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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 November 2008
This study has two main objectives: to draw a map of the perceptions of Ivoirien students about aspects of U.S. policy towards Africa, and to discover response deviations which coincide with, and hence may be attributable to, (1) school and class attended, (2) sex, age, religion, and ethnic group, and (3) sources of information about world events.
Data were gathered during 1976 through a questionnaire administered to 327 Ivoirien students, 245 of whom were at the Université d'Abidjan and 82 at the École nationale d'administration.1 They were given a random list of 22 questions and asked to indicate their approval, opposition, or lack of familiarity. Later 18 questions were grouped into four categories:
page 409 note 1 The 82 E.N.A. students included 49 in the cycle moyen (of whom 42 were in General Administration and 7 in the Diplomatic Section), and 33 in the cycle supérieur (16 in General Administration, 6 in Diplomacy, 7 in Economics and Finance, and 4 in Social Science). Of the 245 University students, 44 were in the Faculty of Science (36 in year III,8 in year IV), and 201 were in the Faculty of Letters (140 in year I, 25 in year II, and 40 in year III). Because of local conditions, the questionnaire was administered to entire classes, and the students were given up to one hour to complete it.
page 412 note 1 Attwood, William, The Reds and the Blacks (New York, 1967), p. 219.Google Scholar
page 412 note 2 The availability of Rhodesian goods for sale in the Ivory Coast and other African states was not viewed as related to their evaluation of the Byrd amendment.
page 413 note 1 The New York Times, 31 January 1975.
page 413 note 2 U.S. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Hearing: Nomination of Nathaniel Davis to be Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Washington, 9 02 1975, p. 4.Google Scholar
page 413 note 3 Jeune Afrique (Paris), 740, 14 03 1975, p. 27.Google Scholar
page 414 note 1 Grundy, Kenneth W., Confrontation and Accommodation in Southern Africa: the limits of independence (Berkeley, 1973), pp. 150–1.Google Scholar
page 415 note 1 This came to light during discussions after the questionnaire was administered, and some students pointed that out in the margin.
page 416 note 1 Students did not make the distinction between the O.A.U. and sub-Saharan Africa; they favoured investment in sub-Saharan Africa more than in the O.A.U. This is probably due to differences in conceptualising geographic regions unless, of course, one assumes that they actually favoured U.S. investment in Rhodesia and South Africa.
page 416 note 2 Space limitations prohibit listing and discussing deviations for opposition and ‘Don't know’ entries. These data remain in my personal files and will be supplied on request.
page 422 note 1 In 1975, American exports to the Ivory Coast came to $78 million and imports from that country to $160 million, whereas U.S. private investment was estimated by Embassy officials in Abidjan to be in the neighbourhood of only $60 million. For trade figures, consult the Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1976 (Washington, D.C., 1976), p. 845.Google Scholar
page 427 note 1 ‘N’ refers to number of respondents, and ‘N %’ to the proportion they represent of all students. Only the 82 E.N.A. students were permitted to respond to the items on the lines from Guinea to Ghana.
page 431 note 1 The following profile is based on total deviations from the average respondent of 20·0 per cent or more.