West Africa magazine2025-11-192025-11-191972-04-28https://nigeriareposit.nln.gov.ng/handle/20.500.14186/2338The Issue 2863 of West Africa Magazine (week ending 28th April 1972) whips up snapshots of post-independence progress and intrigue. Published in London and Nigeria, it spotlights milestones (Sierra Leone’s republican birthday), massive projects (Nigeria’s Kainji Lake resettlement done), and cultural history (Duala chiefs clamping down tradition in Cameroon). Plus: Gambian elections, Ghanaian education dreams, and weird book reviews. Highlights include Sierra Leone toasting one year as a republic/eleven years independent; Nigeria wrapping up Kainji’s huge resettlement; and Cameroon’s Duala chiefs keeping 19th-century clout (City of the Dualas). The PPP crushes in Gambia’s elections; Ghana’s business college pleads “I want my name to exist” for funds; and Books dissects M.J. Field’s mystical Angels and ministries of Grace. Elsewhere: Nigeria seeks world currencies at UNCTAD III (Commercial news), and Ghana/Guinea hint at thawing 1966 frost in Dateline Africa- A heady mix of pomp, pragmatism, and diplomacy.■ Sierra Leone's republican year- This month Sierra Leone has celebrated both the first anniversary of the Republic and the eleventh anniversary of independence ■ Nigeria all settled at Kainji: Completion of the resettlement scheme made necessary by the creation of the Kainji Lake ■ City of the Dualas:2: Duala chiefs, descendants of the families powerful in the 19th century are still important ■ After the elections: As already reported the ruling people's Progressive Party won 28 of the 32 elected seats in the Gambia general ■ I want my name to exist- Construction of permanent buildings for the institute of professional studies, the only private business college in Ghana ■ Books and publications: Adam and Eve in Africa- Angels and ministries of Grace by M. J. Field ■ Commercial news: World currency wanted by Nigeria- Nigeria's Commissioner of Trade, Mr. Wemke Briggs who is leading his country's delegation to UNCTAD III in Chile ■ Dateline Africa: Ghana-Guinea rapprochement? Ghana and Guinea have established contact with a view to normalising their relations suspended in 1966enArticle