Jojo the black Chaplin of Soweto comes alive in Post
In Soweto Johannesburg a white cartoonist Lennie Sak creates Jojo, Africa's oldest black comic strip, beloved by readers for two decades as a humane, evolving voice on crime, pass laws, job restriction, and politics. Jojo's humor blends daily life with sharp social commentary.
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South Africa
Jojo
Soweto
Johannesburg
Charlie Chaplin
The
Daily Post
Lennie Sak
Sak
Drum Magazine
Percy Qoboza
Qoboza
Post
the World
the Post
Lennie
Kate Hlope
Stereotyped Arab images called inaccurate and unfair
London reports on a seminar where Prof Shaheen criticizes persistent Arab stereotypes on American television and in editorials. He notes Arabs and Arab Americans face distasteful, inaccurate depictions, with few good Arab roles and a lack of Arab writers in Hollywood.
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London
UPI
Jack G. Shaheen
School of Mass Communications
Southern Illinois University
U.S
Shaheen
Cannon
NBC Mystery Theater
Program Standards Office
Hollywood
Edmond Ghareeb
Washington
al Ittihad
Ghareeb
Abdulla al Nawais
United Arab Emirates
OPEC
Abu Dhabi
Nowais
Mohammed Heikal
Death Row on Crumlin Road Guards Targeted in IRA Violence
IRA gun attacks outside Belfast jail have killed four warders in two months. The Crumlin Road stretch serves as a death row as guards face repeated assassinations and threats from Provisional IRA. The killings raise concerns over security, resignations, and calls for better protection and danger pay for prison staff.
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IRA
Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Crumlin Road
Provisional Ira
Edward Jones
Irish National Liberation Army
Ireland
Armagh
Longkesh
Jerry Melville
Maze
England
Scotland
Wales
H Block
Guards’ Professional Association
Prague under Moscow's gaze during friendship month
In Prague, Moscow's dominance feels strongest during the Soviet Czechoslovak friendship month. Citizens watch state spectacles while beer flows and conversations tiptoe around politics. Since the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion, Czechoslovakia trades goods for tight speech controls, with Czechs recalling better stores abroad and Russians viewed as opportunistic shoppers.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Vltava
Graham Greene
Old Town
Charles Bridge
Europe
Moscow
Arrogance of Oil Companies Blaze Through Collected Nouns
Phil Pastoret riffs on modern woes with dark humor about oil giants and late taxi woes. He ponders how misjudgments of today shape tomorrow while joking about dentals and the idea of a living fossil like Jesse James.
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Judy Yablonky
Associated Press
Napoleon III
Northern Ireland Prison Service
Webley
Rude Pravo
Soviet Union
Hungary
East Germany
Poland
By Phil Pastoret
Jesse James
Cedar Rapids
FBI
Vier
Klinger Paint Company
Sth Avenue
Kease
Otis Rd
Mt. Vernon Rd
Memorial Dr
Sports Outfitters, Inc
CR. Honda
BIG
Tall
Levi's
Panatela
Levis’ Panatela’ Sportswear
Ona
1St Ave. S.E. Town & Country Ctr
Moline
Rockford
Ravenport
Des Moles
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