West Africa magazine 2849, week ending 21st January, 1972

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1972-01-21
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Apapa, L agos state: Times Press Ltd.
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■ Pompidou goes South: Should the visit next week by the French President to Niger and Chad be regarded as anything more than routine ■ Ghana copybook coup? It was on a Thursday morning when the Head of Government was out of the country ■ Nigerian oil: Out, prices continue to rise: Plunging cocoa prices are threatening development projects in Nigeria's Western state ■ Books and publications: Eldred's countrymen: The Elizabethan image of Africa by Eldred D. Jones ■ Commercial news: Cocoa £150 a ton entirely feasible ■ Container company future 'problematical': In spite of the spectacular growth of the African container express the future of the company is problematical ■ Dateline Africa: Ghana- Price control to be relaxed- Partial decontrol of the prices of certain Commodities has been announced

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The Issue 2849 of West Africa Magazine (week ending 21st January 1972) serves geopolitics and economics with a dash of colonial critique. Published in London/distributed in Apapa, it dissects Pompidou’s symbolic Sahel tour, Ghana’s awkward coup aftermath, Nigeria’s oil boom/cocoa gloom clash, and reviews an Elizabethan Africa tome. Key stories: “Pompidou goes South” questions the PR value of France’s Niger/Chad visit; “Ghana copybook coup?” narrates the messy Jan 1972 takeover; “Nigerian oil” warns plunging cocoa hurts Western State projects as petrol profits soar. Books praises Eldred Jones’s The Elizabethan Image of Africa for old-school weirdness. Elsewhere: cocoa hits £150/ton (Commercial news), a container biz frets about growth (Container company), and Ghana relaxes price controls (Dateline Africa). A heady mix of Francophony, coups, and oily contradictions.
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