West Africa magazine2025-12-062025-12-061976-04-05https://nigeriareposit.nln.gov.ng/handle/20.500.14186/2365Issue 3066 of West Africa Magazine(April 5, 1976) covers Nigeria's policy plans, Guinea-Bissau's development, and regional updates. Published in London/distributed in Apapa, it reports on Nigeria's White Papers, Guinea-Bissau's reconstruction, and Cameroon's cuisine. Key stories: “Laying plans” highlights Nigeria's policy push; “Paigc republics” examines Guinea-Bissau's development; “Cameroon's Haute Cuisine” showcases food culture. Elsewhere: administrative roles (The Administrative service), small publishing (When small is Beautiful), books on labor (Books), education history (The nurseries), port congestion (Clearing up), oil producers' criticism (Economic news), and Ghana's education policy (Dateline Africa). A mix – politics, economics, culture, and education.■ Laying plans for the new Nigeria: By the issuing simultaneously recently of four White Papers and two Reports on important aspects of policy, Nigeria’s Government demonstrated that determina tion to proceed with "business as usual" of which General Obasanjo, the new Head of State, has spoken. ■ The paigc republics Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde: 2: economic control: Basil Davidson writes from Cacine, republic of Guinea-Bissau: The word that everyone is using here to describe this present period of transition from colonial stagnation to national development is reconstrucao. ■ Cameroon's Haute Cuisine: West Africa's rocipos, whether traditional or modern, are as legion as her languages, and often as subtle. Cameroon, with her cosmopolitan colonial legacy, is particularly well endowed with attractions for the gourmet, as one of them, Michael Kelly, enthuses: ■ The Administrative service in Africa: 4: In rural areas throughout Commonwealth West Africa governments are represented by administrative officials perfor ming many of the functions which the "DOs" or "DCs” of colonial days performed. ■ When small is Beautiful: The two-person publishing house of Allison and Busby publishing their 100th title on March 2. Margaret Awoonor-Renner writes. Along awaited phenomenon is the appearance of an increasing number of small Publishing ■ Books and publications: Wage-earning exploiter? The development of an African working class edited by Richard Sandbrook and Robin Cohen ■ The nurseries of UPE...Asuquo I. Abasi looks back to the beginnings of formal education, at mission schools, in Nigeria nearly a century and a half ago ■ Clearing up Congestion: With a title like problems of port congestion in Africa it was perhaps not surprising that Dr. David Hilling had a full house of interested and concerned listeners ■ Economic and business news: Oil producers attack: Oil producers and developing countries launched a force criticism of wealthy industrial nations ■ Dateline Africa: Ghana White Paper on education: University students will continue to get repayable government financial assistance for board and ledging says a government White Paper on the report of the National Consultative Committee on education financeenArticle