num_pages: 41
description: This is a vintage WWII travel guide for military personnel, originally published in 1943. It contains drawings, a map, and background information about West African history, culture, and religion.  Chapters include: Who and What You Will See; The Value of Good Will; Early History; French West Africa; British West Africa; Portuguese Guinea; Liberia; How Africans Live; How to Make Friends; Rules for Health; Things to Do and Not to Do; The Most Important Tribes.  From the book: “IN West Africa you will be playing an important role in the world-wide strategy to smash Hitler and the Axis. On Africa's West Coast you will be guarding vital supply lines to North Africa, Egypt, India, Russia, and even China. From this region must come much needed strategic materials for our own war machine and for all of the United Nations. The Nazis had been waiting for the chance to execute their elaborate plans for the exploitation of Africa's vast resources and labor supply. Your presence in West Africa means that these plans have been put on ice. Thus you are striking a hard blow at Hitler, and at Hirohito, too.” 
title: Pocket Guide to West Africa