1966 Summer Tours to Independent Africa

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Creator

American Committee on Africa

Place Created

New York, New York, United States

Date

Undated, fourth quarter of 1965 or very early January 1966?

Type of Item

Brochure

Length/duration

5 pages

Description

Contents: Tour A - West Africa and the two Congos • Tour B - The Congo and East Africa • DOWN THE CONGO BY RIVER BOAT • special features on American Committee on Africa Tours • The brochure mentions American Negroes who founded Liberia, a visit to a Firestone Rubber Plantation, the Ivory Coast, the mountainous region of MAN, small villages, tribal dances, West African foufou, Dahomey, Accra, Cotonou, the Schweitzer Hospital, Brazzaville, Goma, the Watusi people, Pygmies, Lake Kivu, Lake Edward, game, Albert Park, Queen Elizabeth Park, the Kazinga Channel, hippos, elephants, Zanzibar, Cairo, political exiles, Bangui, Central African Republic, Leopoldville, development, and...

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Organization

American Committee on Africa

Coverage Africa

Benin
Central African Republic
Cote d'Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
East Africa
Egypt
Ghana
Kenya
Liberia
Republic of Congo
Southern Africa
Tanzania
Togo
West Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission Africa Action (successor to the American Committee on Africa).

Collection

Private collection of Richard Knight