"Laurel original"; 0038.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction, by P. Judd.--Congo destinies, by B. Davidson.--African culture trends, by E. Mphahlele.--Commonwealth West Africa, by D. Will iams.--A personal view of Nigerian independence, by T. Solarin.--French -speaking tropical Africa, by P. Stibbe.--The legal and constitutional problems of independence, by H. O. Davies.--Africa and the United Natio ns, by A. Quaison-Sackey.--East and Central Africa, by G. Bennett.--Uni ted States foreign policy toward the newly independent states, by H. L. Bretton.--Editor's postscript.--Selected territorial data.--Contributo rs.