West Africa magazine2026-02-042026-02-041972-11-20https://nigeriareposit.nln.gov.ng/handle/20.500.14186/2440This is the West Africa Magazine 2893, 20th November 1972. This magazine transitioned from a colonial publication to a platform for West Africans’ own accounts of their politics, history, and culture, West Africa is an invaluable resource for primary documentation on twentieth-century Africa.■ Soldiers,chiefs and politicians: Men such ad Leopold Sedar Sengho whose remarkable address at the University is reported ■ Senghor at Ife: a report from our special correspondent- Flying in the early morning from the Harmattan-dried plains of Kano ■ Books and publications: The Cronje chronicle- The world and Nigeria by Suzanne Cronje ■ Ghana's subversion trial: The defence and the prosecution at the subversion trial have ended their closing addresses and the military tribunal has passed its verdict. ■ Commercial news: West African Cocoa production down ■ Dateline Africa: Ghana tribunal verdict- The military tribunal has declared a verdict of guilty against all nineenArticle