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Nigeria Donates
100 G’s to H.U.
by Mathias A. Odoemele
Ms. Morris Brown College 1977-78
Debra V. Miss MBC
by Mathias A. Odoemele
Deborah Vining, a senior
Special Education Major at
Morris Brown College took the
reins of the highest honor in
the student life as “MISS
MORRIS BROWN
COLLEGE” for the academic
year 1977-78 during a
coronation ceremony that took
place in the new John H. Lewis
Health, Physical Education
and Recreation Building last
week.
Crowning Miss Deborah
Vining before a near capacity
audience comprising students,
patents, staff and faculty as
well as friends and invited
guests, Dr. Robert Threatt
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Mayor and Mrs. Maynard
Jackson recently hosted a lun
cheon for honoring the King of
the legendary Zulu Nation, His
Majesty King Goodwill
Zwelethini, and his new bride,
Queen Mantfombe, during
their visit to Atlanta.
King Zwelethini and Queen
Manfombe are touring the
United States to get a better
picture of the country and to
celebrate their recent
marriage. The King has
expressed hope that his visit
will promote a better
understanding here of his
President of Morris Brown
said Deborah Vining indeed
portrays all those characteris
tics of a queen such as grace,
charm, beauty and
intelligence.
Dr. Threatt remarked, “On
behalf of the faculty, staff and
students, I am happy to an
nounce that Deborah Vining is
the current “Miss Morris
Brown College.” He also
commended the outgoing Miss
Morris Brown College,
Miranda Mack who has
represented the college with
duty, charm, ability and
intelligence and said that Miss
Vining surely has such
qualities as the previous queen
in representing the College.
The most beautiful
people in South Africa.
At the luncheon, Mayor
Jackson made a presentation
of the traditional handblown
glass Dogwood blossom to the
King and honorary citizenship'
certificates to the King and his
entourage.
“The City of Atlanta is
deeply honored by Your Majes
ty’s visit,” Mayor Jackson
said. “I sincerely hope your
presence in our country will
dispel some of the myths
surrounding the Zulu people
and that more Americans will
be made aware of the brutality
of the oppressive system of
apartheid which your people
now endure. Your sense of
charming, lovely . and nice
young lady of the year in res
ponse to the president’s speech
happily and approvingly
remarked, “I accept thei honor
of being Miss Morris Brown
College with gratitude. I will
hold this honor to the best of
my ability.” “Thank you for
making this moment one of the
happiest in my life.”
Deborah Vining, a sweet
and friendly lady, is a native of
Social Circle, Georgia, and
sixth of eight children of Mr.
and Mrs. William Vining. She
was first attendant to Miss
Sarah Allen Quadrangle, an
Omega Pearl, was Miss
Omega, 1975-76, Miss Junior,
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tradition and strength in the
face of legalized terrorism and
hatred should serve as a source
of strength for all of us who
seek equality and justice for all
people.”
. King Zwelethini is a descen
dant of the legendary King
Shaka, the African military
genius who was able to com
bine the many tribes of the
Zulu under the sound form of
government which, exists to
this day. The Zulus, best
known for their bravery, are
one of the original peoples of
South Africa. Queen
Mantfombe was a Princess of
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It was just one month ago
that 500 Nigerian students
arrived in the United States for
two years of technical
training. The students arrived
at Dulles International
Airportnear Washington, D.C.
on Nigeria Airways DC-lO’s
and the government of Nigeria
is sponsoring the 500 students.
Now, Nigeria, at least one
African nation seeking
technical assistance to post
secondary education from the
United States has specifically
requested Black Americans to
be involved in providing that
assistance, according to the
president of predominantly
black Texas Southern
University.
“It is the first time ever that
an African government has
asked for help from black
colleges,” Dr. Granville M.
Sawyer revealed following his
eight-day visit to Nigeria.
The breakthrough with oil-
rich Nigeria is the result of
more than 13 years of
educational assistance from
TSU to the Nigerian
government. In the last five
years, Sawyer said, the
number of Nigerian students
in the population of 10,000 at
TSU has escalated from less
than 100 to more than 500.
Sawyer, one of the founding
presidents of POSITIVE
FUTURES, Inc. - the first
public affairs consortium in
black higher education was in
Washington attending the
White House enactment of a
new presidential management
internship program.
Morris Brown College is one
of the colleges in the Atlanta
University Center which ad
mits many Nigerians for
further studies. Nigerian
students in Morris Brown at
least are more than those ol
other international students
on campus. Only two of these
students are on government
scholarship.
Nigeria is now able to pay
for its own . development
programs. That country
formerly emphasized training
of high-level managerial and
scientific personnel. Now their
new needs are for highly
skilled electricians, plumbers,
machinists, agronomists, ac
countants, laboratory and
medical technicians and many
other such technicians in
various fields.
The Nigerian training
program is an excellent exam
ple of how the program works.
Under the mutually beneficial
arrangement, Nigeria receives
well-trained technical
personnel to staff its
development programs and
the U.S. schools receive ad
ditional students.
Appeals to Blacks
During his speech at
Howard University recently
while on a 5-day visit to the
United States, Lt. Gen.
Olusegun Obasanjo, Head of
State of Nigeria, cited his
torical solidarity between
Africans and Black
Americans and called for
better future relationships
between the two.
In the convocation address,
the Nigerian president called
his visit to Howard University
“an act of reunion and
homage.” Howard University,
he said, has over the years
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African King Visits City
Mayor Jackson And King Zwelethini