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Though Africa's hot-eyed nationalists wear European suits and talk knowingly of constitutional provisions and voting qualifications, they are well aware that many African tribesmen are still more impressed with black magic than political oratory. Last week an official pamphlet issued by the Southern Rhodesian government reported that some black leaders, unable to fire up their loyal constituents in the cause of black nationalism, have tried to fan antiwhite feeling by more primitive means...
Challenged by Rhodesian Student...
...Rhodesian proposed instead that Banda use his recently acquired majority in the Nyasaland legislative council as a tool for "eliminating discrimination" throughout the whole federation...
...worried about discrimination, what we want is independence," Banda countered. He charged that the Southern Rhodesian students were not willing to fight for independence, but were only worried about "getting good jobs." They are, he explained, "like pigs and horses, only interested in full stomachs...
...grow so fast. Even more optimistic is a group that is trying to make Salvinia a valuable local crop; if ways can be found to harvest it cheaply, it might prove to be acceptable cattle feed, and protein extracted from its leaves might be good food for humans. One Rhodesian industrialist claims that dried, compressed Salvinia might make fine fiberboard. But none of these schemes are working yet, and the little green fern remains the victor...