Shevelove, Burt
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Shevelove, Burt [on George] (1915–82), director and librettist. He was born in Newark, New Jersey, and began in the New York theatre in 1948, writing sketches and directing small musical revues. Shevelove found success as the co‐author of
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1961), scripted the Stephen
Sondheim musical
The Frogs (1974) at Yale, then stumbled badly with his libretto for the Cole
Porter musical
Happy New Year (1980). He was also a respected director who staged the Broadway musicals
Hallelujah, Baby! (1967),
No, No, Nanette (1971), and
So Long, 174th Street (1980).
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Army Ousts Premier in Transkei
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/31/1987; ; 700+ words
; ...independent tribal "homeland" of Transkei was overthrown in a military coup d...racial separation. The commander of the Transkei Defense Force, Maj. Gen. Bantu Holomisa, declared on Radio Transkei that he had removed Prime Minister...
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Transkei Leader Finds Politics Complicated; Dilemmas Abound in S. African Homeland
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/1/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...office on the 11th floor of the main Transkei government building as khaki-clad policemen...the nominally independent homeland of Transkei, Maj. Gen. Harrington Bantubonke Holomisa...based on their tribes. In addition to Transkei, three other homelands have been declared...
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Transkei's leader refuses to compromise his principles. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 11/4/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...planning to topple the legal government of Transkei and nobody has any objections. What...is that Holomisa is now the leader of Transkei. At a time when some black collaborators...to fold his own government and pledge Transkei's allegiance to the new South Africa...
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2 South African `Homelands' Do Battle;Transkei Attackers Said to Seek Ciskeian President as Hostage to Force Merger
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/20/1987; ; 700+ words
; ...South African "homelands" of Ciskei and Transkei exploded into open warfare early today...officials said. The foreign minister of Transkei, a nominally independent homeland within...Songca, claimed that no soldiers from the Transkei Defense Forces were involved in the fighting...
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Transkei Said Likely to Deport American Priest Held 2 Months
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/27/1987; 498 words
; ...ostensibly independent tribal "homeland" of Transkei probably will be deported soon, sources...Dec. 17, has been detained under the Transkei Internal Security Act and interrogated...on a police headquarters in Umtata, Transkei's capital, in which three police officers...
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Transkei Frees Journalist Held for 2 Days; AFP Reporter Tried to Cover Coup Attempt in Neighboring Ciskei
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/24/1987; ; 479 words
; ...ostensibly independent tribal homeland of Transkei after trying to report on the attempted...Embassy employe, was detained Saturday by Transkei security police and taken to a jail in...said he was arrested at a roadblock in Transkei while attempting to cover the aftermath...
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COUP EFFORT SAID TO FAIL IN TRANSKEI HOMELAND
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 11/23/1990; ; 683 words
; ...power yesterday in the black homeland of Transkei, according to various reports. They...death at a rally yesterday evening in the Transkei capital of Umtata. Holomisa said the...independent South African Press Association. A Transkei army spokesman said five loyalist soldiers...
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Army chief stages coup, takes over in Transkei
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 12/31/1987; 634 words
; UMTATA, Transkei The newly elected government of this...formed a "military council" to rule Transkei after learning that Prime Minister Stella...martial law has been declared in the Transkei," the message said. "Your government...
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Transkei titanium offers potential jobs - at a cost.(Business Report)
Newspaper article from: The Star (South Africa); 10/19/2007; 700+ words
; ...is that the environmentally sensitive Transkei coastline, rich in the mineral, would...multibillion-rand business. The inaccessible Transkei coast is reported to be rich in the mineral...a clear reference to Xolobeni in the Transkei. He said his department was also talking...
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Labor and Beer in the Transkei, South Africa: Xhosa Work Parties in Historical and Contemporary Perspective
Magazine article from: Human Organization; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...drinking rituals in South Africa's Transkei. The analysis is placed within a historical...relationship with beer drinking in the Transkei, formerly a South African "homeland...Gatyana) district of southeastern Transkei. I analyze cooperative work and beer...
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Transkei
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Transkei , former black "homeland" and nominal republic, E South Africa. Transkei was bounded by the Great Kei River on the south...Umtata. Part of the Drakensberg Range was in W Transkei. Much of the former territory of the homeland...
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Mandela, Winnie 1934–
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
...served as minister of agriculture in the Transkei, a self-governing territory of South...attended Bizana and Shawbury schools in the Transkei and graduated from Jan Hofmeyer School...Madikizela, in 1934, in Bizana, Pondoland, Transkei, South Africa; daughter of Columbine...
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Madikizela-Mandela, Winnie 1934–
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
...served as minister of agriculture in the Transkei, a self-governing territory of South...attended Bizana and Shawbury schools in the Transkei and graduated from Jan Hofmeyer School...Nelson received permission to go to the Transkei where he and Winnie were married. 1958...
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Bantustan
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
...granted in 1963 for the first time to the Transkei , the largest single homeland territory...there would be no Black South Africans. Transkei accepted independence in 1976, followed...African government (e.g. 80 per cent in Transkei, 1985). The ‘independent...
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Winnie Mandela
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...the so-called homeland nation of the Transkei. Both of her parents were mission...Hofmeyr School of Social Work and left the Transkei to reside at the American Board Mission...married in a Methodist service in the Transkei on June 19, 1958, returning after the...
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