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In French West Africa, political systems range from the apparently successful multipartyism of Senegal to the tyranny of Guinea, only recently broken by the death of Sekou Toure ; from the Marxism of Benin to the rampant capitalism of the Ivory Coast. Contributors include Leopold Senghor, Boubacar Barry, Marcien Towa and Cheikh Anta Diop. (R)