Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-08-24
Focus On
Africa
By EDDIE L MADISON, JR.

BY EDDIE l. MADISON, JR.
AS EXPECTED by many OBJ
servers and anticipated earlier
in this column, Albert John
Luthuli, the exiled South Afri-
can chieftain and holder of the
Nobel Peace Prize, has been
muzzled by the segregationist
white government in South AZ
RIGA.
Luthuli, banned by the recently
approved Sabotage Bill, Is now
under even tighter restriction than
before. A British newspaper, the
Manchester Guardian, published a
plea from Luthuh for the United
Nations to take more action to OBJ
tain basic human rights for South
Africa's IL million non-whites.
LUTHULTS APPEAL was one
he could not make in his own
country, since the harsh terms of
the Sabotage Bill prohibit publica-
ton of his statements. The same
applies to the 1o1 others already
silenced by the measure. A little
more than half Of those whose
names appear on the first gag list
are whites. OF the rest 35 are
Africans and the rest are Indian
and persons Of mixed blood =,
Luthuh said South Africa under
the ruling Nationalist (white)
regime has a Sinking record
among progressive sections Of the
world and lis one Of the black
sheep of mankind" He said the
Sabotage Act heralds IAN era of
tyranny and suffering harsher
than any we have ever experience
ed" However, he said the bill also
serves as an admission by the
government Of the effectiveness of
our freedom struggle and of its
latent potentialities."
WHILE PROPOSALS for mark
citing hippopotamus meat were al
ready underway in Uganda, q
scientist in neighboring Kenya has
conducted experiments which have
shown that hippo meat can be
made palatable and canned COM
mercially.
The research has been carried
out by DR.. Igor Mann, chief of the
Animal Industry Projects Section
of Kenya's Veterinary Department,
While the meat is not too tasty,
DR.. Mann admits, with a touch Of
curry and served with rice, stewed
hippopotamus can be greatly i'm
proved. Curried samples produced
so far, according to DR.. Mann, are
"rich, juicy and tender"
1t is just as good when cut into
slices, soaked in brine and dried,
he adds. He says the meat has
twice as much protein as beef.
DR.. Mann's Culinary interest in
the two-ton hippo ties in with
that being expressed in other parts
of East Africa, Uganda included.
The hippopotamus is one Of the
few animals in East Africa in no
danger Of extinction. East African
countries are searching for an in
expensive source Of protein. An
other experiment in the search for
more protein has produced powder
ed meats, including camel.
More than 10000 camels have
been dehydrated and turned into
powder in Kenya. DR.. Mann has
dehydrated 10000 cattle and
sheep to produce a stable form of
protein for places where there Is
little protein. It took ten years to
perfect the process. Australia has
sought DR.. Mann's help in its de-
sire to pulverize thousands Of I'M
wanted water buffalo in the same
way. Nigeria, the Sudan and In
dia also are interested in the pro-
cess A. British weekly science
magazine, New Scientist, has APP
proved the harvesting Of hippo
meat in Uganda.
DIR. AGosTINHo NETo, the
40-year-old Angolan physician and
poet, in his first public appear
ance since his imprisonment by the
Portuguese in the Cape Verde Is
lands, has appealed for an end to
the pickering that has split the
Angolan nationalist movement.
DR.. Neto, a nationalist leader,
has spent most Of the last 10 years
in Jail. His most recent arrest
came more than two years ago,
followed by his conviction on
charges Of subversive activity by
the Portuguese. Speaking at a
news conference in LeopoldviIle,
he said he had been transferred to
Portugal, where he was placed
under house arrest. He said that
several weeks ago he slipped out
Of the house and fled through the
nationalist underground"
WHILE IN PRISON DR.. Neto
was named honorary president Of
the Popular Movement for the
Liberation Of Angola (MPLA), one
Of the two major Angola indie
pendence parties based in Leopold
vile. The other group, led by Hol-
den Roberto. Is the National Front