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...beneath the fraternal exuberance, the 250 delegates from 28 nations seemed determined to keep the ultimate union of Africa safely in African hands, though they were not yet clear on just how this could be done. The conference host himself, Ghana's Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah, solemnly warned: "Do not let us forget that colonialism and imperialism may come to us in a different guise, not necessarily from Europe." When asked what he thought about the Africans from Cairo, Mboya bluntly declared that "they don't represent Kenya." As the conference went on half a mile away, Nkrumah...
...states and subject to the will of the people. More militantly, they called vaguely for the establishment of an "African Legion" composed of volunteers and talked of a labor boycott of the Union of South Africa, but they neatly adopted a middle course between the "nonviolent" revolution advocated by Nkrumah and the fiery call to arms by some of the Algerians. And as for Tom Mboya's big "Scram," no time limit was even mentioned. The delegates were obviously mindful of another "scramble for Africa," and not all of it homegrown...
...phrases about "solidarity and fraternity" and for all the placards reading, "Forward to Independence Now!" this was no gathering of obedient line followers. They accepted as conference chairman Kenya's flashy young (28) Nationalist Tom Mboya-a good choice, everyone agreed, though many delegates bristled at the way Nkrumah railroaded his selection. The race for Africa's future, of which Le Figaro spoke, was still very much an open...
Beware the Limitation. The new French African leaders seem far from ready to forfeit their ties with France to answer the siren call either of Cairo, Moscow, or Accra. And though Nkrumah and Nasser make friendly noises, these two ambitious strongmen are plainly trying to outbid each other. Nasser's "Quit Africa Day" turned out to be something of a flop in Cairo. In Accra, his delegation, though finally reduced from 30 to eleven, was out to grab as much of the spotlight from Nkrumah as it could...
...Nkrumah's conference got under way, he found his African guests neatly divided. Those from the newly independent and largely black territories of West Africa were for a more moderate program -keyed to their need for foreign capital and advice-than those, like Kenya's Mboya, who back home are still fighting their colonial masters. The militant group objected to Nkrumah's cry for a Gandhi-style "nonviolent revolution" in Africa. They were joined by the Egyptians and the Algerians who want no such peaceful limits set on their future actions...