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Files of Melanne Verveer,
Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady
Box 2: File Folders
Archived from OEOB 100 by Tania Shapiro-Barr on Dec. 22, 2000
Africa
Africa Scenes
Africa Slide Show
Afghanistan
Afghanistan Women's Rights
- Vital Voices
Aging
Madeline Albright
Albania
AIDS
AIDS/HIV Testing
AIDS-Global & South Africa
American Academy in Rome
Algeria
Jane Alexander
ATTACHMENTS 20018 NARA
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EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA
5911 16TH ST., N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20011-2896
TELEPHONE:
(202) 726-7100-726-0416
FAX:
(202) 726-1727
AND
MY
COUNTRY
TELEX:
440338 UGDA, UI.
OUR REFERENCE
C/POL/W5
July 8, 1997
Ms. Melanne Verveer
Deputy Assistant to the President/
Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Lady
The White House
Washington, DC
Dear Melanne,
I acknowledge with thanks receipt of a copy of the photograph which
I had with the First Lady during her recent visit to Uganda. I
also take this opportunity to express Uganda's deep appreciation
for Mrs. Clinton's visit to Africa and to Uganda in particular.
She is truly a source of pride and inspiration for all of us. We
also deeply appreciate the time she is taking off from her busy
schedule to talk about her visit to Africa and to promote closer
cooperation between US and Africa.
Special thanks to you and all the other members of your staff for
your invaluable contribution to the success of the visit.
We hope that the First Lady, Chelsea, and all of you had a
memorable stay in Uganda.
With best and sincere regards,
Edith Ssempala
AMBASSADOR
LIFESTYL
)AY, NOV 10, 1996
GAZETTE TELEGRAPH
The
Natural
Jerilee Bennett / Gazet
camera au over the All PUICE
tepping into your destiny isn't as simple
Photographer
Academy while working on a
S
as trying on a pair of Keds. It takes
photography book on the academy
time. Sometimes the shoes don't fit;
Elizabeth Gill Lui captures
titled, "Spirit and Flight."
sometimes you decide to go barefoot.
In the case of Elizabeth Gill Lui, a
nationally known photographer, finding the right
the play between nature
shoes meant hardship and financial insecurity. And
it came at a price, sparked by a tragic, random event.
and human creativity
The year: 1979. A logging truck
careening down Nevada Avenue. That was
odd. Fast, it was moving too fast in her
direction, Gill Lui thought as she sat in
her car, waiting to turn left off Nevada.
In the blink of an eye, the truck - whose
brakes had failed - - smashed into the side
of her car. She was badly hurt, emotionally
shaken; the accident was so debilitating,
it cost her her job as regional director of
the American Lung Association.
But it also marked the beginning of a
journey that would catapult her out of a
Th lines of the Air Force Academy Cadet
neatly ordered world, propel her into the
Chapel caught the eye of Gill Lui, as
arts, and force her to challenge many
did the rocks and sky images at left.
dearly held assumptions, such as life is
The aesthetics of geometry interest her.
fair and bad things don't happen to "good"
people.
"I had really been entertaining this idea before
that if you had a good attitude, nothing bad would
happen to you - sort of like your consciousness was
creating your own reality," Gill Lui says as she sits
in her house on a 200-acre ranch outside Franktown
Gill Lui, 44, divorced and raising her 3-year-old
daughter alone, re-examined her priorities. Lesson
one: The universe is chaotic. Lesson two: Life is
short. Lesson three: What should I be doing with
my life?
"It made me understand my vulnerability and it
made me appreciate that every person is going to
be able to do a few things, but you have to figure
out what you need to do," says Gill Lui.
So Gill Lui set about figuring. As she continued
physical therapy to recover from her accident, she
began discovering more about the artist within,
working with ceramics, print-making and
silversmithing.
When she entered a program in graduate photo-
The U.S. flag and cadets in formation for graduation form a double-exposure reflecting the photographer's
See GILL LUI / D8
respect for the military.
ON THE TOWN D5
COMMENTARY / D7
+
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Gill Lui/Photographer focuses on natural world
From D1
not unlike many renowned mon-
strongest nation militarily. If we
with the natural world.
graphy at Colorado College, she
uments, the Air Force Academy
didn't have the ability to main-
"My main concerns are about
found her calling. Photography
transcended controversy to be-
tain the peace through that
the extreme materialism of our
became her primary medium, al-
come one of our nation's most
force, we would not be able to
culture," she says. "I hope the
though she is trained also as a
cherished architectural
enjoy the freedom we have."
work I do makes people under-
printmaker and painter.
treasures."
The book is dedicated to Atha
stand more about themselves
Gill Lui's photographs have
The daughter of an Air Force
Moorman, the wife of Lt. Gen.
and the transcendent spiritual
been exhibited all over the
meteorologist, Gill Lui spent
Thomas S. Moorman, who served
values in life - things that
world, from the Hong Kong In-
much of her childhood moving
as academy superintendent from
maybe aren't so pragmatic but
stitute of Architects to the Inter-
around, to Washington, D.C.,
1965 to 1970. Atha Moorman, a
enrich our lives."
national Photo Society in Latvia.
Alaska, Germany and England.
lifelong friend of Gill Lui's fam-
Many of her photographs are
Her latest collection of photo-
Some of her childhood is shaped
ily, was instrumental in bringing
a convergence of philosophy and
graphs is compiled in "Spirit and
by having lived in the shadow of
the study of arts and the human-
science, nature and energy.
Flight: A Photographic Salute to
the sprawling academy in the
ities to the Air Force Academy.
Gill Lui has always been in-
the United States Air Force
early '60s. Her family made
(The academy is the only service
terested in the aesthetics of geo-
Academy," published in Septem-
many visits there - for church,
academy with an art
metry.
ber by the academy's graduate
for Sunday brunch, for football
department.)
"When man perceives a geo-
association. In her pictures, Gill
games with the requisite tailgate
While many photographers
metric order, there's an emc-
Lui uses the academy's natural
parties. She traces much of her
prefer to shoot in black and
tional satisfaction because we
environment as a backdrop for
love of a modernist aesthetic in
white because it emphasizes
imagine we can participate in
its modernist architecture.
architecture to those visits.
light and shadow, Gill Lui al-
that,' said Gill Lui. Her photo-
The book - 10 years in the
Although Gill Lui argued end-
ways has been attracted to
graphs of the academy resemble
making - features quotes from
lessly with her father when she
color.
geometric collages: a triangle of
presidential-commencement
was a student at Colorado Col-
"The natural world is so un-
grass here, a square of granite
speeches at the academy as well
lege about whether America
believable, because it's as color-
there, a spiral staircase curling
as recollections on the building
should be involved in Vietnam, it
ful as it is," she says, gesturing
around like a nautilus shell.
of the academy by Water A.
never dampened her profound
out the window to the ponderosa
Through her photographs, she
Netsch, who designed the land-
respect for people who serve in
pines bending in the breeze out-
tries to build a bridge between
mark chapel.
the military.
side her house. "The green
man and the natural world.
In the book's preface, Gill Lui
"I think we very often use the
against the blue. How can this
"There's not guilt to be laid,
writes: "Great Architecture, like
military as a smoke screen for
be? It's unbelievable. It's cool."
but we've really severed our re-
all great Art, is enriched and
the discontent we have with our
Her house is filled with her
lationship with nature, and we
transformed by the power of
politics, and that has been very
art, including photographic mon-
recognize that in our culture.
time and human experience, and
misdirected," says Gill Lui, who
tages of nature. Trees, branches,
People live with a sense of alien-
started teaching photography at
ferns, water, and clouds are ar-
ation. I think at its root, it's be-
the academy in 1984.
ranged in patterns that create
cause we don't have a respect
"I think if you really look at
rich pictures. The repetitive
for our own place in the natural
how absolutely privileged our
images are like textiles, precise
order of things. We've basically
culture and society is in
and vibrant. The images both
stopped living in relationship to
America, we don't admit to our-
satisfy and intrigue. The ocean
the natural world."
selves it's because we are the
is more than just waves rolling
That's where personal destiny
through a morning's misty haze,
comes in. Everyone - in their
but an archetype that resonates
own way - must make peace
deeply on a psychic level.
with nature, she says. By doing
Through her photographs, Gill
that, they make peace with the
Lui says she is trying to ease the
deepest, most authentic part of
sense of alienation many people
themselves.
experience and reconnect them
How does that happen? Here's
Gill Lui's recent advice to an as-
sembly at Phillips Exeter Acad-
emy, where she had been teach-
ing: "It starts in the humble ges-
ture of picking up a rock and
feeling its energy and realizing it
is far more precious than some-
thing that can be had for
money," Gill Lui told the class.
"It starts by fixing an image
of nature in your mind and in
your heart as you go through
your day. It allows stars to
shine, not only in the sky above,
but in the deepest holiness of
your heart."
Art & Architecture
Photos reflect despair in Liberia
P
hotogra-
pher
Eliza-
beth Gill Lui's
latest project
illustrates all
too well how
art and poli-
tics know no
boundaries.
It took a
Mary Voelz
1996 stint as a
Chandler
visiting pro-
fessor at Chi-
nese University in Hong Kong for
the artist, known best for her
architectural photography, to come
head-to-head with the chaos and
blood-letting that have become
Photo by Elizabeth Gill Lui
daily fare in Liberia since 1989.
That's chaos as in a wave of
Thomas Wordsworth years ago was an exchange student in Colorado;
refugees, more than one-third of
now the engineer does odd jobs in Danane on the Liberia-Ivory Coast
the country's population scattered
border. He has been a "professional-in-exile" since 1991.
into other parts of Africa as well as
such unlikely destinations as
Thailand. That's where Lui even-
only at the individual stories but
tually found three young men des-
also at the context for Liberia's
perate to get out of Bangkok. They
crisis and its special ties to the
had been jailed there after hoped-
United States (the country was
for jobs never materialized and
founded more than 150 years ago
immigration officials had no inter-
by the American Colonization
est in letting the men out.
Society as a home for freed
More on the three young men
slaves).
later.
Since the early part of this cen-
Last year, Lui published a heart-
tury, Lui said, the United States
felt book, Spirit and Flight, on the
has treated Liberia as a source of
Air Force Academy in Colorado
abundant economic resources and
Springs, part tribute to its memo-
has meddled in its political struc-
rable modernist architecture and
ture to keep those resources safe.
part remembrance of her life there
But not the people. A 1980 coup
as part of an Air Force family.
that overturned a leader descend-
Through the early 1990s, Lui
ed from the Americo-Liberian rul-
traveled the world photographing
ing class unleashed tribal warfare
20th-century museums - often
and a fight for power.
the true "art" of today's architec-
To that end, she has applied for
ture - and published the book
support through a Fulbright schol-
Closed Mondays. A selection of the
Photo by Elizabeth Gill Lui
arship to tell the story in the Unit-
photographs from Mondays, which
Jacqueline Washington left
ed States. She believes this coun-
was supported by foundation
Liberia when fighting began again
try has a "moral responsibility"
grants and Lui's own resources,
in 1992, fleeing with her
for Liberia's people, "many of
appeared in a 1995 exhibition at
whom are our direct descendants
boyfriend on a gunboat. Her
the Denver Art Museum.
through blood and all of whom
boyfriend works for the Liberian
The watchword in both books is
form the body politic.of America's
embassy in Lagos, Nigeria, where
geometry and drama, exploration
African legacy."
of form and meaning as they relate
they eventually settled, but he
Back to the three young men.
to what is popularly known as the
has not been paid for years.
