why have the people of west africa started to work at the local level to their economies?
they realize that their governments are unable to restore economic health to the country.
foreign countries have stopped all economic aid to west africa.
one-man rule in west africa has been replaced by democratic governments.
west africans are beginning to resist colonial rule of their countries.

They realize that their governments are unable to restore economic health to the country.

Explanation:

Stability has been a major problem in the international markets, as much a women struggle to grow crops and sale in the local markets, this will not improve their economy. This is the reason why they learned to be independent since the government itself has not managed to improve the economic conditions that they were facing.

The West African countries have been experiencing slow growth rates because of poor economy in majority of the regions, their products were produced only for the local markets and it was difficult for them to attain the scale of economic production.