Nairobi
May 17

INTERVIEW WITH MR. LANGSTON HUGHES

1. Mr. Langston Hughes, you were named by President Johnson as an Official American Delegate to the recent Dakar Festival. What was your personal impression of this festival?

2. After the end of the festival you have been touring some African countries. Where have you been and what was the purpose of this trip?

3. For forty years you have been a Spokesman for Negro Americans in the field of creative arts. Could you tell us more about this work of yours and the books you have written?

4. You have given lectures in many countries of Africa. What is the message you have to give to Africans?

5. And a last question. What personal impression from Eastern Africa do you take home to America and what suggestions would you make to the Africans in the field of creative arts?