Lui left Abijan believing that at
human condition.
least two of them had made their
With her proposed project
way out of Bangkok and were
"Liberian Legacy: Portraits and
ineffectual, but I believe criminal,
beginning the trek back to a
Profiles of Liberians in Exile," Lui
at least on a moral level," she said.
friendlier place in Africa.
is tackling drama with a human
After returning to Colorado,
Minutes after she arrived home
face. The word "condition" seems
still trying every diplomatic route
after a two-day series of flights,
paltry here, indeed.
possible, Lui found support from
she said, she received a fax saying
"This is not the Africa of
the Liberian embassy in Washing-
two of them had been killed dur-
swollen bellies,' Lui, 45, said
ton, D.C. But the need to help the
ing the hijacking of a flight from
recently, sitting in the sun-
men led her to go to Africa last fall,
Addis Abbaba. The hijackers
splashed living room of the home-
where she worked out of both the
didn't believe the pilot when he
studio near Franktown she has
Liberian embassy in Abijan, in the
said he was running out of fuel.
been tending for a doctor friend for
Ivory Coast, and in Danane, a
The Ethiopian Airlines plane, of
nine years.
major refugee area along the
course, was doing just that, and
"It's a tragedy of a people
Liberia-Ivory Coast border.
crashed near the Comoros
whose desperation is so extreme.
Lui advised, gave money and
Islands.
It's about the dynamic of scarcity
learned about the perilous Liber-
And the third man? Sick, he had
and a breakdown in ethics."
ian situation, but really had only
missed the flight with the others,
The Liberian she met in Hong
one weapon: her camera. So she
but got out later.
Kong later was detained in
began to photograph and inter-
"I see myself writing a book
Bangkok after losing his passport
view the refugees she met.
that's aesthetic and literary," she
en route to Tunisia. And there
"My first question was 'When
said, that will put a political spin
began a six-month journey to free
did you leave?' she said. In inter-
on art. "IfI can't do it subtly, I'm
him and his friends.
view after interview, refugees
going to have to hit people over
"What I believed might take a
recounted their tales of flight.
the head."
week was dragged out for six
It is this series of photographs
months as I confronted a bureau-
and conversations that Lui wants
Mary Voelz Chandler writes about
cracy that was not only inhumane,
to compile into a book, looking not
art and architecture for the News.
1
File
Africa
I
The Gazette is on
the Interactive Channel
and at usa net/gazette
interactive
LIFESTYLE
channel
SUNDAY. FEB. 16, 1997
GAZETTE TELEGRAPH
SECTION D
Photographer Elizabeth Gill Lui
Chance
wrote these stories about
refugees she met while in
meeting
Liberia:
leads
Freedom
Harry Davis Jr.: On a normal day
Coloradan
in 1990 in Monrovia, a Friday about
3 p.m., Harry and his mother and sister
to take up
Abigail heard shooting in the distance.
This was not completely unusual as there
the cause
had frequently been fighting, but it had
been (President Samuel K.) Doe's
of Liberian
soldiers in the past. Harry went to see
what was happening and saw that Doe's
refugees
soldiers were running away. There was
heavy shooting. The men that then came
into the area were shouting, "Don't call
us rebels; call us freedom fighters. They
said everyone had to leave and take only
what they could carry. Harry, his mother,
Fighter
his sister and stepsister took a few clothes
BY D'ARCY
and were forced into a mass exodus of
Monrovian citizens. They walked out of
the city on a road littered with bodies,
Jerilee Bennett / Gazette Telegraph
either shot or dead from heart attacks.
On a steamy January day
After the evacuation and a short stay
last year, Elizabeth Gill Lui
under the protection of Harry's friend,
stepped into a Hong Kong
the family walked for two weeks with
thousands of other evacuees.
subway and immediately no-
ticed the man standing next to
Joy and Love Wreh: Joy grew up
her. In a city of Asians, this
PRESERVATION
in Monrovia, but was living in Gbarnga
PHOTOCOPY
during the 1992 resurgence of Civil War.
black man with long dreadlocks
She has not seen or heard from her
stood out. He immediately
parents since 1989. With her daughter
Love, she walked to Danane (a border
reminded her of her hip-hop
town between Liberia and Ivory Coast)
friends in New York.
where she now lives with her daughter
Elizabeth Gill Lui
and the daughter of another woman
"Are you an American?" she
who left her child with Joy two years ago
asked the man, eyeing his fashionable clothing and laid-back manner.
and has never returned to get her. Love
"No," said the young man, Harry Davis Jr. "I'm from Africa. I'm from Liberia."
has malaria, and Joy does not have the
money to buy antibiotics.
Gill Lui, a photographer from Franktown, and Davis, a musician, became close
She wants to give her child up for
friends in Hong Kong. A year later, as Gill Lui recalls their encounter, she shakes
adoption, since she has faced the reality
that it is impossible for her to care for
her head in amazement. "I didn't even know where Liberia was. And so the story
the children in her charge. She feels she
began..."
cannot give up the other little girl in
case her mother should return.
It's a story that catapulted her into a world of international politics, immigration,
prisons, diplomacy, corruption and untold human suffering. She would end up
lunior
Roberts:
lusior
is
14
and
1
I
I
M
ana were forcea into a mass exvaus of
Monrovian citizens. They walked out of
the city on a road littered with bodies,
Jerilee Bennett / Gazette Telegraph
either shot or dead from heart attacks.
On a steamy January day
After the evacuation and a short stay
last year, Elizabeth Gill Lui
under the protection of Harry's friend,
the family walked for two weeks with
stepped into a Hong Kong
thousands of other evacuees.
subway and immediately no-
ticed the man standing next to
Joy and Love Wreh: Joy grew up
in Monrovia, but was living in Gbarnga
her. In a city of Asians, this
during the 1992 resurgence of Civil War.
black man with long dreadlocks
She has not seen or heard from her
parents since 1989. With her daughter
stood out. He immediately
Love, she walked to Danane (a border
reminded her of her hip-hop
town between Liberia and Ivory Coast)
friends in New York.
where she now lives with her daughter
Elizabeth Gill Lui
and the daughter of another woman
"Are you an American?" she
who left her child with Joy two years ago
asked the man, eyeing his fashionable clothing and laid-back manner.
and has never returned to get her. Love
has malaria, and Joy does not have the
"No," said the young man, Harry Davis Jr. "I'm from Africa. I'm from Liberia."
money to buy antibiotics.
Gill Lui, a photographer from Franktown, and Davis, a musician, became close
She wants to give her child up for
friends in Hong Kong. A year later, as Gill Lui recalls their encounter, she shakes
adoption, since she has faced the reality
that it is impossible for her to care for
her head in amazement. "I didn't even know where Liberia was. And so the story
the children in her charge. She feels she
began...'
cannot give up the other little girl in
case her mother should return.
It's a story that catapulted her into a world of international politics, immigration,
prisons, diplomacy, corruption and untold human suffering. She would end up
Junior Roberts: Junior is 14 and
devoting hundreds of hours to securing the freedom of Liberians held prisoner
works at the hotel where we stayed in
Danane. His story is one of the most
in Thai detention centers. And that, in turn, would lead her to become an advocate
tragic I heard. He had been in his own
for Liberian refugees who fled their country's civil war.
home in Liberia with his family when
a group of rebels broke down the door
As a natural extension of her activism, she turned her camera on the refugees
and killed both his parents and his
See LIBERIA/D10
brothers and sisters. Junior was 11 at
the time. He escaped out the back door
and was the only survivor. He was
paralyzed with fright and hid in a ditch
in the back of his house for over a month,
Jacqueline Washington:
scavenging at night for food.
The renewed fighting in 1992 was
After a month, close to starvation, he
code-named Octopus. Washington
made it to a hospital. After two months
and her boyfriend, James Toby, were
he recovered to a minimal degree of
able to make it onto a gunboat during
health and was evacuated to Danane.
the evacuation and eventually made
He works at a hotel there but hasn't been
it to Lagos, Nigeria. Many people
paid in two years. The hotel's owner
died by drowning while trying to get
claims room and board is enough
onto these boats. James now works
payment. Junior is desperate to go to
for the Liberian Embassy in Lagos
school but doesn't have the tuition to
but has not been paid for four years.
attend an English-speaking school.
Jackie has not found any work but
PRESERVATION
PHOTOCOPY
wants to return to school to study
Ann Mantia: She is a seamstress
science. She lives with James and
who has worked in Abijan, Ivory Coast,
Veney, a 16-year-old Liberian boy
for several years and has been cheated
they have taken in. He had been
by two Ivorian employers. She is rarely
stranded after the fighting in his
paid the $80 a month she has been
village, was shot and had a finger
promised in exchange for working six
amputated. He remains emotionally
days a week. Ann Mantia is hoping to
unstable and, despite their efforts,
get her own sewing machine so she can
Jackie and James have been unable
go into business for herself.
to locate any of his family.
D10
GAZETTE TELEGRAPH
SUNDAY, FEB. 16, 1997
LIFESTYLE
Liberia/ war rips apart land
From SL1
Gazette Telegraph/KRTN
Ethiopian airliner, and by their
and began documenting their
GUINEA
MALI
native land.
ON LIBERIA
BURKINA
lives through photographs and
FASO
The country has been torn
journals. They are OK physi-
The United States and Li-
apart by civil war since 1989
cally, she says, but worn down
SIERRA
LEONE
with rebel factions fighting
beria are tied together in history
psychologically from being
mainly along ethnic lines, leav-
by slavery. The country was
displaced.
IVORY COAST
ing millions of Liberians home-
founded by an American organi-
"They feel their lives are
being wasted," said Gill Lui,
GHANA
less.
zation to provide a home for
freed slaves from the United
Monrovia
They're scattered across the
who plans to write a book about
countries of Ivory Coast, Ghana,
States.
the refugees, using their stories
Sierra Leone and Guinea.
In 1816, the U.S. Congress
and photographs to bring atten-
Liberia
In the poor neighboring coun-
granted a charter to the Ameri-
tion to their plight. "Yet even
try of Ivory Coast, the Liberians
can Colonization Society, a pri-
though their lives are on the
can't find work, and their En-
vate organization dedicated to
Attantic
precipice of moment-to-moment
glish-speaking children can't
the expatriation of slaves. The
survival, they have such a bear-
Ocean
first settlers arrived in 1822 at
enter Ivorian schools because
ing to their stature."
the town that was to become
Area
French is the mother tongue.
To her, Davis and the other
Monrovia - named after Presi-
detailed
Who were these people -
Liberians she's come to know
0
100
dent James Monroe.
some of whom are direct descen-
are tragic symbols of a country
mile
dants through American blood?
