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Africa's peacemakers Nobel Peace laureates of African descent
- Title
- Africa's peacemakers [electronic resource] : Nobel Peace laureates of African descent / edited by Adekeye Adebajo, Centre for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town.
- Publication
- London ; New York : Zed Books, 2014.
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (330 pages)
- Uniform Title
- Africa's peacemakers (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Part 1. Introduction. Obama's Nobel ancestors : from Bunche to Barack and beyond / Adekeye Adebajo -- Barack Obama : between racial compatriots and Nobel ancestors / Ali A. Mazrui. Part 2. The three African Americans. Ralph Bunche, Martin Luther King Jr and Barack Obama : three African-American Nobel laureates debate war and peace / Pearl T. Robinson -- Ralph Bunche : the scholar-diplomat / James O.C. Jonah -- Martin Luther King Jr : the great provocateur / Lee A. Daniels. Part 3. The four South Africans. Albert Luthuli : the Black Moses / Chris Saunders -- Desmond Tutu : the wounded healer / Maureen Isaacson -- Nelson Mandela : the oratory of the Black Pimpernel / Elleke Boehmer -- Frederik Willem de Klerk : the pragmatic peacemaker / Gregory F. Houston. Part 4. The two Egyptians. Anwar Sadat : the tragic peacemaker / Boutros Boutros-Ghali -- Mohamed ElBaradei : the rocket man / Morad Abou-Sabé. Part 5. The Kenyan and the Ghanaian. Wangari Maathai : the Earth Mother / Janice Golding -- Kofi Annan : the soft-spoken prophet / Gwendolyn Mikell. Part 6. The two Liberians. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf : the iron lady / Adekeye Adebajo -- Leymah Gbowee : the prayerful peace warrior / Rosaline Daniel.
- LCCN
- 2020303669
- OCLC
- ssj0001152266
- Title
- Africa's peacemakers [electronic resource] : Nobel Peace laureates of African descent / edited by Adekeye Adebajo, Centre for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town.
- Imprint
- London ; New York : Zed Books, 2014.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Adebajo, Adekeye, 1966-Adebajo, Adekeye, 1966- Obama's Nobel ancestors.Mazrui, Ali AlʼAmin. Barack Obama.Robinson, Pearl T., 1945- Ralph Bunche, Martin Luther King Jr and Barack Obama.Jonah, James O. C. Ralph Bunche.Daniels, Lee A. Martin Luther King Jr.Saunders, Chris. Albert Luthuli.Isaacson, Maureen, 1955- Desmond Tutu.Boehmer, Elleke, 1961- Nelson Mandela.Houston, Gregory F. Frederik Willem de Klerk.Boutros-Ghali, Boutros, 1922-2016. Anwar Sadat.