Word: nkosi
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Apartheid, as a solution to the race problem, is impossible," Lewis Nkosi, Nieman Fellow from South Africa, declared last night as part of the "Apartheid Today" program sponsored by the Harvard-Radcliffe World Cultural society...
...Nkosi went on to charge that white South Africans have never accepted the fact that "for better or for worse, we are stuck with each other." For this reason, he claimed, the apartheid program calls for measures that would wreck the economy of the country...
Naturally, the segregation problem in America has created much interest among Africans, he said, but "on the whole the situation is much more hopeful here." It was felt that the Eisenhower Administration had not been forceful enough in desegregating. Better things are expected of Kennedy, Nkosi added...
While at Harvard Nkosi hopes to acquaint students with the culture of Africa. Most Americans, he feels, do not "know the people they're trying to help." An African arts festival, he suggested, would help make Africa better known...
Assigned a room in Dunster House. Nkosi looks forward to life among the Funsters. "I'm trying to get as much as I can from your great American institution." he said...