Word: ndola
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bustling copper town of Ndola in Northern Rhodesia, the. High Court deliberated the fate of two native Africans, Joseph Mubanga and Fitaliano Sakeni. They were members of the Bemba tribe and converts to Roman Catholicism. Their crime: acting on orders of Catholic priests, they had persuaded other Catholic Bembas not to contribute grain to the local Bemba chief. Fined by a native court, they had taken their case to the Bemba court of appeal, which increased their fines. The district commissioner's court upheld the conviction. The two dissatisfied Bembas had finally appealed to the Northern Rhodesia High Court...
...court, the Bembas had massive support. To plead their case, topflight Barrister Charles Russell, Q.C., carefully briefed by Catholic churchmen, had flown in from London. Listening intently in the tiny courtroom was Catholic Bishop Francis Mazzieri of Ndola, and packed beside him were clergymen of many denominations. All the Christian missionaries in the territory knew what might be at stake. There are only about 9,000 white missionaries in Africa (pop. 233,775,000). This means that native converts must carry the main burden of spreading Christianity, and they cannot function effectively if native courts can punish them for giving...
...advanced country on the 'Dark Continent.' a telephone conversation even between Capetown and Johannesburg is an ordeal of waiting and cajolery. To phone Nairobi from Johannesburg, you must 1) book the call 24 hours in advance, 2) call via London." Even the telegraph is uncertain. "Once in Ndola. Northern Rhodesia, on a Friday afternoon, I filed a TIME story at the local cable station and asked when it would reach New York. The operator calculated that with luck it might be delivered by the following Tuesday." Between Ndola and Capetown, the operator explained, there were an awful...