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Series Description From the Series: A prolific writer, Marguerite Cartwright was considered one of the most astute and knowledgeable writers on Africa during the African independence movements of the 1950s and 1960s. Most of Cartwright’s writings date from the mid-to-late 1950s. The papers contain a series of her draft manuscripts about Ghana’s independence celebration, including the Gold Coast elections; and Nigeria’s economic development, independence, investment and the Nigerian Constitutional Conference held in London in...