
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SATURDAY, April 14, 1990                   TAG: 9004140046
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DATELINE: BLACKSBURG                                LENGTH: Short

AFRICA PEACE TOUR TO VISIT BLACKSBURG

The Africa Peace Tour will visit Blacksburg on April 19 during its two-week public education focus in Virginia.

Speakers will be Nomonde Ngubo, a native of South Africa who is employed by the United Mine Workers of America as a special international representative; Shuping Coapoge, a spokesman for the Africa National Congress Observer Mission to the United Nations; and Lou Witherite, who is responsible for the Africa and Caribbean programs of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee.

There will be a brown bag lunch at the Cranwell International Center at noon on the Virginia Tech campus. Events at the Wesley Foundation, 209 W. Roanoke St., include a potluck supper at 6 p.m., a musical cultural event at 7 p.m. and presentations by the speakers at 7:30 p.m.

The tour will be in Roanoke on April 18 and in Bluefield on April 20. Call 951-8031 or 552-2473.

by CNB