Africa's peacemakers : Nobel Peace laureates of African descent / edited by Adekeye Adebajo, Centre for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town.
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.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London [England] :
Zed Books,
2014.
Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2014. |
| Edition: | [Enhanced Credo edition]. |
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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books, Biographies |
Table of 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-Sabé
- 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.