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El artículo discute la posibilidad de crear una unión de compensación y pagos en África. Se presentó una resolución a la Comisión Económica para África que pidió que prestara la asistencia necesaria para la creación de esta nueva organización. Unos de los objetivos de la comisión es la liberalización progresiva de las monedas nacionales y la creación de una zona monetaria panafricana.

Two dialectical tendencies in military affairs have characterized the ethos of Tanzania under Julius Nyerere. One is a marked distrust of men professionally under arms at home and in inter-African relations. The other is a faith in military or quasi-military solutions to some of the remaining colonial problems, in Africa. In this paper,author hopes first to demonstrate that there has been a tradition of anti-militarism in Tanganyika, going back well into the days before the union with Zanzibar. Involved in this is the story of East African integration at large. This article then examines the growth of militancy in African liberation movements and how this affected the nature of Tanganyika's involvement in such movements. Tanganyika attained internal self -government in the same year in. which the Congo attained her independence. Tanganyika also shared a border with the Congo! This double-nearness to the Congo's experience caused speculation about Tanganyika's future as she approached independence.

The article focuses on the political attitudes of multiracial South Africa. It explores how political attitudes evolved in the African society from apartheid to new elite. It also cites various categories used in considering the political influences such as the moderating influences that encourage the nonracial ideal, the radical influences that contribute to the political assertion of the African majority, and Pan-Africanism that helps to focus attention on the entire continent.

The article discusses the Pan-Africanism and African governments in 1963. In this year, activists in Africa adopted Pan-Africanism as a rallying cry for independence from colonial rule. Some African Pan-Africanists sought to unite the continent as one independent nation. However, on the scope and meaning of Pan-Africanism, including such matters as leadership, political orientation, and national as opposed to regional interests, they are widely, often bitterly, divided.

The article discusses the role that the English language plays in the foreign relations of African countries during the mid 1960s. The relationship between Pan-Africanism and language, including the former's relationship with the French Language, is discussed. The role that the English language plays in Africans' political activity, including in the latter's independence movements from colonial powers, is also discussed. An overview of the impact that Great Britain allegedly had in fostering African nationalistic self-assertion, including in regard to the relationship between nationalism and the English language, is provided.

The article focuses on the union movement in Africa, offering a historical overview of unions in Africa under English, French and Belgian governance that have been divided since many African states have gained independence. Efforts to develop fairly uniform unions in Africa are discussed and the influence of the "First All-African Union Conference" held in Casablanca on May 25, 1961 is highlighted.