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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 )
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Temple with a social hour follow
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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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African regim e," the Ambassador
said, "There is a serious and immi
nent danger o f a catastrophic racial
conflict in Southern A frica from
which the rest o f the world «rill not
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"A s Fafowora continued, he
brought out, "W h a t is so uniquely
abhorrent about S. A frica is that
racism and racial discrimination
have been totally institutionalized,
enshrined in law, and made all per
vasive— M any blacks have been
shot for protesting against the un
just laws. . . . 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.
The Ambassador's speech, copies
o f which were given out on a limited
basis, ended with his observation,
"T h e greatest tragedies o f human
history have occurred, not so much
because o f what was finally done,
but because o f what had earlier
foolishly been left undone. Tim e is
running o u t."
Countries represented in the As
sociation o f African Students at
PSU
include:
Azania,
Egypt,
Ohana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra
Leone,
Tanzania,
Cameroon,
Kenya,
Ethiopia,
Senegambia,
Somalia, Zimbabwe and Uganda.
The evening’s opening remarks
were by Owen Owen; D r. N .
Toulan. A A S Advisor, also spoke;
Am bily Etekpe read his poetry;
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States, which has made tremendous
progress in recent times in ending
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Owen Owen. Attorney Marcia Little, Ambeesador Oledepo Fafo-
wore of Nigeria. Dennis Daniel end E.C. Ogboubirl at welcoming
dinner for the Ambassador.
(Photo: Richard J. Brown)
W hile
stationed
in
Peking,
Fafowora said in an interview, he
had been Counselor for Political
Affairs and had traveled extensively
throughout China for the 18 months
o f his 1971-72 assignment there.
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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