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GV General Gowon and Senegal Education Minister Seck board patrol launch.
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CU Sailors on the bridge.
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TV Gowon and party.
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GV Approaching Goree Island.
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CU Gowon talking to officials.
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SV PAN Corvette tying-up to dock.
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SV Gowon meeting officials.
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SV Crowd along roadside clapping.
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VU Gowon & party entering Maritime Museum.
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CU Model of old fort.
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CU PAN Maquette model of Goree today.
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TV Gowon & party out of building & walking through gardens (2 shots)
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Background: General Yakubu Gowon, the Nigerian Head of State, has just completed a four-day state visit to Senegal, during which he had cordial talks with President Leopold Senghor. Before he left the two men signed a joint communique re-affirming their condemnation of apartheid and all forms of aggression against any country in Africa.

The visit is seen as a sign of growing friendship between English and French-speaking African countries. General Gowon leaves Lagos again at the weekend to visit Cameroun, where communities of both languages live side by side.

This film shows one of the highlights of General Gowon's visit, a trip to Dakar to the historic island of Goree, once a stronghold of slave-traders.