Word: tanganyikans
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...erupted in Tanganyika's capital of Dar es Salaam, and gunfire rattled through that humid "Haven of Peace" for the first time since German gunboats held target practice there during World War I, when Tanganyika was part of German East Africa. Before it died away, at least 20 Tanganyikans were dead, whole blocks of the Arab and Indian quarters lay in ruins, and President Julius Nyerere's government-once considered East Africa's most stable-had been seriously discountenanced. The mutiny was made possible by Nyerere's decision to send 300 crack Tanganyikan cops to Zanzibar...
...aware of that fact than Nyerere. He emerged nervous and shamefaced at midweek to tour his torn capital, found himself unable even to reprimand his cocky army for fear of a new revolt. The mustachioed, mild-mannered ex-schoolteacher had been proud that in the 17-year-struggle for Tanganyikan independence not a single life had been lost. Now he said sadly: "It will take months and even years to erase from the mind of the world what it has heard about the events this week...
...officials became worried Tuesday when they were unable to make contact with members of the project. : A revolt by the Tanganyikan army resulted in rioting in the city and its suburbs Monday and Tuesday...
...Tanganyikan delegates to the U.N. was duly exercised. The U.S., he said, was plotting with South Africa to test atom bombs. He had read all about it in the newspapers...
Criticism of the Peace Corps was leveled Tuesday by the secretary of the Tanganyikan National Teachers Union. The African official told a news conference that the English of many Corps teachers was "incomprehensible...