Author: michael o. allen
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VISIT TO SOWETO_A tormented past, uncertain future Poverty, violence crowd out hopes
By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer | Sunday, April 10, 1994 SOWETO—Seeing this famous black township brings to mind ruins of war, of battle just done. On nighttime approach—home to the Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho, and Tswana tribes—the flames of random trash fires send millions of sparks into an eerie sky heavy with the…
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Afrikaner Memorial gets new owners
By GENE MUSTAIN and MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writers | Wednesday, April 13, 1994 PRETORIA—The prospect of black majority rule has resulted in the privatization of this country’s most famous monument. In a move akin to turning the Statute of Liberty over to the Manhattan Institute, the departing white minority government has transferred…
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Blacks live in N.Y.—that’s no put on
By GENE MUSTAIN and MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writers | Monday, April 11, 1994 JOHANNESBURG—This is a time and a city for keeping a journal: Yes, Princess, New York is in the U.S.A. and black people live there. Most black South Africans have had little contact with American blacks, so little that Princess…
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The killing fields of Zululand
By GENE MUSTAIN and MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writers | Sunday, April 17, 1994 DURBAN—Andy Cox wept for South Africa last week. He cried when his frantic search through the lush green bush of Zululand came to its dreadful end, and he wept again when he faced the relatives of the missing men.…
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They pray for beloved country By GENE MUSTAIN and MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writers
Monday, April 18, 1994 DURBAN—Slowly, Teressa Nxumalo rose to her feet. Eleanor Sidiya was next. And then, around the giant stadium, others began to follow. “Let all those who’ve lost loved ones to political violence please rise,” the preacher said again. Dozens more people began standing. The preacher led a prayer, and then others in…
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Deal to Bring Zulus into Election Nears
By MICHAEL O. ALLEN and GENE MUSTAIN, Daily News Staff Writers | Tuesday, April 19, 1994 JOHANNESBURG—South African leaders appear to be the on the brink of a breakthrough agreement that would bring the Inkatha Freedom Party into next week’s historic election. During talks in Pretoria involving Inkatha leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi, President F. W. de…
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Pact in South Africa Zulu Party to Take Part in Election
By MICHAEL O. ALLEN and GENE MUSTAIN, Daily News Staff Writers | Wednesday, April 20, 1994 PRETORIA—In a last-minute about-face that won him little more than he was offered 10 days and dozens of political killings ago, Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi yesterday agreed to take part in next week’s first all-race election. With…
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In a dark place
For girls, attending school in Pakistan’s northwestern region has become a life threatening prospect. Since 2007, at least 168 schools have been blown up by local Taliban militia in their campaign to enforce their extremist interpretation of Sharia law which forbids girls from going to school. In 1960, Rockwell painted a picture called “The Problem…
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The Taliban threat
Last week the president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, signed off on a truce made in February with the Taliban in the Swat valley, which appears to have only emboldened them and increased their threat in the region. On PBS NewsHour last night, Margaret Warner moderated a short segment about the Taliban in Pakistan. She…