Africa's peacemakers : Nobel Peace laureates of African descent /

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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Adebajo, Adekeye, 1966- (Author, Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cape Town : London : Centre for Conflict Resolution ; Zed Books, [2014]
Subjects:
Pacifists > Biography.
Nobel Prizes > History.
Peace > Awards > History.
Nobel Prize winners > Africa > Biography.
Pacifistes > Biographies.
Prix Nobel > Histoire.
Paix > Prix et récompenses > Histoire.
Biography: historical, political & military.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
Intellectual life
Nobel Prize winners
Nobel Prizes
Pacifists
Peace > Awards
Africa > Intellectual life.
Afrique > Vie intellectuelle.
Africa
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (330 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781306289467
1306289467
9781780329444
178032944X
9781780329451
1780329458
9781350218222
1350218227

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