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That is undoubtedly true. So is Pretoria's contention that if a plebiscite was held, the vote would be overwhelming for continued South African rule. The whites are for it; the chiefs, who see its immediate benefits, are for it, and the tribesmen listen to the chiefs. Only outside force or the fall of South Africa's white-supremacist government could change the situation, and both are extremely remote possibilities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Clinging to the Land of Thirst | 7/5/1971 | See Source »

Gradually the stage fills with weird, masked figures from the mists of prehistory: tribesmen in vast, shaggy costumes thumping drums, bonging gongs, pinging cymbals. Enormous idols appear. Frenzied, the primitives swirl and bang and jabber. The shaman speaks: God demands a sacrifice, the greatest sacrifice is sex, a taboo is born...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: The Broken Taboo Breaker | 6/7/1971 | See Source »

...America is primarily involved in flying supplies to the CIA's guerrilla army, the Clandestine Army of Meo tribesmen led by General Vang Pao. Recently, due to expanded CIA operations, Continental Air Services, a division of Continental Airways, has also been flying supplies...

Author: By Peter Shapiro, | Title: Hitching Through Laos Or, When is a Trail Not a Trail? | 6/7/1971 | See Source »

...other African nations, including Kenya and Madagascar, to build similar tourist centers or hotels. Architect and City Planner Thomas Leitersdorf has planned new housing and roads for the Riviera project in such a fashion as to provide a gentle transition to urban life for the 7,000 Ebrie tribesmen who now live in overcrowded farming villages nearby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Israel's Stake in Black Africa | 5/31/1971 | See Source »

...Mourning. Amin, who has dissolved Parliament and banned political activity for two years, decided that his control over the country was firm enough for him to take the risk. On the first day of official mourning, he drove in an open Jeep past a three-mile line of Baganda tribesmen. In the Namirembe Anglican Cathedral, he stood for 30 minutes beside the figure of the Kabaka, almost perfectly preserved in a transparent coffin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UGANDA: King Freddie Comes Home | 4/12/1971 | See Source »

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