The first part of this review covered the growth of African language studies in the United Kingdom from 1895 to 1970, by which time the Department of the Languages and Cultures of Africa at SOAS (Department of Africa) represented the largest group of African language specialists in the world.

This expansion had been due in large part to the recommendations of the Scarbrough Commission in 1947, although that same commission was also responsible for the confinement of African language studies to a single British institution. The Scarbrough request for a regular review of Oriental and African studies has been disregarded by successive governments, and even the solitary Hayter review, undertaken in 1961 by the UGC, largely ignored the field of African language studies (apart from an unfulfilled request that they be pursued at Oxford as well as at SOAS).

In Ghana, a close analysis of special library activities reveals the fact that the general pace of development lags far behind modern trends and techniques; this is surprising because library development in the country started with the development of special libraries.

A possible reason for this slow rate of development has been given by Villars, who suggests that special libraries in Ghana have grown in isolation of each other, and in consequence, definite patterns of development have been difficult to establish.

By 1970, about forty special libraries had been set up in the country. More than half of this number (twenty-three) were established between 1961-1970. After Independence in 1957, many organizations were established, such as the Volta River Authority, Bank of Ghana, National Investment Bank, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, etc. All these organizations were set up with a motivation towards development and thus desired or needed library facilities.

Canada has a long standing interest in Africa. As Paul Lumsden points out (Lumsden 1983) an African slave from Madagascar was baptised in Quebec in 1628 and from that time on contact has been continuous although not widely recognized by most Canadians. Lumsden draws attention to the fact that Sir Garnet Wolseley, who helped defeat Louis Riel in Manitoba in 1870 also captured Asante capital of Kumasi for the British in 1874. At least two well known British governors in Africa, Sir Percy Girouard of Northern Nigeria (1907-09) and Sir Gordon Guggisberg of the Gold Coast (1919-27) were Canadian born and Canadians have played a larger part than is generally recognized in British colonial history. Canadian missionaries, especially those from Quebec, have played a very large role in Africa although this has as yet been very poorly documented (Lumsden 1983).