Africa's peacemakers : Nobel Peace laureates of African descent / edited by Adekeye Adebajo.
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 pre...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cape Town : London :
Centre for Conflict Resolution ; Zed Books,
[2014]
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| Genre/Form: | Biographies |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (330 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781306289467 1306289467 9781780329444 178032944X 9781780329451 1780329458 9781350218222 1350218227 |