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past few weeks? HeтАЩs come on the scene like a whirling dervish in a
revolving door.тАЭ
Paul Kosloff took him in. тАЬIтАЩve been back in the boondocks in South
America, trying to track down a present-day Ch├й Guevara. It turned out
that he was a myth and didnтАЩt exist. There werenтАЩt any papers in the area.
But even if IтАЩd been in one of the larger cities, I doubt if I would have
heard about this El Hassan. Censorship is all but universal and one of the
great taboos in running stories telling about revolutionary movements
abroad. They donтАЩt want to let the people know that revolutions are
possibleтАФanywhere.тАЭ
His superior leaned back. тАЬVery well, El Hassan isnтАЩt as mysterious as all
that. We have a very complete dossier on him. In actuality, heтАЩs an
American.тАЭ
тАЬAn American!тАЭ
тАЬThat is correct. His name is Homer Crawford and he took his doctorate
in sociology at the University of Michigan. HeтАЩs an American black who
was given a position with the Sahara Division of the African Development
Project of the Reunited Nations. He and his team, also largely American
blacks, had the job of speeding up the modernization of North Africa. In
their case, largely in the Western Sahara. Their task was to break down
bottlenecks. Break down tribal lines. Talk the desert peoples into going to
the new schools, taking jobs with the new irrigation projects, building the
new dams, drilling the new oil wells, opening up the new mines, getting
out from under their traditional religious taboos.тАЭ
тАЬAnd
тАЬHis team, thinking things werenтАЩt going fast enough, got together with
other organizations that were attempting to accomplish much the same
thing. The Africa for Africans Association, a private, nonprofit outfit
working out of New York; Great BritainтАЩs African Department, though
they largely work further south; the French CommunityтАЩs African Affairs
sector; and various others. All of these groups consist of members with
African racial backgrounds, blacks who were born and educated abroad
but have returned to the continent of their racial heritage to goose it
forward into the modern world.тАЭ
Paul Kosloff said unhappily, тАЬSounds pretty damned praiseworthy to
me.тАЭ
 тАЬUmmm,тАЭ the other looked down at a paper he had on the bed.
тАЬUnfortunately, Crawford and his close intimates evidently came to the
conclusion that those people werenтАЩt going to be goosed unless stronger
measures were taken. Most of them are tribesmen with a ritual-taboo
social system. At that stage of development, Crawford seemed to think,
they needed a hero to follow, a charismic hero to lead them into the
promised land and to ruthlessly break down all barriers that stood in the
way. He modestly volunteered for the job.тАЭ
тАЬAnd?тАжтАЭ
тАЬHis forces are sweeping North Africa. It would seem that the area was
rotten-ripe for such a development. The old tribes and clans were going
under with the coming of the new roads, the airlines, the new industries.
What does a tribe of, say, TuaghiтАФthatтАЩs plural of TuaregтАФthat formerly
conducted caravans of camels across the Sahara, do when roads are