In 1838, the settlers organ-
at war with itself.
ized the Commonwealth of Li-
Gill Lui decided to take her cam-
era and find out for herself.
beria under a governor ap-
Last November, she spent a
pointed by the ACS. After a
To understand how Gill Lui
month in Danane, a border town
dispute with the ACS, they is-
has made this work her life's
"I want to show
between the Ivory Coast and Li-
sued a declaration of indepen-
passion, you have to go back to
dence in 1847.
beria.
that time in Hong Kong, when
"With echoes of the ante-
Gill Lui and Davis became
the beauty,
What she found were a mar-
ginalized people deprived of
bellum South and of inner-city
friends. As Gill Lui prepared to
strength and
their nation and a chance for an
Detroit, Monrovia is as Ameri-
wrap up a six-week teaching
honest life.
can as Africa gets,' writes
stint at the Chinese University
Blaine Harden in "Africa: Dis-
and return to Franktown, she
endurance of these
Unlike the stereotypical
images of refugees kids with
patches From a Fragile Conti-
and her new friend, Davis, ex-
nent." "There is no other Afri-
people and dispel
bloated bellies and emaciated,
changed phone numbers and
listless adults clutching a bowl
can capital where the English
promised to keep in touch. Davis
the stereotype of
of rice - Gill Lui found the Li-
spoken by Africans has the
had been in Hong Kong as a refu-
berian refugees living on mar-
rhythms of black American
gee from the civil war in his
slang."
the the refugee."
ginal food rations, depressed
home country, and had gone
Descendants of freed Ameri-
and dejected about the future.
there because he didn't need a
Elizabeth Gill Lui
It was their lives, their indi-
can slaves are a minority in Li-
visa. He was ready to go home,
vidual lives and faces, their
beria's ethnically diverse popu-
and when he said goodbye to Gill
quirks and aspirations, that Gill
lation, but they have
Lui, he was headed back to
Lui hoped to capture on film and
consistently dominated the
Africa. Or so he thought. A few
That might have been the end
paper. It was the least she could
country's political life.
days after arriving in Colorado,
of it, but Gill Lui had established
That imbalance has led to
do.
Gill Lui got a frantic call from
herself as a fighter. With Davis'
much of the violence that has
"There's an aspect of human
Davis. He'd been detained by
release, the Liberian Embassy
dignity we have to give back to
rocked the country since 1980.
Thai immigration officials after
wanted to know, could she work
these displaced people in the
That year, descendants of Li-
his passport was stolen in the
on freeing three other young Li-
world," she said. "I want to
beria's original ethnic groups,
Bangkok airport. Gill Lui prom-
berians in the prison?
show the beauty, strength and
angered by the continued domi-
ised to help him.
Gill Lui felt she couldn't say
nance of slave descendants,
endurance of these people. I
"It was a pivotal moment,"
no. In time, with the embassy's
assassinated President William
want to humanize them and dis-
she says. "I never knew in the
intervention, Gill Lui and a few
R. Tolbert Jr. - an Americo-
pel the stereotype of what the
beginning what I was getting
of her friends were permitted to
refugee is all about."
Liberian - in a military coup.
myself into."
buy the men's tickets to take an
Master Sgt. Samuel K. Doe, the
What did she know about the
Ethiopian Airlines flight to free-
coup leader, suspended the
Immigration Detention Center in
dom. They would be allowed to
On a cold winter day, Gill Lui
constitution and imposed mar-
Suan Phlu, Bangkok? Nothing.
land in Abijan, Ivory Coast.
stands on the deck of her house
tial law but pledged a new con-
But she was about to learn. Her
In a tragic twist of fate, two
in Franktown, gazing out over
stitution by 1985.
friend was being held, along
of them were aboard the Ethio-
the snow-dusted hills, thinking
Elections were held as prom-
with 1,200 other men, in rooms
pian Airlines flight that was hi-
of Africa.
ised, and Doe was elected
Her life has changed pro-
president. Although there were
with up to 250 people crammed
jacked on Nov. 23 out of Addis
together SO tightly that they had
foundly in the space of a year.
allegations of fraud - which
Ababa, Ethiopia, as it made its
to stand or squat with their
way to Abijan. While the hijack-
She is a different woman than
led to a violent but unsuccess-
ers held the pilots at gunpoint,
the one who stepped onto a sub-
ful coup attempt - Doe was
knees pulled up to their chins.
Though there were other Libe-
the plane ran out of fuel and
way in Hong Kong and met a
inaugurated in January 1986.
rians in captivity with Davis,
crashed over the Cameroon Is-
man named Harry Davis Jr.
Four years later, about 150
lands.
Back in Colorado she worries
anti-government guerrillas of
nost of the men were Asians
the National Patriotic Forces of
om the surrounding countries
Gill Lui, waiting back in Abi-
about day-to-day survival; she
f Thailand, Cambodia and Viet-
jan to greet them, was trans-
spent her life's savings helping
Liberia, lead by Charles Taylor,
ham. They were all there on im-
fixed with horror.
rescue Davis and his friends.
crossed the border from Ivory
migration-related violations,
Even so, she has no regrets. She
Coast. Since then, the country
whether that meant having an
"I was in my hotel room when
even plans to go back to West
has been embroiled in civil war
expired visa or living in the
the news reports came on about
Africa to take more pictures,
with rebel factions fighting
country illegally.
the hijacking and the crash. I
and continues to do what she
mainly along ethnic lines.
But Gill Lui's main concern
thought, 'Oh, my God, I bet
can to call attention to the plight
The United States, which
was securing the release of her
they re on that flight. I can't be-
of Liberian refugees. She's writ-
had maintained a presence in
Liberia for more than 150
friend. Getting Davis out of the
lieve this.'
ten to congressmen, humanitar-
detention center was compli-
The news that the two men
ian organizations and media out-
years, pulled out in 1990 when
cated, however, because Libe-
had been killed wasn't con-
lets anyone she thinks can
Doe was captured and killed.
rian officials had no money to
firmed until she got back to Col-
shed light on Liberia.
Current peacekeeping ef.
help, and he had no place to go.
orado a few days later.
Pondering the role she played
forts, led by a primarily West
Fighting had broken out again in
"I couldn't make sense of it.
in the lives of Davis and the
African multinational force, are
Liberia a country torn apart
The tragic part was their free-
other Liberians, she says, "I still
attempting to disarm many of
the fighting factions so that free
by years of civil war - so he
dom that was so hard-won was
feel in every way this story was
couldn't go home. And no other
so quickly snuffed out of their
given to me, to my care, to bring
elections - scheduled for Sep-
country would take him.
lives. What a cruel twist of fate
attention to the world. It's on a
tember - can take place with-
Gill Lui spent $5,000 phoning
level of synchronicity."
out violence.
for those boys."
and faxing letters to human
By a stroke of luck, a third Li-
She's doesn't know where
The conflict has killed more
rights organizations (to no avail)
berian, who had been too sick to
Davis is living. Sometimes she
than 150,000 people and left
and talking with Liberian Em-
board the plane, was spared. He
worries about his safety; at
at least half of the country's
Jassy officials in Washington
other times, she believes she'll
2.4 million residents homeless
later made his way to Ivory
and elsewhere. Finally, the
Coast.
see him again. "I'm not in con-
in the seven-year civil war.
country east of Liberia - Ivory
Gill Lui was haunted by the
trol here," she says simply.
- D'Arcy Fallon
Coast - agreed to take him.
men who lost their lives on the
"This happened to my life."
PHOTOCOPY
PRESERVATION
Boîte Postale 253
PEACE CORPS
Melame T 23.71.78
ou 2583
CORPS DE LA PAIX AMERICAIN
23.70.14
DAKAR, SENEGAL
file
23.71.79
March 19, 1997
Africa
Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton
The First Lady of The United States of America
Office of The First Lady
OEOB Room 100
THE WHITE HOUSE
Washington, D.C. 20502
Dear Mrs. Clinton,
This is just a short note that I feel should be written. Once again, I want to thank
you for coming to Senegal and visiting with our Volunteers. The fact that you
made time in your rather hectic schedule to share with us was truly appreciated.
On behalf of our entire Peace Corps Program I say: "THANK YOU".
On a more personal note I want to share with you two thoughts:
1. Ginette (my wife), Pascaline (our daughter) and I were very impressed
with Chelsea. Having three wonderful children of our own we know how
difficult it must have been for you and the President to raise a special, yet
normal, child. Chelsea is a credit to you both. As one parent speaking to another
I sincerely hope that both of you appreciate what your love and care has made
possible. She is a fine young lady who will continue to make you proud. As a
father of two wonderful daughters I can easily identify with your feelings for her.
2. I have spoken with many people, both Senegalese and American, since
your departure. Without exception your visit was not only a great success for
Senegalese and American relations but also for yourself personally. The
schedule that you kept and the charm and poise which you demonstrated
throughout your visit impressed everyone. Simply stated, you won the heart
and respect of a lot of people during your short time here.
In summary I can only add that I am proud to know that our country is being
represented by such a fine individual. You are indeed our First Lady.
Sincerely
Dahut.
Patrick B. Barry
Peace Corps Country Director.
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First Name
Last
Title
Company
2
U.S. Private Sector
3
Mr.
Richard
Uku
Director
Burson Marstellar
15:43
4
Dr.
P. Bai
Akridge
Program Dire
IBM
5
Mr. D.J.
Alemayheu
Consultant
TDC Energy Corporation
6
Mr. Guy
Allouchery
Commercial
The M.W. Kellogg Company
7
Mr. Paul
Amos
Vice Presiden
Jones Education Company
8
Mr.
Jim
Andrews
Vice Presiden
The M.W. Kellogg Company
9
Mr.
James
Arterburn
Vice Presiden
Sooner Pipe & Supply Corporation
1997,04-15
10
Mr.
Appeh A.
Auta II
President & c
Triarm Healthcare
11
Mr.
Bruno N.
Ayanian
Treasurer
Telecel USA Limited
12
Ms.
Priscilla
Ayres
International
IBM Corporation
13
Ms.
Patricia
Bagnell
President
Royer Associates
14
Mr.
Larry
Bailey
Partner
Coopers & Lybrand LLP
15
Mr.
Kenny A.
Bakare
Assistant Vic
CAMAC Holdings Inc.
16
Mr.
Kim A.
Barkan
President
International Trade Development Cor
17
Mr.
James
Barnes
Managing Dir
Lazare Kaplan Botswana
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Mr.
David H.
Battle
Assistant Vic
Equator Limited
19
Mr.
Gebreyes
Begna
President
Allied International
20
Mr.
Frederic
Berger
Vice Presiden
Louis Berger Int'l Inc.
21
Mr.
Sam B.
Bishop
President/CE
Edge Systems Inc.
22
Mr. John
Bomer IV
Vice Presiden
Consolidated Steamship Agency
23
Mr. Mark T.
Borla
Manager, Nig
Phillips Petroteum Corporation
24
Mr.
John
Brock
President &C
United Meridian Corporation
25
Ms.
Rosamond
Brown
SBC Communications
26
Mr.
Thomas
Brown
International
Mobil Corporation
27
Ms.
Doris
Browne
--
Edge Systems
28
Mr.
