West Africa magazine2025-12-162025-12-161980-04-14https://nigeriareposit.nln.gov.ng/handle/20.500.14186/2399Issue 3273 of West Africa Magazine(April 14, 1980) covers Ghana's market revival, Liberia's political tensions, and regional updates. Published in London/distributed in Apapa, it reports on Makola market's reopening, Liberia's sedition charges, and Ghana's soldiers arrested. Key stories: “The power of the market” notes Ghana's Makola market rebound; Liberia faces indictment of progressive party members; “Imperialism and Volta dam” concludes series on Ghana's project. Elsewhere: Bristol riot's racial undertones, Upper Volta's democracy link (development), literary review (Une si longue lettre), and cocoa talks collapse (Economic news). A mix – markets, politics, and literature.■ The power of the market: The news from Ghana is that Makola number one market in the centre of Accra, which was bulldozed to the ground during the revolutionary regime of Flight Lieutenant J. J. Rawlings, is now once again the scene of brisk marketing activities, ■ Liberia’s April 14 indictment: In Monrovia today at least 50 members of the progressive people's party are to appear before a grand jury for indictment on charges of sedition and treason. ■ Race and the Bristol riot: There wax one curious element that emerged from the controversy over the recent outbreak of fighting between black youths and the police in the British city of Bristol ■ Upper Volta: how democracy is linked to development: When in Ouagadougou at the end of March to participate in the Congress of UDV-RDA ■ Imperialism and the Volta dam-IV: Power supply and economic nationalism A correspondent concludes a series of articles giving the economic and political background to Ghana’s Volta River project. ■ Books and publications: Literary lyricism: Une si longue lettre by Mariama Ba ■ Economic and business news: Another ICA faltering: Whilst the international cocoa agreement was being unpleasantly talked out of existence in London ■ Dateline Africa: Ghana: Soldiers arrested for conspiracy: The Ministry of defence has announced that a number of soldiers and a civilian were arrested on March 29enArticle