West Africa Magazine 2715, Saturday June 14th, 1969

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dc.contributor.authorWest Africa magazine
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-20T15:26:09Z
dc.date.available2025-11-20T15:26:09Z
dc.date.issued1969-06-14
dc.descriptionIssue 2715 of West Africa Magazine(June 14, 1969) sparks with strikes, elections, and cocoa politics. Published in London/distributed in Apapa, it tracks Senegal’s union showdown, Ghana’s cocoa-fueled campaigns, and Cameroon’s trade push. Plus: colonial memoirs, US-Nigeria shifts, and coffee/duty news. Key stories: “Senghor’s emergency” warns of Senegal union strike chaos; “Cocoa and party politics” says Ghana’s electioneering heats up; Cameroon courts traders, ditches “aid”. Books spotlights Colonel Cadet in Nigeria (John Smith). Elsewhere: US reshuffles Africa hand (Palmer), coffee biz balks at rules (Commercial news), Ivory Coast tweaks duties. Dateline Africa: Sierra Leone unveils economic plan. A heady mix of strikes, cocoa, and commerce.
dc.description.abstract■ Senghor's emergency: Senegalese made unions call for a general strike in support of striking bank workers as we go to Press, looks like bringing on the expected confrontation between government and unions ■ Cocoa and party politics: Cocoa policy is already an issue in the pre-election political statements in Ghana. ■ Cameroon: Relaxing the austerity: Trade not aid, might be the motto of Cameroon economic planners for vital though foreign sources of finance are in development in 1960-67 ■ Books and publications: British officer in the North: Colonel cadet in Nigeria by John Smith ■ The US and Nigeria: News of the replacement at Mr Joseph Palmer assistant secretary of state for African affairs at the state department ■ Commercial news: Consumers oppose coffee plan: Coffee trade and industry representatives in Europe and the United States have agreed to register with their government's ■ Commercial news: Duty changes in Ivory Coast: Mali, Japan and the United States be ■ Dateline Africa: Sierra Leone: Economics in Siaka's programme: Just over a year taking office the civilian government has announced in the acting Governor-General's speech from the throne
dc.identifier.urihttps://nigeriareposit.nln.gov.ng/handle/20.500.14186/2348
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherApapa, Lagos state: Times Press Ltd
dc.titleWest Africa Magazine 2715, Saturday June 14th, 1969
dc.typeArticle
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