Peter N.
Buckley
Area Manage
Caterpillar Overseas S.A.
29
Mr.
Robert
Buhl
Director - Afri
Emery Worldwide
30
Mr.
James
Bullard
Senior Associ
D.J. Miller & Associates
31
Mr.
Steve
Burrell
Vice Presiden
The M.W. Kellogg Company
32
Mr.
Robert J.
Cabelly
C/R International
33
Mr.
Kevin
FROM CORPORATE COUNCIL AFRICA TO
Callwood
President
Emerging Markets Development Corp
34
Mr.
Steven c
Campbell
Manager,_Cor-Anadarko-Petroleum-Corporation
35
Mr.
James W.
Canning
Angola Devel Exxon Company International
36
Mr.
Andrew C
Capitman
Fieldstone Private Capital Group
37
Mr.
Anthony J.
Carroll
General Motors
38
Mr.
Jerry
Chambers
American Home Products
39
Mr.
Patrick
Chiumya
Chairman
Zambia Revenue Authority
40
Ms.
Jean
Cole
Washington
Exxon Corporation
41
Mr.
Mike
Conforti
Vice Presiden
GTECH
42
Mr.
George
Corsilla
Vice Presiden
Emerging Markets
43
Mr.
Steve
Cortinovis
President, Eur
Emerson Electric Co.
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Mr.
Tom
Curley
USA Today
45
Mr.
Ben E.
Darrow
Managing Dir
Caterpillar Overseas S.A.
46
Mr.
lan
Davis
Director, Gov
Fluor Corporation
47
Mr.
William
Denebeim
Price Waterh
SBC Communications
15:44
48
Ms.
Yeweinshet
Dessaleigne
AIM
49
Mr. Amadou Thierno
Diallo
Michael Baker Corporation
50
Ms.
Kathryn
Dickey-Karol
Manager, Int
E6 Lilly and Company
51
Mr.
Tom's
Dinner guest
USA Today
52
Mr.
Keith
Dodson
President & c
Dresser Kellogg Engineering Sevices
1997,04-15
53
Mr.
Noel H.
Dolman
General Mana
Eli Lilly, East, Southern & South Afric
54
Mr.
John Geoffrey
Drowley
Area Manage
Eli Lilly and Company
55
Mr.
Tony Yao
Dzegede
Vice Presiden Moving Water Industries Corporation
56
Mr.
David
Easum
Director of 0 Telecel
57
Mr.
David
Eller, P.E
President/CE
MWI Corporation
58
Mr.
Kenneth R.
Evans
Vice Presiden
Exxon Exploration Company
59
Mr.
Peter
Evans
The M.W. Kellogg Company
60
Ms.
Theresa M.
Fariello
Vice Presiden
Occidental International Corporation
61
Mr.
James B.
Fleece
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Exxon Exploration Company
62
Mr.
W. Frank
Fountain
Vice Presiden
Chrysler Corporation
63
Mr.
David
Franklin
President
Sigma One Corporation
64
Mr.
Bill
Friedman
Consultant
ENRON
65
Mr.
Larry
Friedman
Executive Dir
HSBC Equator Bank
66
Mr.
William G.
Fry
Chief Executi
Spatial Data Institute
67
Mr.
AI
Fuller
Chief Operati
Integrated Packaging Corporation
68
Mr.
Andrew
Fyfe
Price Waterh
SBC Communications
69
Mr.
Damian
Gagnon
Director West
Leon Tempelson & Son
70
Mr.
Ronald
Gault
J.P. Morgan
71
Mr.
David
--
Geiling
Director, Inte
COMSAT RSI
72
Mr.
Damien de
Gheldere
Vice Presiden
UMIC Cote d'Ivoire Corp.
73
not confirm
Mr.
Gaspar R.
Gonzalez, Jr.
International
MWI Exploration
74
Mr.
Philip
Goodwin
Manager
Seoner Pipe & Supply
75
Mr.
Joseph
Goodwin
Senior Econo
Sigma One Corporation
76
Mr.
Dean L.
Guttermson
President
Esso Exploration and Production Cha
FROM :CORPORATE COUNCIL AFRICA TO
77
Mr.
James V.
Hackney
Principal
Fieldstone Private Capital Group
78
Ms: Janet
Hall
Director -Int
Soble International Law PLLC
79
Mr.
John
Hardy
Vice Presiden
ENRON Int'l
80
Ms.
Tracy S.
Harris
Director, Mar
ABT Associates
81
Mr.
Sonny
Haugland
President
Sonny Hill Motors/General Motors
82
Mr.
James
Hawn
Vice Presiden
Texaco International Marketing & Ma
83
Mr.
Neville
Henry
Manager, Int
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
84
Ms.
Jeana
Herrington
Vice Presiden
CAMAC Holdings Inc.
85
Mr.
Irvin
Hicks, Jr.
Fleet Accoun
General Motors
86
Ms. Carla
Hills
Hills & Company
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Mr.
Hills
Hills & Company
88
Mr.
Rolf
Hoffmann
Director Com
Eli Lilly and Company
89
Mr.
Arnie
Hook
Director of P
TDC Energy Corporation
90
Mrs
Terry
Huffington
Chairman
Huffco Group, Inc.
15:44
91
Mr.
Anjum
Iqbal
Division Exec
Citibank, N.A.
92
Mr.
Ned
Jewett
Consultant
TDC Energy Corporation
93
Ms. Glenda
Jones
Managing Dir
AT& T
94
Ms. Brenda Wood
Kahari
Attorney
Soble International Law PLLC
95
Mr.
Franklin
Kennedy
Chief Executi HSBC Equator Bank
1997,04-15
96
Mr.
Barry
Knuth
Exploration M Phillips Petoleum Company
97
Mr.
Wafik
Kouchouk
Regional Sale GE Power Systems
98
Mr.
Victor
Labat
Chairman Labat-Anderson, Inc.
99
Mr.
Richard
Larios
Executive Dir SBC Communications
100
Mr.
Jack
Laur
General Electric Company
101
Mr.
Kase
Lawal
Chairman
CAMAC Holdings Inc.
102
Mrs.
Lawal
CAMAC Holdings Inc.
103
Mr.
John
Lawler
Vice Presiden
Pioneer Group, Inc.
104
Mr.
Peter
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Manager - Af
The Coca-Cola Company
105
Mr. Peter
Leifert
Vice Presiden
Labat-Anderson, Inc.
106
Mr.
Marty
Leone
AT&T
107
Ms.
Riva
Levinson
Managing Dir
Black, Kelly, Scruggs & Healey
108
Mr.
ABB
Lummis 1
109
Ms.
ABB
Lummis 2
110
Mrs
ABB
Lummis 3
111
Dr.
ABB
Lummis 4
112
Rev
ABB
Lummis 5
113
Mr. Rodney
MacAlister
Manager-Fed
Conoco Inc.
114
--
Mr.
Jean-Michel
Malek
Vice Presiden
CAMAC Holdings Inc.
115
Ms.
Erica L.
Mann
Managing Dir
Wyeth South Africa
116
Mr.
J.R.
Massey
Chairman &
Mobil Producing Nigeria
117
Mr.
Walter S.
Mather
Vice Presiden
Equator Limited
118
Mr.
Wayne
McDaniel
Deputy Direc
International Road Federation
119
Mr.
David
Mengebier
Executive Dir
CMS Nomeco Oil & Gas company
FROM :CORPORATE COUNCIL AFRICA TO
120
Mr.
Charles Q.
Miller
Chairman
Raytheon Engineers & Constructors
121
Mr.
D.J.
Mitchell
Managing Dir
Caterpillar
122
Rev
Douglas
Moore
President
Moore Energy Resources
123
Mr.
Edward
Moonman
Director Gene
GM African & Middle East Operations
124
Mr.
William
Morris
SBC Communications
125
Mr.
Jack
Mower
J.H. Mower Associates, Consultants
126
Ms.
Christa
Mueller
Managing Dir
Eli Lilly Office D'Informations
127
Mr.
Homi
Mullan
Manging Dire
The Chase Manhattan Bank
128
Ms.
Kathleen
Mylott
Manager Spe
AIG Capital Partners
129
Dr.
Mima
Nedelcovych
Vice Presiden F.C. Schaffer & Associates
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Mr.
Russell
Neely
Vice Presiden
ERL Services Inc.
131
Am
Chester
Nomis
CMS Nomeco
132
Mr.
Paul A.
O'Bryan
Executive Vic
Stephens Energy International
133
Mr.
Joe
O'Neill
15:45
The M.W. Kellogg Company
134
Mr.
James E.
Obi
Chairman
The Obi Group
135
Mr. Ambrose
Okolo
Deputy Contr
DMS Ltd.
136
Mr. Charles R.
Oliver
Group Presid
Fluor Daniel, Inc.
137
Ms. Deborah
Orsini
Director
Management Systems Int'l
138
Mr. Charles
Oshunremi
Vice Presiden
Qualcomm, Inc.
1997,04-15
139
Mr. Joseph C.
Ottaviani
Vice Presiden
A-Z Terminal Corporation
140
Mr. Andrew O.
Owiny
Senior Vice P
Pryor, McClendon, Counts & Compan
141
Mr.
Greg
Pensabene
Vice Presiden
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
142
Am
Cynthia S.
Perry
Director
FCA Corporation Internat'l Advisory
143
Dr.
Lucie
Phillips
President
International Business Initiatives
144
Mr.
Michael F.
Prendergast
Partner
Ernst & Young LLP
145
Mr.
Malcolmn D.
Pryor
Chairman/CE
Pryor, McClendon, Counts & Compan
146
Mr.
Don
Rassekh
President
West African Distributors
147
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Derrick M.
Raymond
Account Man
C/R International
148
Mr.
Terry
Rettig
SBC Communications
149
Ms.
Aggie
Richards
TDC Energy Corporation
150
Mr.
Emmet
Richards
Senior Vice P
Sooner Pipe & Supply Corporation
151
Mr.
Charles
Richards
Vice Presiden
TDC Energy Corporation
152
Mr.
Leroy C.
Richie
Vice Presiden
Chrysler Corporation
153
Mr.
Steve F.
Riley
Managing Me C/R International
154
Mr.
Leonard
Robinson
President & F LHR International Group, Inc.
155
Mr.
William John
Robinson
General Mana Ell Lilly Export SA
156
Mr.
Bonifacio Do
Rosario Dias
Ernst & Young LLP
.. 157
Mr.
Dave
Ross
Director Tech AT&T SSI
158
Mr. Dana
Rudd
Staff Director
Phillips Petroleum Company
159
Mr. Juan
Sabater
Executive Dir
Reach & Teach USA
160
Mr. Anthony
Salla
Wilson Global Communications
161
Am Michael A.
Samuels
President
Samuels International Associates, Inc
162
Mr. Rene
Santos
Manager Issu
Mobil Oil, Government Relations
FROM :CORPORATE COUNCIL AFRICA TO
163
Mr.
Antranig
Sarkissian
Vice Presiden
Citibank, N.A.
164
Mr.
Francis C.
Schaffer
President
F.C. Schaffer & Associates
165
Mr.
