Word: swaziland
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...traditional Swazi society," Swaziland's King Sobhuza II once observed, "a latecomer often gets the best cut of meat." As Britain's last colonial claim on the African continent except for breakaway Rhodesia, Sobhuza's tiny (pop. 390,000), verdant land has waited patiently for its cut of independence. Last week a smiling King Sobhuza, surrounded by some 100 of his wives and dressed in a ceremonial headdress of lourie-bird feathers, a girdle of lion and leopard skins and a cloak made of oxtails, had his patience rewarded. British Commonwealth Secretary George Thompson handed Sobhuza...
Shrewd, articulate and widely read, the 69-year-old king notably enhanced his country's chances for a choice inkhululeko (independence) during the long wait. Swaziland has tripled its exports (to $58 million) in the past four years by completing a new, 140-mile railroad and by attracting such faraway customers as Japan, a major buyer of the kingdom's abundant iron ore. Beneath Swaziland's lush valleys and mountains are also gold, coal and asbestos. Cattle herds dot the sloping grassland, and citrus orchards and sugarcane fields flourish. Not the least of Swaziland's assets...
...still focusing on education, Curle left Pakistan for Africa, and eight years of planning, agitating, and construction--some in Harvard's name, some on his own steam. A venture in South Africa shows the intensity of Curle's drive. His idea was to build some good colleges in Swaziland and Basutoland--independent black enclaves within South Africa--and get the South African government to let their blacks attend the new institutions. South Africa has a system of higher education for its Africans, but it consists of hopelessly inadequate "tribal colleges" which separate not only white from black, but tribe from...
Verwoerd sends technical assistance to the British protectorates of Bechuanaland, Basutoland and Swaziland, and when they gain their independence, all three territories
...problem is going to get worse long before it gets better. More new non-nations are waiting impatiently in the wings; Bechuanaland, Basutoland, British Guiana and Mauritius are all due to become independent this year, and Swaziland and South Arabia will follow soon afterward. Britain's Lord Caradon recently reported to the United Nations General Assembly that 50 colonial territories still remained to be freed around the world-31 in the British Empire alone. Since, in general, the weakest and least viable colonies are the last to be turned loose, the prospect is staggering. All of them, of course...