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...severe treatment? The government explained, not very convincingly, that Nkomo had been trying to leave the country under a false name, and that he was illegally carrying 300 Zimbabwean dollars. Demanded Nkomo, who is over 6 feet tall, weighs around 300 Ibs. and is easily recognized all over Africa: "How can an elephant disguise himself as something else? An elephant is an elephant, whichever way you look at him." Nkomo said that the Zimbabwean dollars could not buy anything in Europe anyway. "They are as leaves on the trees...
...black neighbor, Zimbabwe, Chester Crocker, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, was berated by Zimbabwe's Prime Minister, Robert Mugabe, who called the linkage idea "blackmail." Said Mugabe: "The U.S.'s insistence on this linkage has given solace to the South African regime." The Zimbabwean leader declared that the U.S. position had "introduced a stumbling block that may well impede the decolonization process, albeit temporarily...
Maybe, His educational credentials are not routine. A History major elected to Phi Beta Kappa his junior year, Samkange earlier this year won a Zimbabwean Rhodes Scholarship. He will study at Oxford' Oriel College for at least the next two years (for an M. Phil. in Southern African history) and probably for three (for a D.Phil. in the same subject.) After Oxford, he is already signed up at Stanford Law School...
...family moved to America in 1964, and Samkange has grown up here. Yet he says. "I consider myself Zimbabwean. I'm very comfortable here, and if for some reason I couldn't stay in Zimbabwe, I would feel comfortable living here. But in terms of the needs for my services, the things I could provide, there is more demand there." He smiles--something he does often, easily and naturally--and adds, "There are a lot of similarly qualified people here...
Brutus's troubles with INS began in the spring 1980. As a citizen of what was then Rhodesia, he held a British passport. When Rhodesia became Zimbabwe in April of that year, the British government revoked his passport and advised him to apply for a Zimbabwean one. The length of time involved in corresponding with Salisbury caused Brutus to apply late for an extension of his visa to stay in the United States. Although he notified INS that he was applying late and was assured that he would be excused, immigration officials later cited Brutus's tardiness as one reason...