European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Daily Magazine while and Black in Kenya and Zimbabwe Are working and living together under the Black Rule government. Peaceful coexistence in Kenya Zimbabwe Whites adapt to Black Rule by David Crary associated press l Ife under Black Rule a Prospect dreaded by most South african Whites has prove prosperous and Placid for Many Whites i Kenya and Zimbabwe both scenes of brutal wars of Independence. Since the wars both countries have made modest and uneven Progress toward multiracial coexistence which Many Whites there interpret As a message that the wounds of racial conflict can be healed. The first lesson to be Learned from Kenya is that the african does t hold any bitterness says sir Michael Blundell an official of the British colonial government during the Mau Mau uprising of the 1950s and later a vocal advocate of kenyan Independence. Any european who is willing to serve the country rather than take from it is Welcome under Black majority Rule said Blundell 79, who took kenyan citizenship immediately after Independence in 1953 at a time when thousands of other Whites were fleeing. Shortly before Independence Kenya s 65.000 Whites most of them britons dominated an estimated 8.3 million Blacks. The population is now nearly 20 million including about 40,000 Whites. The latest full census in 1979. Showed that 4.400 Whites were kenyan citizens with the rest mostly expatriates sent to Kenya by foreign governments International agencies and business corporations. In Zimbabwe a country of 6 million people roughly 140.000 whiles remain half the Peak White population in the mid-1970s. When Robert Mugabe led the former breakaway British Colony of Rhodesia to Independence As Black ruled Zimbabwe in april 1980, after nine decades of minority control and a seven year guerrilla wars he vowed As the new prime minister to follow a policy of racial reconciliation. Some Whites who stayed including former prime minister Ian Smith criticize Mugabe s socialist theories and speak wistfully of the past. But Many feel their place in Zimbabwe is secure. Chris Andersen the Only while in Mugabe s Cabinet said in an interview i think there is a future in Zimbabwe particularly for Whites who wish to see the country succeed and wish to make a contribution towards that end " but Andersen minister of state for Public service said life would be Tough Lor those whiles who believe that they Are entitled Toa privileged position simply because of their color.  themselves to the changes that have taken place most South african Whites insist that their Case is unique that White Rule is responsible Lor an advanced Economy that the dominant afrikaner group s three Century presence in the country gives it roots far deeper than those of other White communities in Africa. Bui Philip Leakey Kenya s assistant foreign minister and the Lone White in its parliament said South Africa s Only relevant distinction is the size of the White minority. The 5 million Whites comprise roughly 15 percent of the population compared to the 4 percent which Whites constituted at their Peak in Zimbabwe. That difference should have made it easier to have a harmonious racially integrated society rather than More difficult said Leakey 36, a second generation kenyan and the brother of Pale oncologist Richard Leakey the relative racial Harmony found today in Kenya and Zimbabwe has not come painlessly. While Farmers have been killed by guerrillas and bandits in Zimbabwe and some Whites in both countries have been forced out of jobs to make room for Blacks. Also the generally High Standard of living Lor kenyan and zimbabwean whiles Many of whom live on Lush estates and employ several servants is tempered somewhat by a preoccupy Ion with Security. Houses in the wealthier neighbourhoods of Nairobi and Harare the capitals of Kenya and Zimbabwe Are protected by fences watchdogs alarm systems and round the clock guards. One gets used to living with the minor crises and frankly they re Worth it to preserve the kind of a restyle Friday september 27, 1985 my family would not be Able to enjoy anywhere  said poppy Ellis a while Zimbabwe born schoolteacher and Mother of three children. I be never believed that salvation for Whites in this country lies across the Border in South  in Zimbabwe an average of 1,600 Whites have emigrated each month since Independence although this year the average has dropped to 1,000 a month. Most settled in South Africa out of the frying pan into the fire a White civil servant recently wrote to a Harare newspaper. But immigration of Licals say Many of those emigrants have been returning As South Africa s Economy deteriorates and fears mount that the racial conflict there will become bloodier than the rhodesian War which Cost 27.000 lives most of them Blacks. Whites have 20 seats reserved for them in Zimbabwe s 100-member parliament and after Ian Smith and his fellow conservatives won 15 of them in june Mugabe angrily declared that Whites would lace very hard  but Bill Burdett coults British bom chairman of the Zimbabwe Slock Exchange said he remained optimistic about the prospects for Whites. I look to the underlying trends and not the rhetoric what the government has actually done As opposed to what it says it might do he said. They have not done anything particularly socialistic up to now. There s a lot of talk but nothing very Concrete in terms of extreme Radical  in Zimbabwe Whites control about one third of the Farmland and provide More than Hall the country s Lood needs. In Kenya conversely Blacks have bought More than 90 percent of the 7.5 million acres 3 million hectares of Farmland once owned by Whites. Kenya s social clubs private schools and upper class neighbourhoods Are integrated now but few Blacks can Atford them. Blundell and Leakey said the achievements of Kenya where Soma 13.000 Blacks and 95 Whites wore killed in the Mau Mau uprising proved the two races can build a nation together. The stars and stripes Page 13