Word: rhodesia
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...plight of 500,000 political prisoners in 60 countries, Amnesty International last week nominated its first "Prisoners of the Year." Those selected: Eleni Voulgari of Greece, who was sent to prison for ten years by the Greek junta for sheltering her Communist brother-in-law; Daniel Madzimbamuto of Rhodesia, an African nationalist leader who was imprisoned without trial four years ago; and Larisa Daniel of the Soviet Union, wife of imprisoned Russian author Yuli Daniel, who was sentenced herself in 1968 to four years of Siberian exile for demonstrating against the Soviet policy of "fraternal aid" to Czechoslovakia...
...Smith, the Prime Minister of Rhodesia's all-white government, which rules a black majority, declared last week that his country was growing stronger despite the United Nations sanctions against it. Though U.N. member states are supposed to boycott Rhodesian exports, Smith claimed that many countries of the free world were quietly helping Rhodesia. On the fourth anniversary of the unilateral declaration of independence from Britain, Smith said that Rhodesia expects a 10% increase this year in its gross national product, "exceptional by any standard." But British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart recently told the House of Commons that Rhodesia...
...separation from the black African states to the north. His "outward-looking" policy, built on Verwoerd's first gestures in this direction, has succeeded in creating an odd but effective trade grouping, of white-and black-ruled states in southern Africa: Lesotho, Botswana, Swaziland, Malawi, Rhodesia and the Portuguese territories of Mozambique and Angola. Overtures have been made, moreover, to other black republics...
...Tangwena had, in fact, precious little to begin with-except their land. Long before the white man came, they lived in the remote hills of Eastern Rhodesia. The boulder-strewn hillside land was good only for sparse crops of maize and yams. In 1930, the colonial government designated the Tangwena hills as "European land," but few settlers were interested. One syndicate, however, set up the Gaeresi Ranch in the area, and the Tangwena's 50 square miles was included within it. Still the land was little used...
...shortly after Rhodesia's all-white government declared its independence, Chief Rekayi received a letter from William Hammer, the ranch's director, giving him notice that he and his fellow tribesmen were to be evicted. The Tangwena fought back and their appeals were sustained by Rhodesia's High Court. Unimpressed by such legalities, the government in Salisbury simply overrode the decision, proclaiming that the "squatters" must move to a nearby tribal reserve. Rekayi, whose full name means "Let Tangwena Be," refused to go. The new land, he said, is considered sacred by his tribe and serves...