HORMONE AND VITAMIN “E” ee Re ee Tent Ta] ceria TREATMENT C HAIR n The Mark eC aera) eats es =") cc aes {Fina wt ze ~ $12.50 med writ se $18.00, 1 Sing Har Ade o12 30 Nani or Adtale 81280 ur own Excusve Designs in Staring Siver ered forthe Wet tie Orca several before ‘ike prices go up apan. Postage Inctused, ‘Abow 3 weeks for cevery. Compete Catalog SO JIMPAULS WORLD (8 Sonera BA TOT 174 {GALES PEOPLE WANTED for ou new hai Droge, any teria ll wnt, Yrte Ot “What's wrong with kinky hair?” “Thate “But do you think it makes much sense to change Yourself forthe sake of someone else's standard of beauty?” She didn’t answer. Two sisters, Pa- tience and Diana, entered the room to listen. Lontinued on another track. "Do you have a duty in Ghana?” “Duty? Thave no duty here. This is not my home. I cannot stand the conditions here open sewers, bad telephone ser- vice, stupid lorry buses. want to beable to get a Mercedes and wear boutique clothes. am not interested in revolution, or having the duties ofa breeder. “What do you mean, foolish wom Diana interrupted, “that you are not Ghanaian? You don’t look British to me. 1 you don’t like your own country, why are you here now?" They started to get boisterous in the Ge dialect until I Said, “Hold itt Lee's drop the whole thing” Deciding it was time to travel outside ‘of Legon, Theaded for Kumasi, in central Ghana, visited some ofthe sisters tthe University of Science and Technology to see if their views were any different from those in Legon. The conflicts with traditional versus modern roles were similar, and 1 questioned some of them on their opinions on Afro-Americans. “What do" you think about Afros?” I asked Elizabeth, another student. “We read Ebony magazine,” she said, ‘and se pictures offantastichomes, and families with six or seven cars. We've been told you are extremely contented 30 many of us were confused when we heard you cry for Black power. We ‘couldn't understand why you could hate ‘whites when they seemed so nice to you. thas been difficult to understand what your leaders say and do. ike Afro, but some seem to want to take over Ghana from the Ghanaians.” "Oh, you're talking. about ‘rapolu- tionaries’now. Those hustlers who talk a lotand then run over here for cover. The ‘Purpose of sincere Black Americans i to see Ghana and Afica objectively for ‘ourselves. I'm not interested inilusions. want tobe able to tell my mother what this continent smells and feels lke; how it is to be where the majority rues. Realizing that Elizabeth andthe others had not experienced psychological rac- ism, were not involved in Ghana’s strug- gle for independence and had never been discriminated against, made me understand that neither she nor anybody ‘else would know where Black Ameri- cans are coming from Back at school in Legon, Florence told me that a group of Black American ith Gem to iving. one of the men in the group ‘tried to rap to Florence: “Yeah, baby, I heard Ghanaians didn’t cans ‘cause we was mixed. We've beer, told you live in huts and trees." Florence was aghast. “Ever hear of Tarzan, baby?” .?No. What is that?” "You mean nobody ever told you about that white dude who used to swing from trees?” Her eyes widened in disbelief and astonishment. “What is a dude?” To make a long story short, Ghanaian sisters have sex, curse, give birth, dig high fashion and are both as confused and assured as we are.. Their cultural roles are undergoing a transitional period, and their duties are changing as. Ghana struggles to stabilize herself po- litically. We are as ignorant about their culture as they are about ours. ‘Sometime in your life, seize the op- portunity to visit the Gold Coast and ‘other parts of Africa. See with your own eyes, hear with your own ears, and learn about your heritage as I did—right from the mouths of the river. —by Pat Kelly Pat Kelly, a nate New Yorke, is « young Freelance writer andoeteran (Pavel to 23 countries (14 African). She/is presently at work on her a YVONNE BURKE [Continued from Page 73] when she admits,“ was surprised, very much so, at that entre afar. The whole ing was so fast. Now we'll have to reorganize our political institutions, and that has been needed for a long time Well have a more responsive govern- rent for the people.” ‘She measures her words carefully when asked about Nixon, the man. “My only experience wth him isin following his career. Ithink that somehow or ether, he managed to destroy all around him. This is his history. He was elected to Congress. destroying. someone. He ~ [Continued on Page 88] COMING UP NEXT MONTH: Nancy Wilson —Ecstatic With Love, Loye, Love!