Africa's peacemakers : Nobel Peace laureates of African descent
2014
eBook
Abstract: As Africa and its diaspora commemorate fifty years of post-independence Pan-Africanism, this unique volume provides profound insight into the thirteen prominent individuals of African descent who have won the Nobel Peace Prize since 1950.
Main title:
Africa's peacemakers : Nobel Peace laureates of African descent / edited by Adekeye Adebajo, Centre for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town.
Author:
Adebajo, Adekeye, 1966-, editor of compilationCredo Reference (Firm), distributor
Edition:
[Enhanced Credo edition]
Imprint:
London [England] : Zed Books, 2014.Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2014.
Collation:
1 online resource (25 entries) ; digital files.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Linking notes:
Print version: 330 pages
Contents:
About the Editor -- PART ONE: INTRODUCTION -- 1 Obama's Nobel Ancestors: From Bunche to Barack and Beyond / Adekeye Adebajo -- 2 Barack Obama: Between Racial Compatriots and Nobel Ancestors / Ali A. Mazrui -- PART TWO: THE THREE AFRICAN AMERICANS -- 3 Ralph Bunche, Martin Luther King Jr and Barack Obama: Three African-American Nobel Laureates Debate War and Peace / Pearl T. Robinson -- 4 Ralph Bunche: The Scholar-Diplomat / James O.C. Jonah -- 5 Martin Luther King Jr: The Great Provocateur / Lee A. Daniels -- PART THREE: THE FOUR SOUTH AFRICANS -- 6 Albert Luthuli: The Black Moses / Chris Saunders -- 7 Desmond Tutu: The Wounded Healer / Maureen Isaacson -- 8 Nelson Mandela: The Oratory of the Black Pimpernel / Elleke Boehmer -- 9 Frederik Willem de Klerk: The Pragmatic Peacemaker / Gregory F. Houston -- PART FOUR: THE TWO EGYPTIANS -- 10 Anwar Sadat: The Tragic Peacemaker / Boutros Boutros-Ghali -- 11 Mohamed ElBaradei: The Rocket Man / Morad Abou-SabeĢ -- PART FIVE: THE KENYAN AND THE GHANAIAN -- 12 Wangari Maathai: The Earth Mother / Janice Golding -- 13 Kofi Annan: The Soft-Spoken Prophet / Gwendolyn Mikell -- PART SIX: THE TWO LIBERIANS -- 14 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: The Iron Lady / Adekeye Adebajo -- 15 Leymah Gbowee: The Prayerful Peace Warrior / Rosaline Daniel -- About the Contributors.
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Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
9781780329420 (hb)1780329423 (hb)1780329431 (pb)9781780329437 (pb)9781784028473 (electronic version)
Dewey class:
303.66079
LC class:
JZ5540
Language:
English
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BRN:
502113
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