Jerry
Schmeil
Manager, Int
Caterpillar Inc.
166
Mr.
Whitney W.
Schneidman
Senior Vice P
Samuels International Associates
167
Mr.
M.W.
Scoggins
President
Mobil Africa & Middle East Ltd.
168
Mr.
Kofi
Sekyere
Senior Vice P
HSBC Equator Bank
169
Mr.
Duncan
Sellars
President
Africa & International Consultants
170
Ms.
Tess
Serranti
International
Leboeut, Lamb, Greene & MacRae
171
Mr.
Robert
Shipman
Sr. Geologica
Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation
172
Mr.
Daniel
Sigaud
Executive Dir
DMS Ltd.
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Mr.
Predrag
Sloboda
Development
DMS Ltd.
174
Mr.
Hal
Smith
Regional Sale
Chryster International Corporation
175
Mr.
Jim
Smitherman III
Executive Vic
UMC Petroleum Corporation
176
Mr.
Stephen M.
Soble
Managing Par
Soble International Law PLLC
45 15:45
177
Mr.
Oliver
Sockwell
Managing Par
SF Equity Partners L.P.
178
Mr.
William E.
Sparks, Jr.
Ventures Ope
Exxon Exploration Company
179
Mr.
Bruce H.
Stover
Vice Presiden
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
180
Mr.
Ronald F.
Stowe
Vice Presiden
Eli Lilly and Company
181
Mr.
William
Sullivan
Vice Presiden
Anadarko Algeria Corporation
1997,04-15
182
Mr.
Joseph W.
Sutton
President & C
ENRON International
183
Mr.
Willard
Swank
Regional Man
Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation
184
Mr. Eamonn
Sweeney
Vice Presiden
Overseas Bechtel Inc.
185
Mr.
Grant
Tarr
Representative
Nedcor Bank Ltd.
186
Am
Rush
Taylor
Vice Presiden
HSBC Equator Bank
187
Ms.
Jennifer
Taylor
SBC Communications
188
Mr.
Leon
Tempelsman
President
Lazare Kaplan International
189
Mr.
Maurice
Tempelsman
Chairman of t Lazare Kaplan International, Inc.
190
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Hillary
Thomas-Lake
Director, Fou Worldspace
191
Mr.
R.N.
Timmons
Senior Vice P Dresser Kellogg Energy Services
192
Mr.
Jean
Traisnel
Managing Dir Lockheed Martin
193
Mr.
David A.
Trice
President & C Huffco Group, Inc.
194
Mr.
Bert C.
Ubamadu
Attorney
Marriott International, Inc.
195
Mr.
Joseph
Underwood
General Mana
Duke Engineering & Services, Inc.
196
Mr.
Matteo
Volpi
International
DMS Ltd.
197
Mr.
J. Virgil
Waggoner
President & C
J.V.W. Investments
198
Mr.
Jacques P.
Walker
President
Southall Walker International
199
Mr.
James F.
Waller
Regional Man
D.J. Miller & Associates
--
200
Ms.
Ethel
Washington
Vice-Preside
Tri-World International, Ltd.
201
Mr.
Anthony
Way
Principal Afri
ENRON Europa
202
Mrs
Elaine
Weinstein
203
Mr. Warner
Williams
Manager, Int
Chevron
204
Mr.
Joe
Wilson
CEO & Presid
Integrated Packaging Corporation
205
Mr.
Thomas P.
Wittstadt
President
Wittstadt
FROM :CORPORATE COUNCIL AFRICA TO
206
Mr.
Kenneth
Woodcock
Senior Vice P
The AES Corporation
207
Mr.
Gordon L.
Wright
President & C
CMS Nomeco Oil & Gas
208
Mr.
Frank
Yanni
Director Strat
Wyeth Ayerst Int'l Division of AHP
209
Mr.
Henry
Zarrow
President
Sooner Pipe & Supply Corporation
210
Workshop Moderators
211
Mr.
John
Strongman
Principal Min
World Bank
212
Mr. Lou
Guadagnoli
CAMAC
213
Dr. Roy
Bahl
Georgia State University
214
Mr.
Louis
Wells
Professor of I
Harvard Business School
215
Mr.
Warren
Glick
Partner
Vorys, Sater, Semour & Pease
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Paul J.
Hare
U.S. Special
U.S. Institute of Peace
217
Mr.
William E.
Bucknam
Vice Presiden
MWI Corporation
218
Mr.
Edward V.K.
Jaycox
Former Vice
The World Bank
219
Mr.
Richard L.
Kramer
Consultant
Strategic Research & Investments
15:46
220
Mr.
Christian
Merkling
Principal
Triangle Stategies
221
Mr.
Christopher
Murray
Professor
Harvard School of Public Health
222
Mr. Robert
Polletreau
Consultant
Afridi & Angell
223
Mr. William B.
Quandt
Professor
University of Virginia
224
Ms.
Barbara
Richardson
Research Ass
University of Michigan
1997,04-15
225
Dr.
Howard
Stein
Associate Pro
Roosevelt University
226
Dr.
Warren
Weinstein
Consultant
227
Mr.
David C.
Fine
Vice Presiden
SBC Communications
228
Am
Herman J.
Cohen
President
Cohen & Woods International
229
Mr.
Jude
Kearney
Partner
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae
230
Mr.
Louis E.
Smith
Upstream Bu
Exxon
231
African Ministers & Government Officials
232
Algeria
Mr.
Abdelhamid
Ourabia
Director
The Investment Promo. Support & M
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Angola
Mr.
Antonio
Henriques da Silva
Director
Institute of Foreign Planning
234
Botswana
Hon
George
Kgoroba
Minister of C
Republic of Botswana
235
Botswana
Hon
Chapson J.
Butale
Minsiter of H
Republic of Botswana
236
Cameroon
Mr.
Jean-Marie
Gankou
Ministre Detej
Minister of Finance
237
Cote d'Ivoire
Mr.
Guillaume
Djedjro
Director of H
Ministry of Mines & Hydrocarbons
238
Cote d'Ivoire
Mr.
Laye
Fadika
Government/
UMIC Cote d'Ivoire Corpo
239
Cote d'Ivoire
Mr.
Omar
Kabbaj
President
African Development Bank
240
Cote d'Ivoire
Mr.
Dorte
Kabell
Senior Adviso
African Development Bank
241
Cote d'Ivoire
Mr.
Sydney Lexington
French
Investment 0
African Development Bank
242
Eritrea
Mr.
Tekie
Beyene
Governor - Ba
The State of Eritrea
--
243
Ethiopia
Mr.
Kassahun
Ayele
Ministry of Trade and Industry
244
Ghana
Mr. Samuel Nuamah
Donkor
Deputy Minis
Ministry of Health
245
Ghana
Dr. Delanyo Y.
Dovio
Director, Hu
Ministry of Health
246
Ghana
Mr.
Anthony
Seddoh
Head, Public
Ministry of Health
247
Ghana
H.E.
J.E.A.
Mills
Vice Presiden Republic of Ghana
248
Ghana
Mr.
Kwesi
Ahwai
FROM :CORPORATE COUNCIL AFRICA TO
Chief Executi Ghana Investment Promotion
249
Ghana
H.E.
Kofi N.
Awennor
Minister of St Republic of Ghana
250
Kenya
Mr.
D.N.
Stower
Deputy Direc Kenya
251
Ghana
Mr.
Dan
Abodakpi
Deputy Minis Ministry of Trade & Industry
252
Kenya
Dr.
James N.
Mwanzia
Director of M Ministry of Health
253
Lesotho
Mr.
Lira
Motete
Minister of Tr
Minstry of Trade & Industry
254
Liberia
Mr.
Lasanah V.
Kromah
Minister of Fi
Republic of Liberia
255
Malawi
Mr. Dye
Mawindo
Executive Dir
The Privatisation Commission
256
Malawi
Mr. Lynold Chakakala
Chaziya
Minister of C
Republic of Malawi
257
Malawi
Mr.
H.J.K.
Mandindi
Principal Trad
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
258
Mauritius
Mr.
Jaya
Cuttaree
Minister of In
Ministry of Industry & Commerce
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Mauritius
Mr.
Achad
Bhuglah
Co-ordinator,
Ministry of Economic Planning & Inte
260
Mozambique
Mr.
Alvaro Juliao
Massinga
Managing Dir
SOTUX,LDA
261
Mauritius
Mr.
Loganarden
Ramsamy
Permanent S
Ministry of Industry & Commerce
262
Mozambique
Mr.
Smart Edward
Katawala
Representative
Compania Mocambicana de Tatanios
15:47
263
Mozambique
Mr.
Castigo
Langa
Vice Minister
Republic of Mozambique
264
Mozambique
Mr.
Simao Lourino
Muhai
Director Gene
Zambeze Valley Development Author
265
Mozambique
Mr.
Oldemiro Julio Marques
Baloi
Minister of In
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Touri
266
Nairobi
Mr. Gerrishon K.
Ikaria
Senior Lectur
University of Nairobi
267
Namibia
Mr. Saara
Kuugongelwa
Director Gene
National Planning Commision
1997,04-15
268
Namíbia
Mr.
T.K.
Alweendo
Governor - Bank of Namibia
269
Namibia
Mr.
Jesaya
Nyamu
Deputy Minis Ministry of Mines & Energy
270
Namibia
Dr.
Klaus
Dierks
Deputy Minis Republic of Namibia
271
Namibia
Mr.
Hidipo
Hamutenya
Minister of Tr Ministry of Trade
272
Namibia
Mr.
Steve
Galloway
Under Secret
Investment Center, Ministry of Trade
273
Namibia
Mr.
Abdool Sattar
Aboobakar
Chief Executi
Offshore Dev. Company Ltd.
274
Namibia
Ms.
Paulina
Elago
Director - Int
Ministry of Trade & Industry
275
Niger
Mr.
Moudy
Mohamed
Principal Advi
Prime Minister's Office
276
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Mr.
Amadou
Mayaki
Minister Dele
Ministry of external Relations
277
Niger
Ms.
Joelle
Bolho
General Treas
Treasury
278
Niger
H.E. Ibrahim
Kousson
Minister of C
Ministry of Commerce
279
Niger
H.E. Amadou
Boubacar Cisse
Prime Ministe
Office of the Prime Minister
280
Nigeria
Mr.
Mallam B.I.
Gwandu
Executive Dir
Nigerian Ports Authority
281
Nigeria
Mr.
Mohammed
Hayatu-Deen
Managing Dir
FSB International Bank Plc.
282
Nigeria
Mr.
Alhaji
Mani
Director Gene
Federal Ministry of Commerce & Tou
283
SADC
Dr.
Chungu
Mwila
Senior Econo Southern African Dev. Community
284
SADC
Dr.
Kaire
Mbuende
SADC Secretariat
285
Sierra Leone
Mr.
George
Banda-Thomas
Minister of Tri
Government of Sierra Leone
..
286
South Africa
Hon
Penuel
Maduna
Minister
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Affair
287
South Africa
Mr.
Madoda
Hlatshwayo
Private Secre
Ministry of Trade
288
Sudan
Mr.
