Word: nigerianism
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From Reagan's viewpoint, one of the most valuable aspects of the summit was the chance to hold bilateral meetings witha lobby of leaders. The President conferred with 14 delegation heads in meetings sandwiched around the formal sessions. In his call on Reagan, Nigerian President Alhaji Shehu Shagari, as expected, touched upon black Africa's concerns regarding Namibia and Angola. In her visit with the President, Indira Gandhi was calm and low-keyed while explaining India's worries about the proposed U.S. sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan. She gently reminded Reagan that "we have...
Soyinka, author of "Kongi's Harvest" and "The Lion and the Jewel," was detained by the Nigerian government during the seventies for his political activities. He spoke as a guest of the annual Theodore Spencer memorial lecture series, which has, in the past, invited T.S. Eliot and Jean Renoir...
...Nigerian writer spoke about the guerrilla theater in modern Africa to an audience of about 200 at the Loeb drama center yesterday...
...Guerrilla theater involves a subversive activity even when it appears to be an appendage of the power structure." Wole Soyinka, Nigerian poet, playwright and novelist, said...
Africa. Because of his Administration's strong backing for majority rule in southern Africa, most black leaders favor Carter. They widely share Nigerian Minister of External Affairs Ishaya Audu's apprehension that a Reagan victory would "slow down the momentum of liberation movements in Namibia and South Africa for some time." Black Africans also fear that Reagan would ease U.S. pressure on South Africa over apartheid...