United States. Army Service Forces, Special Service Division Pocket Guide to West Africa
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09905 Author/Creator: United States. Army Service Forces, Special Service Division Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Booklet Date: 1943 Pagination: 1 v. : 39 p. ; 13.3 x 10.8 cm. Order a Copy
One booklet entitled Pocket Guide to West Africa dated 1943. The guide features fifteen sections concerning West Africa and what service men will be surrounded by during their time there. The sections are; Introduction, Who and What You Will See, The Value of Good Will, The Country, Early History, French West Africa, British West Africa, Portuguese Guinea, Liberia, A Long Way From Gay Broadway, How Africans Live, How to Make Friends, Rules for Health, Things to Do and Not to Do, and The Most Important Tribes. There is also a map of the coastline and the French and English portions of West Africa, as well as images of African people and villages.
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