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A magazine with the name West Africa, started by E. D. Morel, had been published between 1903 and 1906. [2] The title was revived on 3 February 1917 from offices in Fleet Street, London, with the commercial backing of Elder Dempster Shipping Line and the trading company John Holt. [3] It was to appear weekly, initially at a price of sixpence ...
Black Orpheus. (magazine) Black Orpheus was a Nigeria -based literary journal founded in 1957 by German expatriate editor and scholar Ulli Beier that has been described as "a powerful catalyst for artistic awakening throughout West Africa". [1] Its name derived from a 1948 essay by Jean-Paul Sartre, "Orphée Noir", published as a preface to ...
West African manuscripts of Ségou, Mali, contain manuscripts detailing a jihad in West Africa that was led by Al-Hāj Umar Taal, who lived from 1797 CE and 1864 CE and was the leader of the Fuuta Tooro Tijāniyya. [ 1] West African manuscripts of the late 19th century CE and the early 20th century CE northern Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, and Senegal ...
Congo Free State propaganda war. Cartoon in Punch, 1906. There was a worldwide media propaganda campaign waged by both King Leopold II of Belgium and the critics of the Congo Free State and its atrocities. Leopold was very astute in using the media to support his virtual private control of the Congo. British campaigner Edmund Dene Morel ...
The West African Journalists Association (WAJA) is a sub regional organization that is created to represent journalists' associations and unions in 16 countries. The union operates in 16 countries that make up Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS). The association was founded in 1986, in Darkar, Senegal. [1] [2]
Ben Okri first wrote short stories about social and political problems, some of which were published in women's magazines and evening newspapers. Okri found success with the publication of his first novel, Flowers and Shadows (1980). From 1983 to 1986 he worked for West Africa Magazine, where he served as
West Africa (magazine) West Africa Cricket Council. West Africa cricket team. West Africa Network for Peacebuilding. Categories: Regions of Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa. Hidden category: Commons category link from Wikidata.
It is located in Dakar, Senegal. WARC is a center for academic exchange between American and West African scholars that encourages research on the region of West Africa. The idea for the overseas center came about in May 1992 and was implemented in the fall of 1993. Since its inception, WARC has grown both in terms of staff and influence as it ...