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...Nigerian writer yesterday was named the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, becoming the first African to win the award in its 85-year history, and an American economist won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science...
Wole Soyinka, a Nigerian-born author of novels and plays, was cited by the Swedish Academy of Letters as a writer "who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence...
...tropical disease specialist, the Nigerian-born Lucas studied at the School of Public Health...
Thus last week's meeting opened in an atmosphere of apprehension. On the first day, the seven leaders listened attentively to reports by Howe and the Eminent Persons Group, a body headed by former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser and General Olusegun Obasanjo, the former Nigerian head of state, which was appointed by the Commonwealth last year to study the South African dilemma. Most of the leaders present were struck by the degree to which Howe agreed with the group. Kaunda, who had publicly criticized Howe during his African mission, praised the Foreign Secretary's remarks as "simply fantastic...
...sending a black Ambassador to South Africa. The name of the nominee had already seeped out: Robert Brown, a North Carolina businessman and former Nixon staffer. But in further checking, the Administration became concerned about Brown's business association in the past with Alhaji Umaru Dikko, an exiled Nigerian leader who has been charged with embezzling millions of dollars. Brown was hastily persuaded by the White House to withdraw his name...