Africa Speaks — Page 76
" DAILY MAIL splashed a detailed report of his meeting with the Acting Governor General and the Prime Minister in its May 7 issue. Here is the full text of the report. DELIGHTED LEADER Prime Minister Dr. Siaka Stevens expressed great appreciation yester day to the visiting Ahmadiyya Leader for the good work of the Movement in Sierra Leone. Replying Hazrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih III, who was paying a courtesy calion the Prime Minister at his Town Hall Office, in Freetown, said that the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam is prepared to do more service to Sierra Leone. "If you require the services of doctors and physicians," Hazrat Ahmad said, "I think we can spare some as the idea of the lVIovement is to serve friends and brothers". "I pray to God and hope that the cooperation between Sierra Leone and the Ahmadis of Pakistan will grow from strength to strength", said the Muslim Leader. "I have no doubt about it," replied Dr. Stevens. Leaders like Dr. Stevens, said Khalifatul Masih III, bore great responsibility on their shoulders keeping their people united and building their progress. He reiterated that "Africa is awakening; Africa which has been sleeping for centuries and people throughout the world are getting a feel of the great re-awakening in what was once called the Dark continent. " Having been welcomed by the Prime Minister, 61-year old Hazrat Ahmad said he had noticed that wherever he went there were smiles on the peoples' faces. Dr. Stevens told his visitor that all the tribes of West Africa are re presented in Freetown, which he said, had been the first to establish contacts with the Western World. 76