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Tom Mboya Answers 13 Questions from Urban League Panel
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Item Title Tom Mboya Answers 13 Questions from Urban League Panel
Speaker Mboya, Tom
Date CreatedApril 28, 1959
Description

Mboya answers questions from the panel with a minimum of introduction and no preceding speech. Topics:

1. How the situation of African Americans compares to the situation in Africa.

2. Possibilities for freedom in Kenya in the very-near future. (part 1, approx 8 minutes in)

3. The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) and World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) (part 1, approx 9.5 minutes in)

4. What can African Americans that want to help Africa do? (part 1, approx 14.5 minutes in)

5. Racism, democracy, government, and imperialism in Kenya (part 1, approx 20 minutes in)

6. Effects of racism on both white people and black people. (part 2)

7. Trends of philosophy in Africa, implications thereof on South Africa, and the relationship between Israel and Africa (part 2, approx. 6 minutes in)

8. Women's role in the struggle for Africa (part 2, approx. 12 minutes in)

9. The space race (part 2, approx. 16 minutes in)

10. What was the effect of the Mau Mau uprising? (part 2, approx. 19 minutes in)

11. Can Africa be united by a variety of leaders educated in a variety of European countries? (part 2, approx. 21 minutes in)

12. The effect of the Cold War on Africa and how non-alignment can benefit Africa (part 2, approx. 22 minutes in)

13. African leaders on the status of a political prisoner (part 2, approx. 27 minutes in)

Audio defects heard at the start of the recording are audible on the source cassette. These were not introduced during the digitization process.

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Hoover ID98036_a_0013692
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