The Apapa Six: West Africa from a 60S Perspective

Download or read book The Apapa Six: West Africa from a 60S Perspective written by John Berryman and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2021-03-25 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a juxtaposition of the personal and inter-communal dynamics focussed on the West African experience during the pivotal decade of the 1960s, when National Independence demanded a reflexion on the definition of the new states, and how external factors have borne heavily upon their past, present and future. The author blends his experience of study and travel in the region, acknowledging his debt to the pioneering spirit of the School of Oriental and African Studies who facilitated the enterprise, with an analysis of the challenges the new entities have faced, and how they have fared, nationally and globally, in the light of Slavery, Colonialism and Black Lives Matter.