West Africa magazine2026-01-192026-01-191969-05-10https://nigeriareposit.nln.gov.ng/handle/20.500.14186/2423Issue 2710 of West Africa Magazine(May 10, 1969) navigates global hierarchies, culture wars, and Ghana’s political thaw. Published in London/distributed in Apapa, it dissects UN job quotas, Algiers’ cultural fest, and Ghana’s parties reboot. Key stories: “Merit or quotas” hits UN hiring biases; “Roundabout” hypes Algiers fest; Ghana kills party ban (Decree 347). Books spotlights Congo/CRISP, Biafra’s Conch_ journal. Elsewhere: African rail woes (Commercial news), Ghana’s Ankrah/Nunoo drama, Nigeria plots Owerri retake (Dateline Africa). A charged mix – diplomacy, culture, and guns.■ Merit or quotas: Accompanying advertisements of vacancies for senior United Nations staff there now appears a classification of member states ■ Roundabout: The Algiers festival: Two approaching events in the cultural field are well deserving of mention ■ Parties return to Ghana: Ghana has now returned to party politics after the publication of decree No. 347 lifting the bin on political parties ■ Books and publications: The continuing Congo story: Congo 1967 Les Dossiers du crisp ■ Books and publications: The conch A Biafran journal of literary and cultural analysis vol. 1 published by Conch magazine Ltd ■ Commercial news: Railways: Keeping on the right tracks: Most tropical African countries have failed to establish a satisfactory administrative structure between the minister responsible for transport ■ Dateline Africa: Ghana: Ankrah case dispute: Nunoo falls: Mr. John E. O. Nunoo Commissioner of police and member of the NLC was dismissed on May 5 ■ Dateline Africa Nigeria: Plans to retake Owerri: Supreme headquarters in Lagos announced last week that secret plans have been drawn up to recapture Owerri lost three weeks ago to the BiafransenArticle