Names of Africa transform under postcolonial assertiveness
A report outlines widespread renaming across Africa as leaders replace colonial terms with African origins. Dahomey becomes Benin, Portuguese Guinea becomes Guinea Bissau, Leopoldville becomes Kinshasa, Lourenco Marques becomes Maputo, and other capitals and places adopt indigenous names to shed colonial legacies.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Africa
Dahomey
Mathieu Kerekou
Benin
Nigeria
Portuguese Guinea
Guinea- Bissau
Portugal
Belgian Congo
Republic of the Congo
Zaire
French Sudan
Mali
Gold Coast
Ghana
Spanish Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
Northern
Rodesia
Zambia
Nyasaland
Malawi
Tanganykia
Tanzania
Joseph Desire Mobutu
Mobutu Sese Seko
Mobutu
Congo River
Congo Republic
Congo-Brazzaville
Leopoldville
Kinshasa
Mozambique
Lourenco Marques
Maputo
Little
Gambia
Banjul
Chad
Ngarta Tombalbaye
Njamena
Fort Lamy
Tombalbaye
Francois
Ngarta
Macias Nguema Boyigo
Fernando Po
Santa Isabel
Malabo
Macias
Transactional Analysis Workshop Theory and Practice
One day workshop on April 6 features Dr. Dwight Erlick from the Erlick Center at Mountain Shadows from 9 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. The session applies transactional analysis to daily behavior and relations with a $35 fee including lunch and materials. Register at The Erlick Center 4545 N 36th St Suite 215 Phoenix 85018.
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Dwight Erlick
Erlick
Mountain Shadows
Erlick Center
36Th St
Suite
Phoenix
Military heroin ring broken in U S bases Bangkok to New York
Federal indictments in Raleigh charge 14 people led by Army and Air Force sergeants with smuggling over 220 pounds of heroin from 1968 to last year. The operation used U Tapao Thailand and U S bases including Mather Travis Seymour Johnson Langley, shipping heroin to New York and other cities. Indicted include Leslie Ike Atkinson a jailed retired sergeant who allegedly ran the ring from prison with his daughter and son in law. Others named include James Smeddley Jasper Myrick Jr Freddie Thornton Rudolph Jennings and several from Goldsboro Raleigh Montgomery Detroit and Long Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh, N.C
U.S
Thailand
U Tapao Air Force Base
Washington
Raleigh
Mather
Travis Air Force
California
Seymour Johnson Afb
N.C
Langley Air Force Base
New York
Justice Department
Drug Enforcement Administration
Pittbury Road
Bangkok
Peter N. Bensinger
United States
Leslie “Ike” Atkinson
Goldsboro
Atlanta
Atkinson
Leslie Sharon Atkinson Arrington
Michael Otis Arrington
James Smeddley
Jasper Myrick Jr
Montgomery
Ala
Kalang
Freddie Clay Thornton
Detroit
Rudolph Valentino Jennings
William King Wright
William Thomas
Monroe Lorenzo Martin Jr
Long Beach
Calif
Robert Ernest Patterson
Hampton
William Kelly Brown
Augusta
James McArthur
Fayetteville
Charles Murphy Gillis
Hohokam St Daniels contest winners feted at luncheon
Six Hohokam students were honored at Garcia's del Este for winning the Hohokam PTA Bicentennial Literature and Visual Arts Contest. Winners include Karen Monaco Gail Mullen Mike Leichtfuss David Latta Tim Wilke and Timothy Glose. The event featured certificates gifts and poetry and essay awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hohokam
Garcia’s del Este
PTA
Karen Monaco
Gail Mullen
Mike Leichtfuss
David Latta
Tim Wilke
Timothy Glose
Tom Smith
Alice Larson
Ginny Martin
Kay Caldera
Janice Motsinger
Jean Bak
Claire Louden
Barbara Apfel
Millie Wilson
Sue Corbin
Robert Kendt
Shelia Pryor
Bobbi Bankey
Bobby Corbin
Adam Cooper
Robert McGowan
Robyn Passow
Karen Jason
Laurie Smith
Secession Fever Grips Los Angeles County Regions
Los Angeles County faces rising moves to form smaller counties and city counties as residents in Santa Clarita Valley San Gabriel Valley and San Fernando Valley push for breakaway plans. Gov Brown signed groundwork for Canyon County and a six month study by a new commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
United States
Los Angeles County
Jack Baum
San Fernando Valley
Santa Clarita
Canyon County
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Brown
Daniel Hon
Canyon County Formation Committee
Santa Clarita Valley
San Gabriel Valley
Pasadena
South Bay Area
San Francisco
California
Louis T. Gilbertson
Temple City
Ocean
Mojave Desert
Delaware
Rhode Island
Democrats to register voters in Scottsdale for April 24 vote
District 28 Democrats will set up a registration table in front of the Scottsdale Public Library between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday to register voters for the April 24 presidential preference vote and delegate selection for the Democratic National Convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Arcos Mall
Scottsdale Public Library
N. Civic Center
Dog licensing deadline nears for 1976 licenses
Arizona law requires dogs over four months to be licensed yearly. 1975 licenses expired December 31, 1975. 1976 license tags available by mailing $5 and vaccination certificate to Maricopa County Veterinary Center Phoenix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Maricopa County
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