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- Uh-huh. You came all the way from America to study here in Africa?
- On a fellowship.

9 seconds sound clip from the Destination Freedom - Peace Mediator classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:15:26 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- The seats of world governments are in Europe, young man.

- Yes, I know, but those seats are resting squarely on colonies. I'd like to see how they manage to hold those seats.

- And how will you go about this?

- By living and working in the colonies for the next five years.

- I've gotten a map of Africa, and I've seen how, from its wide northern top to its southern end, the empires of Europe have carved it into little pieces.

- I'll talk to Africans in the Belgian Congo, the British Sudan, French Morocco, Portuguese, Dutch, and Spanish colonies...

- And I'll try to enroll in the University of Capetown, South Africa.

- Uh-huh. You came all the way from America to study here in Africa?

- On a fellowship.

- I see. We'd have no objection to your entering if we were sure you were here for peaceful purposes.

- What harm could I do?

- You could spread dissatisfaction among natives. In fact, our government believes that's why you're here.

- Are the natives so easily dissatisfied?

- Natives are always dissatisfied.

- We'll admit you, but we suggest you stay away from the native quarters. You might be mistaken for one of them.

[...]

Destination Freedom Sound Clip

Destination Freedom Radio ShowQuotes with audio clips from Richard Durham's Destination Freedom old-time radio program, Radio's Black Legacy, 1948-1950.

Actors: Oscar Brown Jr., Studs Terkel, Janice Kingslow, Wezlyn Tilden

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