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The 20th Century m'zuŋ u Scramble for Independent Africa
"Veni, Vidi, Vici ",Steti - ego adduxit inimici mei"

are still dependent on France, if not for actual budgetary aid, at least on French-
guaranteed purchases of their crops at prices well above world levels."

"The Cold War & the African States" 144
Commentary Magazine. Walter Schwartz (June 1962)

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African Problems and the Cold War
" The newly independent African states are now beginning to have an impact on world

affairs.

Their presence in the great councils of the United Nations is bringing international
publicity to their views and preoccupations. Because of this newfound status, the two

world blocs, generally referred to as East and West, are making efforts to attract or keep
the African states in their spheres of influence. This struggle of the power blocs is

leading to the introduction of the cold war into Africa, which until recently has succeeded
in keeping out of it."

"African Problems and the Cold War," 145
Foreign Affairs (May 2019)
Sylvanus E. Olympio (October 1961)
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“ Sylvanus Epiphanio Olympio (September 1902–13 January 1963) was a Togolese

politician who served as Prime Minister, and then President, of Togo from 1958 until his
assassination in 1963. ”

"Sylvanus Olympio." 146
Wikipedia
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Personal Memories of newly Independent Ghana

We had moved from densely populated, very Chinese Hong Kong with all of its intensity,

colour and social behaviour based on Chinese tradition ( so different now from its more
westernised modern form) to live in Accra, the capital of Ghana. It was that time soon after

Ghana's independence. Kwame Nkrumah, an inspirational influence on many Africans at

that time, was very much in his presidential prime.
The contrast with Hong Kong could hardly be greater. The only continuity lay in that

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typical empire m'zuŋ u lifestyle. Always the domestic servants. Always the listening to the
BBC Radio service, static interference allowing. Then the BBC stations had very different
names.