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Silent in the Streets. The political talk is largely leftwing, and nationalism is still the main subject. "It's inevitable," said a tall Tanganyikan in hound's-tooth tweeds. "When our country is at such a dramatic point in its history, we are eager to be a part of it." Black South Africans in London number scarcely a dozen. "Only the safe ones get sent to British universities," said a student, "and they will not do anything while here to prejudice their futures back home." Privately, and to British friends they can trust, they sound off like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Host to Rebels | 6/20/1960 | See Source »

Once accepted, the student embarks on a program tailored to his needs. He can take courses in the most common diplomatic languages, in international trade and finance, in commercial, maritime, and consular law. He may also study such exotic subjects as Hindustani and Icelandic, or Tanganyikan religions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: For the Skilled & Select | 9/18/1950 | See Source »

...frenzy of "juju" madness, fleeting glimpses of horrible tortures, and medicine-men dancing madly to the original Jungle Band. Otherwise the erotic element is not as hot as its geographic position would indicate. The abstraction of the lovely white goddess, Nina (played by Miss Booth) from her Tanganyikan homestead, in the teeth of the united tribes of Africa, is a bit unconvincing. Even the faultless characterization of Trader Horn by Harry Carey, played up by the juvenile lead, fails to bring power to a mediocre plot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 3/6/1931 | See Source »

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