Africa's Peacemakers
Title | Africa's Peacemakers PDF eBook |
Author | Adekaye Adebajo |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | 338 |
Release | 2014-02-13 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 178032944X |
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. From the first American president of African descent, Barack Obama, whose career was inspired by the civil rights and anti-apartheid struggles promoted by fellow Nobel Peace laureates Martin Luther King, Jr., Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, and Albert Luthuli; to influential figures in peacemaking such as Ralph Bunche, Anwar Sadat, Kofi Annan, and F.W. De Klerk; as well as Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee, Wangari Maathai, and Mohamed El-Baradei, who have been variously involved in women's rights, environmental protection, and nuclear disarmament, Africa's Peacemakers reveals how this remarkable collection of individuals have changed the world - for better or worse.
Africa's Peacemakers
Title | Africa's Peacemakers PDF eBook |
Author | Adekeye Adebajo |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 330 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Africa |
ISBN | 9781350218222 |
As Africa and its diaspora commemorate fifty years of post-independence Pan-Africanism, this unique and provocative collection of biographical essays provides insight into the thirteen prominent individuals of African descent who have won the Nobel Peace Prize since 1950. From the first American president of African descent, Barack Obama, to influential figures in peacemaking, Africa's Peacemakers reveals how this remarkable collection of individuals have changed the world - for better or worse.
Seeking Peace in Africa
Title | Seeking Peace in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Donald Eugene Miller |
Publisher | Gwasg y Bwthyn |
Total Pages | 252 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9781931038386 |
Peacemaking in South Africa
Title | Peacemaking in South Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Hendrik W. Van der Merwe |
Publisher | Tafelberg |
Total Pages | 226 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
A political memoir by an internationally known peacemaker. H W van der Merwe has been described in the media as 'the man who brings South Africa's enemies together'. Here he tells his own story, which is also largely the story of the South African 'miracle' negotiated settlement.
Africa's Peacemakers
Title | Africa's Peacemakers PDF eBook |
Author | Adekaye Adebajo |
Publisher | Zed Books Ltd. |
Total Pages | 256 |
Release | 2014-02-13 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1780329458 |
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. From the first American president of African descent, Barack Obama, whose career was inspired by the civil rights and anti-apartheid struggles promoted by fellow Nobel Peace laureates Martin Luther King, Jr., Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, and Albert Luthuli; to influential figures in peacemaking such as Ralph Bunche, Anwar Sadat, Kofi Annan, and F.W. De Klerk; as well as Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee, Wangari Maathai, and Mohamed El-Baradei, who have been variously involved in women's rights, environmental protection, and nuclear disarmament, Africa's Peacemakers reveals how this remarkable collection of individuals have changed the world - for better or worse.
Holy Warriors, Infidels, and Peacemakers in Africa
Title | Holy Warriors, Infidels, and Peacemakers in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Y. Tesfai |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 183 |
Release | 2010-06-21 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0230110126 |
Out of the many challenges facing Africa today, there is the tendency of some to manipulate religious and ethnic identities for private interests. The book examines how religion has given rise to these conditions in Africa, by weaving together issues of poverty, wealth, and violent conflicts.
Africa's Peacemaker?
Title | Africa's Peacemaker? PDF eBook |
Author | Kurt Shillinger |
Publisher | Jacana Media |
Total Pages | 265 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1920196242 |
South Africa has done much in the 15 years since the fall of apartheid to establish its leadership on the continent. It has been a constant architect of Africa's new peace and security architecture and an advocate of new diplomatic norms.