Abu Baker Yahia
El Fadli
State Ministe
Ministry of Finance and National Eco
289
Nigeria
Mr.
Emeyeonu K.
Chima
Chairman
Manufacturers Association of Nigeria
290
Equatorial G
Mr.
Antonio
NveNgu
Minister of St
Equatorial Guinee
291
South Africa
Mr.
Alec
Erwin
Minister of Tr
Ministry of Trade & Industry
FROM :CORPORATE COUNCIL AFRICA TO
292
Cote d'Ivaire
Mr.
Mohammed-Lamine
Fadika
Minister of M
Cote d'Ivoire
293
Congo
Mr:
Benoit
Koukenene
Minster of Hy
Congo
294
Angola
Mr.
Alvaro
Craveiro
Senior Adviso Ministry of National Reconstruction
295
Tanzania
Hon
Dr. William F.
Shija
Minister
Ministry of Industries & Trade
296
Tanzania
Mr.
Reginald A.
Mengi
Executive Ch
IPP Limited
297
Uganda
Hon
Richard
Kaijuka
Minister of PI
Republic of Uganda
298
Uganda
Dr.
Chrispus W.C. B.
Kiyonga
Republic of Uganda
299
Zambia
Mr.
Valentine
Chitalu
Chief Executi
Zamiba Privatisation Agency
300
Angola
Mr.
Albino
Malungo
Minister of A
Angola
301
Botswana
Mr.
Festus
Mogae
Vice Presiden
Republic of Botswana
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Mr.
Ronald D.
Penza
Minister of Fi
Ministry of Finance, Zambia
303
Zambia
Mr.
Peter B.S.
Lintini
Director Inve
Zambia Investment Centre
304
Zambia
Mr.
Alfayo S.
Hambayi
Minister of C
Republic of Botswana
305
Zambia
Mr.
H.
Chibumba
Principal Stat
Ministry of Legal Affairs,
15:47
306
Zambia
Dr.
Kabeta
Muleya
Permanent S
Minstry of Commerce, Trade & Indus
307
Zambia
Mr.
Daniel
Mauzu
Deputy Direc
Ministry of commerce, Trade & Indus
308
Zambia
Mr. S.
Chibanda
Deputy Direc
Ministry of Commerce, Trade & Indu
309
Zimbabwe
Mr. Nathan Marwirakuwa
Shamuyarira
Honorable MI
Republic of Zimbabwe
310
Mr. Roger
Ervin
Director, Nort
African Development Bank
1997,04-15
311
Eritrea
Mr.
Gebreselassie
Finance Minis
Government of Eritrea
312
Eritrea
Mr.
Berhane
Abrehe
Director of M
Government of Eritrea
313
African Ambassadors
314
Algeria
H.E.
Ramtane Lamamra
Lamamra
Ambassador
Algeria
315
Benin
H.E.
Lucien E.
Tonoukouin
Ambassador
Republic of Benin
316
Botswana
H.E.
Archibald Mooketsa
Mogwe
Ambassador
Botswana
317
Congo
H.E.
Dieudonne Antoine-
Ganga
Ambassador
Republic of Congo
318
Eritrea
H.E.
Amdemicael
Kahsai
Ambassador
Eritrea
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Gabon
H.E.
Youbi-Lagha
Pascal
Counselor
Gabon
320
Ghana
H.E.
Ekwow
Spio-Garbrah
Ambassador
Ghana
321
Guinea
H.E.
Thiam Mohamed
Aly
Ambassador
Guinea
322
Kenya
H.E.
Mattew K.
M'Ithiri
Charge d'Aff
Kenya
323
Nigeria
H.E.
Wakili Hassan
Adamu
Ambassador
Nigeria
324
Lesotho
H.E.
Eunice M.
Bulane
Ambassador
Lesotho
325
Mali
H.E.
Cheick Olimar
Diarrah
Ambassador
Republic of Mali
326
Mauritius
H.E.
Chitmansing
Jesseramsing
Ambassador
Mauritius
327
Namibia
H.E.
Veiccoh
Nghiwete
Ambassador
Namibia
328
Niger
H.E.
Adamou
Seydou
Ambassador
Niger
--
329
Senegal
H.E.
Mamadou
Seck
Ambassador
Senegal
330
Sierra Leone
H.E.
John Ernest
Leigh
Ambassador
Republic of Sierra Leone
331
Swaziland
H.E.
Mary M.
Kanya
Ambassador
Swaziland
332
Tanzania
H.E.
Mustafa
S. Nyang'anyi
Ambassador
United Republic of Tanzania
333
Zamiba
H.E. Dunstan W.
Kamana
Ambassador
Zambia
334
Zimbabwe
Mr.
Norman
FROM :CORPORATE COUNCIL AFRICA TO
Chakanetsa
Counselor
Zimbabwe
335
Zimbabwe
H.E.
Amos Bernard
Midzi
Ambassador
Zimbabwe
336
African Private Sector
337
Algeria
Mr.
Ahmed
Boulala
Director Gene
SAIDAL
338
Algeria
Mr.
Houili
El. Hadi
Assistant Dir
Sonatrach
339
Algeria
Mr.
Rachid
Bencherif
Director of PI
Sonatrach
340
Angola
Mr.
Rui Manuel
Dos Santos
CEO
Sistec, Sarl
341
Benin
Mr.
L'eandre K.
Djagoue
Ancient depu
PDG du Group ECO - MAGAZINE
342
Botswana
Mr.
Modiri J.
Mbaakanyi
Executive Dir
Botswana Confed. of Commerce Ind
343
Ghana
Mr. Sam
Jonah
Chief Executi
Ashanti Goldfields Company Ltd.
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Ghana
Mr. David
Renner
Special Assis
Ashanti Goldfields Company Ltd.
345
Ghana
Mr. Ken
Ofori-Atta
Coordinator
West African Enterpirse Network
346
Mauritius
Mr.
Lloyd R.
Coombes
Managing Dir
M.C.F.I.
347
Mozambique
Mr.
Mario Fernandes Graca
Machun
Chairman
15:48
Banco Internacional de Mozambique
348
Mozambique
Mr.
Joao Carlos
Lobato de Faria Neve
Director Gene
Joao Ferreir Dos Santon Group
349
Namibia
Mr.
Theodore
Schoeman
Director
Schoemang Office Systems Ltd.
350
Nigeria
Mr.
Fatima
M. Teidi
Managing Dir
Lotalan Nigeria Ltd.
351
Nigeria
Mr.
F. Ralf
Aderele
Minister of E
Embassy of Nigeria
352
South Africa
Mr.
Ros
Williams
Phoenix Venture Partners
1997, 04-15 1997,04-15
353
South Africa
Mr.
Gregory
Boyd
Managing Dir
Phoenix Venture Partners, Ltd.
354
Swaziland
Mr.
Musa L
Hlophe
Executive Dir
Federation of Swaziland Employers
355
Tanzania
Mr.
Abdu Chiwiri
Faraji
Chairman
ACF Holdings Limited
356
Togo
Mr.
Gervais K.
Djondo
President
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated
357
Togo
Mr.
Winny
Dogbatse
Managing Dir
Biochem
358
Zambia
Mr.
Elias C.
Chipmo
Partner
Corpus Globe
359
Zimbabwe
Mr.
Samuel
Zhandire
Managing Dir
CAPS (PVT) Ltd.
360
Mr.
Nthariseng
Molapo
Lesotho Chamber of Commerce
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Angola
Mr.
Domingos Lima
Viegas
Vice Presiden
Senangol
362
Mr.
Samuel
Laye Teidi
Brigadier Gen
OAN Maritime Springs
363
Angola
Mr.
Joao Madeira
Torres
Member of th
Banco Nacional de Angola
364
Angola
Ms.
Marta
Silva
Economista
Banco Nacional de Angola
365
Mozambique
Mr.
Mario A.
Dimande
President
Mozambique Ports & Railways
366
Dr.
Suleiman
Kiggundu
Managing Dir
Greenland Bank
367
Cyprus
Mr.
Saleh Hadji
Miri
Managing Dir
Centaur Corporation
368
Zimbabwe
Dr.
Timothy
Stamps
Minister of H
Ministry of Health & Child Welfare
369
Zambia
Mr. Chiunya
Patrick
Chairman
Zambia Revenue Authority
370
Eritrea
Mr. Berhane
Abrehe
Head
Macro-Economic Planning
⑉ 371
Eritrea
Mr.
Gebreselassie
Yosief
Minister
Ministry of Finance
372
Cyprus
Ms.
Valerie
Ramesah
Vice Presiden
Centaur Corporation
373
Somalia
Dr.
Osman H.M.
Samantar
Chairman, Re
National Salvation Council
374
Mozambique
Mr.
Egas
Mussanhane
Chief Executi
Credicoop - coop Bank
375
Mozanbique
Mr.
Levy Filiano
Mutembe
Gazas - Gazu Safari Lds.
376
Zambia
Mr.
Patrick
Chiumya
Chairman
Zambia Revenue Authority
FROM CORPORATE COUNCIL AFRICA TO
377
Kenya
Ms.
Evelyn K.
Mungai
President
The All Africa Businesswomen's Ass
378
Mazambique
Mr.
Carlos Antonio da
Simbine
AIMO/Forjadora Vidreira Sarl
379
U.S. Government
380
Ms.
Regina
Brown
Deputy Assis
State Department
381
Mr.
George
Moose
Assistant Sec
State Department
382
Hon
Elijah E.
Cummings
Member
House of Representatives
383
Mr.
Patrick
Dickriede
Senior Analys
U.S. General Accounting Office
384
Ms.
Atonte
Diete-Spiff
Foreign Polic
Office of Congressman William J. Jef
385
Mrs Mary
Holohean
BB
386
Mr. Curtis E.
Hulf
Chief, Africa
USIA
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Hon
William J.
Jefferson
Member of c
United States House of Representati
388
Mr.
Pete
Jordan
Special Advis
White House
389
Mr.
Gil
Kapen
Director/Inter
Committee on Government Reform &
390
Mr.
Eluma
Obibwaku
Senior Evalua
15:48
U.S. General Accounting Office
391
Mr.
Robert
Schiffer
Vice Presiden
Overseas Private Investment Corpora
392
Ms.
Mary D.
Tyson
Associate Dir
Food & Drug Administration
393
Mr.
Nathan
Younge
Country Man
US TDA
394
Mr.
Millard W.
Amold
Minister Cou
U.S. Department of Commerce
395
Ms.
Susan E.
Rice
Special Assis
National Security Council
1997,04-15
396
Ms.
Chandra
Watkins
Country Desk
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
397
Ms.
Alicia
Robinson
International
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
398
Mr.
Gerald
Feldman
Deputy Direc
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
399
Ms.
Debra
Rogers
International
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
400
Ms.
Sally K.
Miller
Director Offic
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
401
Ms.
Nancy
Frame
Deputy Direc
Trade & Development Agency
402
Mr.
Rory E.
Venett
Counsel
Rep. William Jeferson Office
403
Ms.
Leslie D.
Biddle
Senior Insura
Overseas Private Investment Corpora
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Ms.
Lauri
Fitz-Pegado
Assistant Sec
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
405
Mr.
