| Edition |
[Enhanced Credo edition] |
| Description |
1 online resource (25 entries) ; digital files |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| 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 -- |
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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. |
| Access |
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| Summary |
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. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Local Note |
Credo Reference General Reference |
| Subject |
Nobel Prizes -- History.
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Nobel Prizes. |
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History. |
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Peace -- Awards -- History.
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Peace -- Awards. |
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Nobel Prize winners -- Africa -- Biography.
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Nobel Prize winners. |
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Africa. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Pacifists -- Biography.
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Pacifists. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Adebajo, Adekeye, 1966- editor of compilation.
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Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.
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| Added Title |
Nobel Peace laureates of African descent. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 1780329431 9781780329437 330 pages |
| ISBN |
9781784028473 electronic version |
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9781780329437 paperback |
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1780329431 paperback |
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1780329423 hardback |
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9781780329420 hardback |
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