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The Commonwealth and Africa

That there is a useful role for the Commonwealth in the immediate future was one view on which there was general agreement at the Commonwealth Studies Conference held in Lagos, Nigeria, from January 8 to 16 of this year. The problem is to define that role realistically, with due consideration for the changed composition of the Commonwealth and rapid shifts in international alignment. The irony of the gathering was that at a session at which all participants soberly discussed whether or not the Commonwealth would continue to exist at all, the value of the association was demonstrated most effec…