Thomas S.
Hull
Director, Offi
USIA
406
Mr.
Garret
Grigsby
Professor
U.S. Senate Foreign Relations commi
407
Mr.
AI
Larsen
408
Mr.
Art
Campbell
Deputy Under
USDA, Rural Dev.Policy & Planning
409
Mr.
Stephen
Taylor
Program Offi
USIA
410
Mr.
Finn
Holm-Olsen
South Africa
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
411
Mr.
Jeff
Donald
Special Assis
U.S. Dept. of State
412
Mr.
Shawn
McCormick
Director for A
National Security Council
--
413
Ms.
Maria
Halley
Ex-Im Bank
414
Mr.
Tom
Milton
International Finance Corporation
415
Ms.
Camille
Richardson
Advisor for 5
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
416
Mr.
Jeneile
Matheson
Acting Regio
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
417
Mr.
Peter
Vrooman
Algeria Desk
U.S. Dept. of State
FROM CORPORATE COUNCIL AFRICA TO
418
Mr.
J. Michael
Newell
Country Man
US Trade & Dev. Agency
419
John
Richter
Regional-Dire
U.S. Trade & Dev. Agency
420
World Bank
421
Mr.
Joaquim
Carvalho
Executive Dir
Mozambique/World Bank
422
Mr.
Tom
Kelsey
Commerce B
World Bank
423
Mr.
Frank Armand
Douamba
Executive Dir
Francophone Africa/World Bank
424
Mr.
Godfrey
Gaoseb
Alternate Exe
Namibia/World Bank
425
Mr.
Ken
Kwaku
Program Man
MIGA/World Bank Group
426
Ms.
Karin
Millett
Manager, Inv
MIGA/World Bank
427
Mr.
Bayo
Oyewole
Advisor to Ex
Nigeria/World Bank
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Mr.
Thomas William
Alten
Technical Ma
World Bank
429
Mr.
Jain
Christie
Lead Speciali
World Bank
430
Mr. Arnold
Sowa
Private Secto
Africa Region - The World Bank
431
Mr. wa Bilenga
Tshishimbi
Advisor
Francophone Africa/World Bank
15:49
432
Ms. Pamela
Cox
Country Direc
Africa Region, WB
433
Mr. Peter
Watson
Regional Tec
World Bank
434
Mr.
Ernest
Ako-Adjel
Advisor
Ghana
435
Mr.
Isaac
Sam
Private Secto
World Bank
436
Ms.
Oey Astra
Meesook
Country Direc
World Bank
1997,04-15
437
Mr.
James W.
Adams
Country Direc
World Bank
438
Mr.
John
Donaldson
External Affai
World Bank
439
Mr.
Demba
Ba
Private Secto
Africa Region
440
Mr.
Callisto
Madavo
Vice Presiden
World Bank
441
Mr.
Jean Louis
Sarbib
Vice Presiden
World Bank
442
Mr.
Mark Malloch
Brown
Vice Presiden
World Bank
443
Mr.
Michael
Marek
U.S. Alternat
The World Bank
444
Mr.
Woldai
Futur
Senior Econo
The World Bank
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United Nations
446
Other
447
Mr.
Renee
Lake
Director of Af
National Summit on Africa
448
Mr. Roy
Morey
Head UNDP
UNDP
449
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A
New Connoisseur
In South African Wine
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Ngwenya said. "I borrowed books
from Jabulani." He now creates dis-
STELLENBOSCH, South Africa
When Jabulani Ntshangase arrived
plays and, having taken a course at
in the United States 17 years ago, he
the Cape Wine Academy, leads tast-
was a professional embalmer, a can-
ings for tourists. Next month, he will
didate for a business degree at Long
spend three months at another vine-
Island University and a teetotaler.
yard helping with the harvest.
"I'd like it if we had black wine
He was also broke.
"I loved embalming," said Mr.
makers to bring together," he said.
Ntshangase, 46, who was born in
"Right now, it is like rugby. Blacks
Soweto and left in 1977 to study in
are just starting to play it."
On his return, Mr. Ntshangase
Britain. "But I was ready to try
tried to buy a vineyard, but found all
something else."
Former General
the best addresses prohibitively ex-
A friend got him a job at Acker,
Merrall & Condit, the New York wine
pensive. Instead, he landed at Spier,
a vineyard that like the modern wine
shop. There, on the Upper West Side
And Unionist
industry itself is a strange ferment
of Manhattan, he developed a pas-
of the bucolic and the businesslike.
sion for wine, learned the business
It has 180 acres under vines, a
and eventually became an importer.
duck pond and a 1767 winery whose
Slain in Algeria
Two years ago, he returned home,
mud-insulated roof has survived five
instantly becoming, by default, South
fires over the centuries. But it also
PARIS, Jan. 30 (Reuters) - A
Africa's most knowledgeable black
has a private steam train from Cape
retired Algerian general was killed
expert on one of its most promising
Town, pony rides, four restaurants,
today in Oran, in western Algeria,
export industries: wine. Now his
an amphitheater, a conference cen-
soon after a state funeral was held in
mission is to get more blacks into the
ter and a "cheetah outreach facili-
Algiers for an assassinated union
wine business.
ty," where visitors can hug a live
leader, Abdelhak Benhamouda.
"It's frustrating to be so alone in
predator for $10. And there are plans
Algeria's security forces said in a
this industry," he said recently,
for three hotels and a golf course.
statement that the general, Habib
pouring a 1989 Val de Lyn from a
Spier's rejuvenation started in
Khelil, was "assassinated by terror-
nearby vineyard, one of the small
1993, when it was purchased by Dick
ists," the term used by the Govern-
group of wines he used to import to
Enthoven, head of a family insur-
ment to describe Muslim guerrillas.
America. "It's frustrating how long
ance and investment business who
General Khelil, in his 60's, had
it will take to get the best out of
was once an opponent of apartheid in
been responsible for army logistics
people. I have to wait four years for a
the whites-only Parliament. He and
under the late President Houari Bou-
wine student to graduate, plus five or
his partners are pouring a fortune
medienne and ran the army recruit-
six years till the work shows."
into Spier, hoping it will pay off when
ment service under the former Pres-
The New Times
FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1997
As wine adviser to Spier, a vine-
the hotels are up and running.
ident Chadli Benjedid.
yard that is being aggressively
Mr. Ntshangase's apprenticeships
The killing came soon after Mr.
transformed into a sort of Dionysian
are only a small part of the program.
Benhamouda's funeral in Algiers,
Disneyland by a white South African
which was attended by thousands of
millionaire, Mr. Ntshangase is prod-
mourners. Witnesses said President
ding 35 million black South Africans,
Liamine Zeroual, who was strongly
many of whom prefer beer, to switch
A special talent
supported by Mr. Benhamouda, wept,
to wine.
openly.
"If black people start drinking
picked up during a
Security forces were heavily de-
wine, our sales will be amazing," he
ployed around the union headquar-
said.
stay in Manhattan.
ters where Mr. Benhamouda was
Besides, he said, waving a hand to
killed on Tuesday and where his body
encompass all the Cape wine coun-
lay in state, and at the cemetery. The
try, "it will protect these vines."
union leader was buried at El Alia
"You want to get people from the
Mr. Enthoven sees Spier as "an enor-
Martyrs Cemetery, a place reserved
townships to appreciate wine," he
mous benevolent force" - cleaning
for people whom the Government
added, "SO when the Government
up the local river, moving a public
regards as heroes.
says, 'Look at all this land we need
school onto the property for grape
The Government blamed Muslim
it for housing,' the people will say:
pickers' children and creating a
fundamentalists for his death but
'But this is green gold. This is wealth.
"black empowerment" fund.
some independent newspapers and
Leave it.' It's not easy.
A brief conversation between Mr.
many ordinary Algerians asked
"We're still basically a beer-drink-
Ntshangase and Mr. Enthoven re-
whether political rivals of President
ing country," said John Platter, au-
veals what a work in progress the
Zeroual were behind the killing.
thor of the preeminent guide to South
Spier plan is. Its wine shop, defying
Mr. Benhamouda's last words -
African vintages. "We don't have a
convention, sells wines from compet-
"Kamel, my brother, they have be-
Mediterranean attitude. Our wine in-
itors around the world. Asked if he
trayed us" - which were reported
dustry grew out of our brandy indus-
would spend enough to make Spier's
by an Algerian newspaper, added to
try, and even that was a quick-fix
own wine great, Mr. Enthoven said,
the mystery.
type drink - brandy and Coke."
"Oh, we're not a Lafite. We're not
Also, the fact that the union leader
Mr. Ntshangase and Mr. Platter
going to produce the ultimate wine,
was ambushed in central Algiers and
sit on a committee of the Wine Edu-
eh, Jabulani? More of a good com-
the killers escaped in the heavily
cation Trust, just created by South
mercial operation. To draw people to
policed city raised a clamor of ques-
African Airways to put 10 nonwhite
the vineyard."
tions over the killing and the mo-
students a year through Stellenbosch
A clearly distressed Mr. Ntshan-
tives.
University. There were 4,000 appli-
gase hesitated, then said: "I think we
The union leader, who was in his
cants this year. The airline is the
have what it takes to do it. In sauvi-
40's, was preparing to start his own
industry's biggest customer, and top
gnon blanc."
political party. He said recently that
vineyards compete to be served in its
"Really?" Mr. Enthoven said.
Algeria's political hierarchy had
first-class cabins.
"What? A special reserve? A thou-
done nothing to resolve five years of
"We said, 'Right, if you want your
sand cases? Hmmm." And he
crisis in which about 60,000 people
wine on board, it's going to cost
walked off to check something at one
have been killed.
you,''' Mr. Ntshangase said. "We
of the restaurants.
The violence began in 1992 after
imposed a fee of 150 rand" - about
Both Mr. Ntshangase and Mr. Pie-
the authorities cancelled a general
$31 - "to enter the tastings, which is
terse praise Mr. Enthoven's abilities
election that Muslim fundamental-
nothing but it pays for three of the
as a dreamer, and hope the money
ists had apparently won. The Gov-
students."
holds out long enough for their
ernment plans new elections before
For a few applicants without sci-
shared dreams to come true.
July.
ence backgrounds, he has places in
Meanwhile, Mr. Ntshangase is pur-
the Spier shop. Bongani Ngwenya, 23,
suing a quiet, top-down route to get-
is one of his apprentices. Growing up,
ting wine glasses into black hands:
he knew nothing about wine, he said,
Parliament meets in Cape Town, and
except that his father sometimes
many African National Congress
bought the kind sold in six-quart box-
members are new to V.I.P. status.
es for $2. The son began his career at
"These guys are saying to me:
Spier as a janitor.
'Jabulani, I need a cellar. I have to
"While I was putting on the polish,
look like I know what I'm doing when
I heard them talking about the bal-
I entertain,' he said. "So I help
ance, the harmony of the wines," Mr.
them."
fate fr office
By HOWARD W. FRENCH
GRAFTON, Sierra Leone — The
the vote, although it was unmen-
women of the Grafton displaced per-
tioned in any campaign. Many wom-
sons camp are in a festive mood
en expressed their suspicion of one of
these days. After years of fighting,
the leading presidential candidates
the war that destroyed their villages
because his wife, an American,
Critics here say the rituals of geni-
and made them refugees has ended,
would not have been subject to the
tal cutting persist because they are a
and soon they will be returning
ritual.
rare female preserve in a society
home.
