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04/01/2010 GMT

Airlift to America

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In the late 1950s a plan to educate young Africans leaders is born.

In the late 1950s in America a movement began to bring young Africans to study at American universities.

A scholarship programme for young Africans  which started in the late 1950s eventually led to the first african-american President of the United States.  Claire Bowes looks into the African Airlift Foundation.

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