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...representative, brunette Helen Suzman, warned that black nationalism as well as white nationalism feeds "on this type of kragdadigheid [toughness]." Although Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd and Vorster describe the menace facing South Africa as "Communism," the bill is clearly aimed at two African nationalist groups calling themselves Poqo and Spear of the Nation. Poqo (pronounced Paw-kaw and meaning "for ourselves alone" in the Xhosa tongue) patterns itself after the dreaded Mau Mau, which terrorized Kenya in the 1950s. It first rose to prominence last November, when some of its members rioted in the wine-growing Cape community of Paarl...
...events added in the spring are the javelin and discuss throws and the hop, step and jump. In his wildest dreams no Ivy League coach would dare hope for the strength Harvard has in the javelin. Hobie Armstrong, Hank Hatch, Tom Holcombe, and Peter Lamp all consistently fling the spear over 200 ft., with sophomore Lamp holding the University record of 212 ft., 6 in. The Crimson is not as strong in the discus, but McCurdy can count on quite a few points from John Bakkensen who set a freshman record in that event last year. Hobie Armstrong will give...
...though the bleak, barren slice of territory inside Kenya harbors 200,000 Somalis, Kenya's black nationalist leaders, led by ex-Mau Mau Chieftain Jomo ("Burning Spear") Kenyatta, have always vowed that loss of their northeast corner would mean war with their own black Rendilles, who cover themselves with feathers; with their Turkanas, who wear little except mud hats; and with the Marilles, who wear only rifles. Thus, Britain's Sandys was bound to make enemies -and to risk violence-no matter what his decision about Kenya's frontier...
When he left the Metropolitan Opera in 1957, Tenor James McCracken was understandably bitter. In four black years at the Met, he had been all but buried beneath a mountain of spear-carrier costumes. "I was pretty disappointed." he says now, "but I was determined to come back singing the great parts." Last week McCracken came back, and in grander style than most spear carriers could dream of: he sang Otello in the premiere of a lavish new Met production...
...whites, the British finally agreed last week to let their East African colony of Kenya take its first big step toward uhuru-freedom. Ending three weeks of talks in Nairobi with Kenya's tribal-backed political leaders, among them grey-bearded ex-Mau Mau Chieftain Jomo ("Burning Spear") Kenyatta, Colonial Secretary Duncan Sandys emerged to make his announcement to the press. Elections will be held May 18-26 for the colony's first internal self-government. To be elected under a new, 300-page constitution: seven assemblies, plus a two-house federal parliament with overwhelming black majorities. Complete...