Contents: DJIBO BAKARY RESIGNS AFTER NIGER VOTES "YES" TO DE GAULLE • VERWOERD APPOINTS HIS CABINET • THE SOUTH AFRICAN SENDS 500 WOMEN TO JAIL • DE GAULLE OFFERS TRUCE TALKS TO THE ALGERIAN F.L.N. • PAN-AFRICAN FREEDOM MOVEMENT FOR EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA • THE CROWN THE COMMONWEALTH AND AFRICA • BOOK REVIEW • AMSAC OFFICIAL GETS HOEY AWARD • The newsletter says Djibo Bakary, Chief Minister of the Niger Government, resigned together with his entire cabinet after the Niger returned a majority "Yes" votes in answer to De Gaulle's referendum. Over 500 African women have been sent to prison in Johannesburg for protesting against...
Contents: DJIBO BAKARY RESIGNS AFTER NIGER VOTES "YES" TO DE GAULLE • VERWOERD APPOINTS HIS CABINET • THE SOUTH AFRICAN SENDS 500 WOMEN TO JAIL • DE GAULLE OFFERS TRUCE TALKS TO THE ALGERIAN F.L.N. • PAN-AFRICAN FREEDOM MOVEMENT FOR EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA • THE CROWN THE COMMONWEALTH AND AFRICA • BOOK REVIEW • AMSAC OFFICIAL GETS HOEY AWARD • The newsletter says Djibo Bakary, Chief Minister of the Niger Government, resigned together with his entire cabinet after the Niger returned a majority "Yes" votes in answer to De Gaulle's referendum. Over 500 African women have been sent to prison in Johannesburg for protesting against passes, which are at the base of the control of Africans in the Union. A Pan African Freedom Movement for East and Central Africa has been formed with headquarters in Dar es Salaam. The decision to form the movement and adopt a freedom charter was taken in Mwanza, Tanganyika by political leaders from Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, Zanzibar, and Nyasaland. The meeting was convened by Julius Nyerere of the Tanganyika African National Union (T.A.N.U.); F.J. Khamisi of Kenya was chair. The British Commonwealth faces increasing disagreements, focused on Africa, particularly on apartheid South Africa and the related issue of the South West African Mandate. These disagreements will play out at the United Nations. The book review is of "The Quest for Africa" by Dr. Heinrich Schiffers. James T. Harris Jr., assistant executive director of the American Society of African Culture (AMSAC) has been presented with the James J. Hoey Award for Inter-racial Justice. The newsletter mentions the United Nations Charter, the U.N. Special Political Committee, the U.N. Trusteeship Committee, and the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
