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...EVENING WITH BELAFONTE/MAKEBA (RCA Victor). Two of the best Negro singers of the decade combine to give voice to South Africa's sorrow. Singing in Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho or Swahili, they manage to cast light on the Dark Continent through the warmth and vigor of their interpretations...
...best. One cat is Ubi (Raymond St. Jacques), a troublesome tribal hipster who has lived in Harlem, and can spout such phrases as: "You goofed it, daddy." Ever wary of what Ubi may do, Mitchum scarcely can find any time for Carroll Baker, who speaks a few words of Swahili rather competently and lets the rest of her lines fall where they may. Actress Baker behaves in a manner befitting a missionary's daughter who aspires to become a sex symbol, but in movies as forced, synthetic and flaccid as Mister Moses, one false image more or less need...
...port of Mahagi with hardly a shot fired. A land force moved more cautiously, with four Ferret armored scout cars spraying likely ambush spots along the road with machine-gun fire. Congolese planes, flown by anti-Castro Cuban pilots, had showered leaflets on rebel territory. Printed in Lingala, Swahili...
Members of Volunteer Teachers for Africa have undertaken an extensive orientation program, including three hours a week of Swahill lessons. Swahili, a mixture of Arabic and the Bantu languages, is the official language of Tanzania, as well as a lingua-franca spoken extensively throughout East Africa...
Monday, February 15 THE DINAH SHORE SPECIAL (ABC, 10-11 p.m.). Dinah and Harry Belafonte salute the Peace Corps in a program featuring songs in Swahili, Hindi and Tagalog...