio, the Congo's Patrice Lumumba were all killed. Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah was overthrown in 1966; Kenya's brilliant young Tom Mboya was assassinated...
...this blatant act of oppression is to launch an attack against the leaders of Pan-Africanism which Portugal recognizes as in opposition to her thieving actions in the continent of Africa. Those leaders residing in Guinea are Ahmed Sekou Toure (President of Guinea), Cabral (Secretary-General of PAIGC), Osageyfo Kwame Nkrumah, and Stokeley Carmichael...
...with an emotional report to his people and a plea to them to remain alert: "Leave your books and get your arms, leave your kitchen pots and get your arms, leave your plows and get your arms." The President reportedly was being assisted in directing the battle by Kwame Nkrumah, who was deposed as President of Ghana in 1966 and has since become Guinea's best-known exile-in-residence...