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Several African leaders are optimistic over President Carter's statements for ending white minority rule and racism in the southern part of the continent, but they want to be sure that action goes along with words, an American Friends Service Committee study group just returned from Africa said today. The press release says tour participants were Virginia Hill, Willingboro, N.J.; Lyle Tatum, Riverton, N.J.; Harry Amana, Philadelphia; Peter 'Molotsi, Philadelphia; Paul Brink, Swarthmore, Pa.; Greg Williams, New Bedford, Mass.; Brenda Joyner, High Point, N.C.; Mary Wade, Dayton, Ohio; Herschel Walker, St. Louis; Ann Stever, Seattle, Wash.; Richard Haworth, Lacon, Ill.; Wayne Kamin, Austin, Tex.; Elizabeth Jackman, Santa Barbara, Calif., and Niva Padilha, San Francisco. The press release says also on the tour were AFSC staff who are stationed in Africa: Bill Sutherland, an American black formerly of New Jersey who has worked in Africa over 25 years, and John Powell, Seattle, newly arrived assistant to Sutherland. The press release includes Partial List of Contacts Made by SOUTHERN AFRICA STUDY TOUR GROUP. The press release discusses President Kenneth Kaunda, President Julius Nyerere, Patriotic Front leader Robert Mugabe, the Carter Administration, Joachim Chissano, refugees, and the Angolan war.

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