Afghanistan Still a Trade Crossroads Across Cultures
A panorama of Kabul life shows barter in pomegranates among bearded merchants and youth in U S Army coats, moslem women in purdah, and diverse visitors. Russian taxis mingle with American buses as ancient fort ruins overlook the Hindu Kush while irrigation projects try to restore desert fertility in the Halmand Valley.
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Africans No 7 Longer Boys Africans No 7 Longer Boys
An East African Airways flight from Nairobi to Mombasa carried the airline’s first African male steward. A white Kenya farmer used the term boy, provoking the steward who replied in Swahili that he is an air hostess. The incident highlights rising independence and the move away from demeaning terms as Africans object to being called boy.
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