 The army should fight elections too.  Beware of Libya.  Ban Gowon too.  Sierra Leone: back to the soil.  Needed: a Babangida time-table.  Growth without development.  Nigerian Independence anniversary: still hope after disappointments.  Room for improvement.  Military unwritten agenda.  The wheel of progress.  Emerging theatre culture.  Men of letters.  Amazing transformation.  Oil hope rising.  The Gambia: the political opposition game.  Uganda: Fast forward into the future.  Swaziland: Walking on a tightrope.  South Africa: The ‘do and die’ trade.  Sanctions: the hawks swoop down.  Trinidad and Tobago: Political elite challenged.  A positive view of Africa.  The price of planlessness.  Smooth start for SFEM.  The role of traditional healers.  The Islamic revival.  Exhibition: Oshogbo artists.  Record: from Paris with Funk.  An East Africa safari.  Hosting the world.  Matching the challenge.  Moment of glory.