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Among the up-and-coming Cardinals from Africa, Vatican watchers cite Peter Turkson of Ghana, 60 and Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier, 67 of South Africa, as potential papal material. Archbishop John Onayiekan of Nigeria, who may soon be up for a Cardinal slot, is considered "strong here and back there," says one Rome insider, referring to Onayiekan's knowledge of the Third World and his skills navigating the ins and outs of the Holy...
...Turkson Ocran, secretary of the Gold Coast Trade Union Congress, and Ocran's friend, Anthony Woode, who had attended a conference of the Communist World Federation of Trade Unions. It was Ocran who organized the anti-British strikes that helped Nkrumah to power in 1951. Said Nkrumah: "It is not in the best interest of our country for any nationalist engaged in the struggle for independence to allow himself to be used by Communist organizations...
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