European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 18, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Continued from Page 15 Sonal Freedom corrupt government the extravagant construction of prestige projects. Ftp it resident Sylvanus olympic of Togo was gunned Down trying to claw his Way Over a Wall to the Sanctuary of a . Embassy following an army coup that overthrew his government in 1963.three years later the nigerian prime minister sir Abubakar Tarawa Zalewa regarded by Many As Africa s most Able statesman was murdered in Roadside ditch after the military took Over his former nigerian president Nam i Azikiwe a founding father of Africa nationalism was shuffled out of office in two successive military coups and Nowise living in retirement in a Small Village near Uin Uhia in the secessionist state of Biafra. The african continent holds Man riches some now being exploited and others not yet perhaps for the new Black nations their greatest wealth lies in their great men. The problems these leaders face Range widely. Some must find a Wayto coerce a viable Economy from a poor and tiny land while others must har Ness Mineral and agricultural wealth to realize the land s they must fight the very real problem of disillusion since Independence did not produce instant Realiza Tion of the african dream of a goodlife for All. There Are slums to be eradicated inthe cities and mud hut villages in the hinterlands that must be brought into the 20th Century. Among the Black leaders longest inthe spotlight is Kenya s Jomo Kenyatta now 76, for years the burning Spear of the murderous Mau Mau uprisings. Though held for years in British Pri sons he is now dedicated to Multi a Cial ism. Pie has smoothed Black tribal rivalries and made his nation s Stabil Ity and economic Progress a byword on the continent. Malawi s president Hastings Amuzu Banda who led his nation to in dependence in 1964, is today reviled by Many fellow africans. For despite his fiery nationalism of the past he hold that White ruled South Africa must be recognized and lived with As a fact of life. Many Malawi tribesmen work i South Africa s Gold mines and the Money they Send Home is a bulwark of their country s Economy. In neighbouring Zambia president Ken Neth Luanda is among Black leaders who refuses to accept South Africa Butluk s own landlocked country and its problems Are his major concern. His Quality comes through in the two heroes he upholds India s Mahatma gandhian America s Abraham Lincoln. Guinea s Sekou Toure suspiciously accepts Aid from both the United states and Russia without linking up to either. His relations with his african neighbors Are jumpy too. Julius Nyerere of Tanzania former schoolteacher has lost much Aid from the United states Britain an West Germany because of a strict adherence to socialism which he deems est for his country. His countrymen seem to stand behind , after five years of unrest appears on the threshold of political stability under president Milton Obote but at the Price of his almost dictatorial Powers. In spite of the Many problems timeshare changing and the evidence is everywhere an automobile parked be Side a mud hut or a Nui skirted girl walking Down the strict balancing bundle on her head As her ancestors earned miniskirts and of Are far from the answer and Leadis of the Blac continent still face a herculean task. V symbolic of new Africa is Malawi s Freedom memorial dedicated one minute after nation was born in 1964, also symbolic of new Africa s problems Are children needing medical care education. 16 the stars and stripes sunday August 1961
