■ Stevens' first year: When Sierra Leone became independent on April 27, eight years ago, Mr Siaka Stevens was in detention ■ After Umuahia what? After several days of rumours especially prevalent in Lagos, it was finally announced at a news conference on Wednesday by Chief Enahoro ■ Roundabout: The great French arms mystery: What is the position now about the French and arms for Biafra? ■ Textbooks for Ghana Schools: Ghana's primary, middle and secondary schools will continue to have textbooks supplied free, apart from relatively small payments by parents. ■ Books and publications: A lesson for Nigeria: Federation and fiscal adjustment by R. I. May ■ Will farmers desert the land? At last month's Ibadan university conference on national reconstruction and development in Nigeria many speakers referred to the lack of progress in agriculture as contrasted with industry and mineral production ■ Commercial news: Cocoa 1968 exports: Accra talks: Ghana exported 330,100 tons of Cocoa in 1968 of which 72,575 tons went to the USA says the tropical products quarterly ■ Dateline Africa: Ghana: Victor Owusu and U.V. Campbell: Mr Victor Owusu, the new Commissioner for external affairs resigned on April 15 and Mr. P. D. Anin Commissioner for lands and mineral resources ■ Dateline Africa: Nigeria: Failure at Monrovia: The meeting in Monrovia of the OAU Consultative Committee on Nigeria was opened on April 18 by President Tubman. who said that all six heads of state were aware ot the progress of the OAU in trying to avert and avoid the conflict.