The winner of the election, Presi-
otherwise heavily dominated by
To celebrate this change of for-
dent Ahmed Tejan Kabbah, felt heat
men.
tune, many felt, it was only proper
on the issue himself, when his choice
"When women marry here accord-
that there should be a major ceremo-
of a presumably uncut woman as
ing to native law and customs, the
ny marking what they hope will be a
Minister of Gender and Children's
Bondo society is one of the only
resumption of their normal lives. So,
Affairs was held up for months in
places where they are free to go on
since Christmas, as many as 600
Parliament because, as one member
their own," said Dr. Olayinka Kosso-
women from the camp have hiked off
said, "she would not be familiar with
Thomas, a gynecologist who is Sierra
in groups of a dozen or more at a
our adored customs."
Leone's leading campaigner against
The Ritual: Disfiguring, Hurtful, Wildly Festive
time to a clearing in the bush nearby.
Traditionally, the Bondo ceremony
genital cutting. "Marriage in this pa-
There, the group members, rang-
was regarded as part of an exclusive
triarchal society bears a resem-
ing from 4-year-old girls to adult
blance to slavery. When the women
women, have stayed for a week or
go into the bush for this ceremony, it
two at a time, dancing, feasting and
is just about the only time they can
sharing lessons about womanhood as
For many women in
drink and dance, let their hair down
part of an ancestral communal ritual
and enjoy a bit of freedom.
known as Bondo, which culminates in
Sierra Leone, a
"What we are telling people is not
having their external genitals cut off
to end the secret societies, but not to
- a practice commonly referred to
painful practice is a
make these rituals revolve around
as female circumcision.
cutting of the girls' genitals."
In recent weeks, similar scenes
question of culture.
In a recent United Nations study,
have been played out in one refugee
Sierra Leone ranked second-to-last
camp after another in this sprawling
in the world in a measurement of
fertile valley that flanks a verdant
quality of life. Among the country's
mountain chain on the outskirts of
female "secret society" that, unlike
lowest indicators are female litera-
most tribal rites in Africa, drew Si-
the capital, Freetown.
cy, and maternal and infant mortal-
erra Leonean women together
One champion of the practice esti-
ity rates.
across ethnic and religious lines.
For Dr. Kosso-Thomas, whose life
mates that in the space of less than a
month 4,000 or more displaced wom-
Traditionally, these matters were
was threatened by the advocates of
en may have had their genitals cut
not even openly discussed in the
genital cutting who marched last
by women known here as Soweis, all
broader society or in the presence of
year, these two facts are closely
men.
bound up in the ritual.
in preparation for the return to their
rural homes. Sierra Leoneans say
But with the country's new democ-
Dr. Kosso-Thomas said that Sierra
such numbers would make the dis-
racy changing the shape of public de-
Leone had one of the highest rates of
placed women's festivities the larg-
bate, and news of mass genital cut-
miscarriage and pregnancy-related
est event of its kind ever seen in the
tings just outside the capital spread-
deaths in the world, in large part be-
country.
ing fast, the ritual has recently be-
cause of infections, scarring and oth-
While the ritual of female genital
come the focus of widespread public
er damage brought on by mutilations
cutting is common within regions
discussion for the first time.
carried out in primitive and unhy-
and ethnic groups in a number of
If anyone can be said to embody
gienic conditions.
countries in Africa, Sierra Leone
the pro-cutting movement in Sierra
But here, amid the closely-spaced
stands out as a society where the
Leone, it is Haja Sasso, leader of the
tin-roofed mud huts that have housed
practice is nearly universal.
National Council of Muslim Women.
most of the displaced residents for
In many other parts of Africa, the
Pugnacious and passionate, Mrs.
the last year, a group of women,
practice is in retreat, under the as-
Sasso has served notice that there.
some of whom recently had their
Journal
sault of laws prohibiting it, educa-
will be war in her country if anyone
genitals cut, stepped forward to de-
tional drives aimed at women and, in
should attempt to bar women from
fend the practice, making it clear
some places, even preaching against
cutting each other's genitals.
that they were eager to resume the
the ritual by Muslim clerics.
When a Freetown newspaper, For
practice once the Muslim holiday of
But in Sierra Leone, where by
Di People, began writing articles
Ramadan was over.
some estimates as many as 90 per-
critical of the practice last year,
"I have grown to the age of 50
cent of women undergo the ritual, the
Mrs. Sasso led what observers say
years, and this is the first time any-
tiny minority of people willing to
was the largest march the city had
one has come forward to ask me why
take a stand against the practice are
ever seen, bringing several thousand
we do these ceremonies," said Amy
overwhelmed by militant, if defen-
angry women into the streets to de-
Kendoh, a leader among the camp's
sive, advocates.
nounce and threaten the publication.
initiates. "It doesn't matter what
In the middle stand millions of
Defenders of the ritual, who range
women who are, for the most part,
from intellectuals in the capital to il-
other people think because we are
willing, and sometimes fervent ad-
literate displaced women, talk of pre-
happy with our customs. We will car-
herents.
serving a tradition against an on-
ry on with our lives."
"I decided to go to the bush and
slaught of alien cultures.
have this done now because I am a
"I am only doing this to protect our
culture," Mrs. Sasso said in an inter-
The New York Times
mature woman now,' said Bateh
Kindoh, a shy 16-year-old who sat
view at her Freetown home. "I don't
is as close as your
with two other recent initiates to
want to see this ceremony eradicat-
nearest newsstand.
speak with a visitor. "We will go
ed, because it binds us, we the wom-
Or have it delivered.
back to our villages soon, and I want-
en, together. We respect each other
ed to become part of the Bondo soci-
in this way, and we feel free together
ety first. This is a happy time for us."
because of it."
In a country where women's rights
advocates have recently played an
important role in national politics,
most Sierra Leonean feminists are
reluctant to make a public stance
against genital cutting, which is one
The New York Times
measure of how sensitive the topic
here is.
The Sierra Leone Government,
FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1997
too, has no official policy of discour-
aging the practice.
When the country held its first
democratic elections last year, Si-
erra Leoneans say, female genital
cutting was an important factor in
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Hillary:
The message you sent on March 4th by way of AID Administrator Brian Atwood for the AID
grant of $15 Million to the International Foundation for Education and Self-Help (IFESH) was
warmly received by the large gathering present from across America for the occasion. As you
know, this grant will help continue our successful programs already underway. We have sent
500 master teachers to Africa to help improve the skills of African teachers, have trained
hundreds of African bankers to improve their banking skills in African countries, and we
continue our other efforts to build schools, open clinics, and dig wells for African nations.
I want you to know how much I appreciate the great interest you have taken in Africa. I know
your upcoming travels in Africa with the President will prove beneficial. Your husband's voice
and his presence on African soil will mean much to Africa as well as to African Americans and
friends of Africa in the United States.
Unfortunately, I can not be with you; but, I will be leaving for Liberia in a few weeks and going
on to Ghana where, in May 1999, we will be holding a fifth African-African American Summit
with friends of Africa. The Summits have done so much to help Africa with investments, jobs
and democracy. From there, I will attend an OIC conference to be held in Côte d'Ivoire during
my journey. When I return in April, I would appreciate very much meeting with you to discuss
the many things we are doing in Africa, especially the building of schools and the efforts being
made to help with education for the children of Africa,
I will be in touch with your office for an appointment upon my return. I am looking forward to
seeing you at a time convenient to your busy schedule.
I haye watched you through the years and I respect you greatly. Please tell Bill I wish him well.
Sincerely, Sincerely,
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Mr. Bill Clinton
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Dear Mr. President:
There is a dire need in the schools of Uganda for books printed in English. In most public schools
of Uganda there are no books in the classrooms. The only written material that the students see
is what the teacher writes on the blackboard. When that is erased, it is gone.
It is our assumption that the same situation exists in other English- speaking third world countries.
In America there are millions of used books in people's homes and in the schools that are no
longer read or needed. In fact, numerous textbooks are thrown away by U.S. public schools each
year.
From efforts we have made, we have discovered that it is relatively easy to collect used books,
but it is very difficult and expensive to have them shipped to Uganda.
We are writing to suggest that the U.S. government develop a program that would assist in
shipping books to Uganda and other countries in need. We are not proposing a form for such a
program, but we feel it should be relatively easy to implement. We also believe such a program
would be very beneficial and cost effective.
If anyone would wish to discuss the need or possible form of such a program, we would be happy
to do so. Telephone communication to and from Lira, however, is unreliable. Therefore, any
communication with us, while we are serving in Uganda until July of 1999, should be through the
mail, posted to the above address.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
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Honorable Hillary Clinton
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mrs. Clinton:
Thanks so very, very much for meeting with me last week. I certainly appreciate all that you and Bill
are doing to help Africa and I look forward to collaborating with you in developing strategies to help
enhance the quality of life on that continent. 1 also want to express my gratitude for your kind words
of encouragement and support during our meeting.
As you may recall, I requested you to contact the governments of Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan and
China to inform them that I am planning to visit their respective countries from July 13 through July
24, 1998. I would like, if at all possible, to have an audience with the Heads of State (as I have done
in France, Germany, Ireland, etc.) and other appropriate officials in the area of African development.
Specifically, I will be discussing with them my Education for Africa Program which I believe
complements that of the President's As I indicated during our discussion, last year I signed an Aide
Memoire with the Organization of African United and the United Nations Educational, Scientific,
Cultural Organization to construct or renovate ten thousand schools in Africa; to upgrade the skills
of twenty-five thousand African teachers; and to establish two hundred fifty OIC programs over the
next decade. I am enclosing a copy of the agreement for you files. The primary reason that I would
like to meet with high level officials in those four countries is to acquaint them with my African
initiatives and to seek their support for the initiatives included in the Aide Memoire.
I also extended an invitation for you and the President to drop by the dinner that my African-African
American Summit is holding at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington on June 25, 1998. At that time,
you thought that you would be traveling outside of the United States. However, if your schedule
should change, we would be so honored if you and the President could join us for a few moments
at this dinner of over one thousand supporters of Africa, including around five hundred from
corporate America.
Madam First Lady, I would like to again extend an invitation for you and the President to participate
in he Fifth African-African American Summit which I am chairing and convening and which is being
hosted by His Excellency Jerry Rawlings in Accra, Ghana from May 17 through May 21, 1999. A
formal letter of invitation will be forthcoming.
Finally, at his convenience, I would like for you to assist in arranging a brief meeting for me with the
President. I would like to have the opportunity of updating him on my work in America and in Africa.
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Any assistance that you can provide regarding the aforementioned will certainly be appreciated. My
Chief of Staff, Dr. C.T. Wright will be in contact with Ms. Mellane Verveer to follow up on these
requests.
Sincerely, 8 tonSullwan
Thanks for a great meeting, it was just wonderful to see you,
Leon H. Sullivan
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