West Africa Magazine 2714, Saturday June 7th, 1969

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1969-06-07
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Apapa, Lagos state: Times Press Ltd
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■ Two years of Biafra: Encountered by his recent military success Col.Ojukwu has said that Biafra is ready to face a 10-year war ■ Personalities and politics in Ghana: 3: AS soon as it was realised that the National Liberation Council was serious about an early return to civilian rule in Ghana ■ ILO's golden jubilee: The International Labour Organisation (ILO) celebrates its 50th anniversary this week. Founded in 1919, and affili ated to the League of Nations ■ Africans Before Columbus?: Mr Thor Heyerdahl, the Norwegian anthropologist who became famous for sailing across the south Pacific on a raft of balsa wood ■ Books and publications: The British legacy: The civil service in Commonwealth Africa by A. L. Adu ■ Books and publications: The writer in modern Africa edited by Per Wastberg ■ Commercial news: Lowest-ever US aid budget: Africa is bottom of the list in President Nixon's foreign aid budget which is itself the lowest proposed by a president ■ Commercial news: Shuffling forward at Brussels: Talks in Brussels on May 28-29 between the ministers of the six countries of the European common market ■ Dateline Africa: Ghana: Keeping the NLC out of politics: Brigadier Afrifa has told chairmen of regional committees of administration to ensure that the NLC is not dragged ■Dateline Africa: Nigeria: Ojukwu to release oilmen: The Portuguese foreign ministry announced on Wednesday that Biafra has decided to release the 18 oilmen 114 Italian, three German, one Lebanese captured in the midwest

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Issue 2714 of West Africa Magazine(June 7, 1969) covers Biafra's defiance, Ghana's politics, and global affairs. Published in London/distributed in Apapa, it spotlights Ojukwu's vow to fight on, Ghana's return-to-civil-rule talks, and the ILO's 50th bash. Plus: pre-Columbian Africa theories, colonial legacy books, and US aid cuts. Key stories: “Two years of Biafra” quotes Ojukwu’s “10-year war” warning; “Personalities…Ghana” notes NLC’s civilian handover intent; ILO marks 50 years. Books reviews Adu on colonial civil service, Wastberg on African writers. Elsewhere: US slashes Africa aid (Commercial news), Biafra frees 18 oilmen (Dateline Africa), Ghana’s NLC stays apolitical. A complex issue war, diplomacy, and old empires.
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