West Africa magazine2025-12-062025-12-061969-11-13https://nigeriareposit.nln.gov.ng/handle/20.500.14186/2370Issue 2728 of West Africa Magazine (September 13, 1969) covers Ghana's election, Nigeria's OAU summit, and regional updates. Published in London/distributed in Apapa, it reports on Dr. Busia's victory, Nigeria's civil war resolution, and Ghana's politics. Key stories: “Wages and Cocoa” notes Dr. Busia's Ghana win; “Nigeria at summit” highlights OAU civil war appeal; “A month in country” examines Ghana election results. Elsewhere: “Portrait” profiles Dr. Busia, United tin's profit (Commercial), Ghana's 17-man Cabinet, and Biafra's von Rosen return (Dateline Africa). A mix – politics, economics, and profiles.■ Wages and Cocoa: Nobody disputes Mr. Gbedemah’s claim that Dr. Busia's was a surpris ing victory, not because he won or even because he won overwhelmingly, but because of the total eclipse of the National Alliance of Liberals in the Akan-speakmg areas of Ashanti and Southern Ghana. ■ Nigeria at the summit: The OAU summit ended in the early hours of Wednesday morning, having passed among other resolutions, one on the Nigerian civil war, which “appeals to the two parties to preserve in the over riding interest of Africa ■ A month in the country-5: Caesar's Laurel Crown Professor Dennis Austin, continuing his series of articles on Ghana politics, examines further the detailed results of the general election ■ Portrait: The story of 'Prof': Half in admiration, half in exaspera tion. his lieutenants call him “ Prof”. But those who suppose that a man of Dr. Busia’s academic bent can have no talent for leadership should reflect that nobody in Ghana today is ready to name either a powerful rival ■ Commercial news: United tin turns loss into profit: Because of the Nigerian war a "well known international mining group withdrew from negotiations for the purchase of tin mining lease near Jos ■ Dateline Africa: Ghana: Busia announces 17-man Cabinet ■ Nigeria: Von rosen returns: Count von Rosen has returned to Biafra with five new Swedish planes and five Swedish pilots, according to New York Times reporter Paul Maubec on OwerrienArticle