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- J, dv Ama - W <P M%*3 Pegs 2 Saettani Portland Observer, Juna 28,1983 O B S E R V A T IO N S FROM THE SIDELINES by Kathryn H a ll Bogle The A M odadoo o f African Stu dent«, in th e ir fo u r th a n n u a l te le b ra tio n o f A fr ic a n C u lt u r a l N ig h t at Portland State University, centered public interest around the H onor able Oiadapo Fafowora, Ambassa d o r of the F e d eral R e p u b lic o f N ig e ria w h o ta m e to give the princi pal address in an evening’s program at the University’s ballroom on Sat urday evening, June IS. Fafowora, educated at the U n i versity o f Nigeria at Ibadan, received a master's degree from the London School o f E co n o m ic« an d earned hi« doctoral degree in Literature from Trinity College at O xford. A t 42, Fafowora has been a career diplo mat for his country for several years. Speaking several languages, be has served in London, at the Hague, in Pelting, in Kampala and is now stationed in New York City representing Nigeria at the United Nations. W e are impressed with the progress you have made here. Did you kn o w ,” Fafowora asked academi cally, "th a t one o f every five A fri cans is Nigerian? " W e try to attract black Am eri cans in business. Andrew Young continues to be valuable in this di rection, and we would like to con tinue the progress Young mas made in his personal influence. I f any per sons w a n t to k n o w m o re , they can contact our consulates in New York, in Atlanta or in San Francisco. They w ill be delegated to help. There’s a 29% profit return for business. This is not matched elsewhere in Africa — we do have flexible induce- For the audience Fafowora spoke hi« p rin te d text on "The Current Situation in Southern A fric a ." Urging major reforms " to end the apartheid philosophy o f the South fr o m I mperial Commandress of the Daughter» o f Isis. Idee W . Dodson, accompanied by Imperial Recordress Grace T . Brooks, were accorded a royal welcome to Port land when they paid a brief official visit to the local Imperial Court thu Arriving from Denver the distin guished visitors were met at the air port by a phalanx o f Portland lodge dignitaries. Welcoming them were: Daughters o f Isis o f M ina Court •142, Frances O dom , I I I Com m an dress; the Nobles o f M ina Temple •68 Shriners. James W . Calvin, 111 Potentate; Thomas J. Brown. Orand Master of Prince Hall Masons o f Oregon; and Helen E. Riley, Grand W orthy M atron. ThrDaughtcrs o f Isis were named for Isis, an important woman in early Egyptian history and mytholo gy. Their own history dates back to 1907 when a group o f distinguished women petitioned the Nobles for permission to form auxiliaries to the Order o f the Mystic Shrine. Focusing on the needs o f the black communities they have worked, wherever they are, with local and national charities, and hade made contributions to medical, health and research foundations, such as Special Olympics for the re tarded, March o f Dimes, Jewish Hospital, Sickle Cell Anemia and charities for the elderly. In this city Commandress Dodson attended to official duties with M ina LAWRENCE E. CALDWELL Caldwell graduates Illustrious Commandraaa Francos Odom of Daughters of Isis, Mina Temple 142, (right) greets Imperial Recordress Grace Brooks and Imperial Commandraaa Idee W. Dodson to Portland. (P h o to : R ich ard J . B ro w n ) Court 8142 at Prince H a ll Masonic Temple with a social hour follow ing. The visitors also were enter tained at brunch at the Cosmopoli tan A irtel M otel, and at dinner by M in a Court and M in a Temple aboard the River Queen. 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A rising tide o f vio lence now seems to engulf both white and black___ As the circle o f violence widens on the African con tinent, even far away countries will be subjected to strong conflicting pressures to support one side or the o t h e r ...a crucial dilem m a. . . may well lead to a conflagration from which the Western world will not be able to escape. Prospects o f such a conflagration have been made even greater by South A fric a’s develop ment o f nuclear weapons capability ------W e know that at least three African sûtes «re now within the threshold o f achieving nuclear wea pons capability. The danger, which a proliferation o f nuclear-weapons- sutes in Africa presents to world peace and security, is obviously, serious. 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During his stay he had come to know Chou En Lai and had found him to be a "fascinating personage." Fafo wora pointed out that Nigeria had maintained an embassy in China as early as I960 before the United Slates had established an embassy there. When auestioned about the recent exodus o f Ghanaians from Nigeria, Fafowora said that he thought that " to o much has been made o f that situation." H e said, " O u r govern ment acted quickly for security reasons. Approximately five million immigrants had come into the coun try without visas — they came (on permits) to stay 90 days but had not renewed these permits. Our economy was getting into bad shape and the oil glut was adding to the problems. Now 60% o f our oil revenue had been lost. Formerly we were pumping 2.3 million barrels a day and now we are down to one million a day. Along with a price cut from 834.00 a barrel to 830.00 a b a rre l.. . . "A nother factor in Nigeria's situ ation, economically, is that we have acquired a ten billion dollar debt, compounding that, (because Nigeria has had to curb import»), the foreign exchange lost has affected our own production." The Ambassador paused for a moment, and then said reflective ly, "R ig ht now we are trying to raise a loan, about two billion dollars, from European and American banks. 1 expect to attend a confer ence in Boston soon to discuss the matter. The United States Secretary o f Commerce will be there, and so will be the Secretary o f Agriculture, to discuu the economic relations between the United States and Nigeria. The First Bank o f Boston will also be represented," the Ambassador said. "Bankers realize the Nigerian resilience and that our financial system is rather sophisti cated. The whole world is in too bad a financial situation and it has a re sounding affect on Third W orld countries. "Intern ally, our extended family system «rill help us. W e. in Nigeria, are responsible not only for our immediate household, but for our relations as well. W here there are no relatives, the villages take the re sponsibility for their own. " W e in Nigeria are especially in terested in blacks in America. A mutuality or interests can be en hanced by our working together. Lawrence E. Caldwell recently graduated from Stanford University with an A.B. in Human Biology. He will attend the University of San Francisco Medical School or H ar vard University Medical School next fall. Caldwell is a 1979 graduate of Grant High School, where he was student body president. Parents and family attending the graduation were: Gwendolyn and William Gerald, Edward and Donna Caldwell, and his brother Kris who is in Portland during his summer vacation from Northwestern University. 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