Word: nkosi
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Union of South Africa has not yet granted a passport to Lewis P. Nkosi, an African journalist who was awarded a Nieman Fellowship this year, according to Louis M. Lyons, curator of the Nieman Fellowships...
...Nkosi appears to be a victim of the "oppressive racist policies" of the south African Government, which "penalize their critics, especially if they're black Africans," Lyons noted. White students, he pointed out, have been allowed to leave the country...
...best efforts to find out whether Mr. Nkosi can get a passport have failed," said Lyons. The Farfield Foundation, which supported Nkosi's fellowship, inquired without success at the South African Consulate for a clarification of his status...