The right to development in Africa is both urgent and mandatory. As this book points out, the components of this right are fostering respect for the rule of law, defeating corruption, tapping into African cultures and philosophies, advancing gender justice, and promoting the right to education.
The Problems of Africa: The Need for Ideological Reappraisal is a book written by Obafemi Awolowo, a Nigerian politician and leader of the Yoruba ethnic group. He was also the leader of the Action Group, a political party that opposed the Nigerian ruling coalition in the 1960s.
From Vice President Kamala Harris, one of America’s most inspiring political leaders, comes a book about the core truths that unite us and how best to act upon them.
In the Radiance of the Sage weaves an intriguing story of the ordeals and victories of a courageous, self-sacrificing, enterprising and cultivated woman who was the backbone of her husband’s exceptional accomplishments as a political leader, administrator and thinker.
This landmark reference work emphasizes Yoruba history, geography and demography, language and linguistics, literature, philosophy, religion, and art.
Africa is edging closer to fulfilling her staggering potential. 'Reclaiming Hope' outlines the imperatives for this emerging generation.
Gender, Culture and Development in Africa interrogates ways in which gender, culture, and development in the African context reinforce, shape, and reshape one another.
This innovative anthology presents an interdisciplinary approach to Yorùbá culture and customs.
The essays in this volume provide a framework for understanding contemporary Nigeria’s pains and gains.
This volume combines conceptual and empirical methodology to connect the administrative dots between the dynamics of democratic governance and the imperatives of development in Nigeria.
The book is the truth about the worrisome circumstances Nigeria finds itself.
White Chief, Black Lords explores the tensions and contradictions between the British colonial civilizing mission and the practice of indirect rule. 177 pages Hard Cover
Supported with personal letters and pictures, Olusegun Obasanjo, Nzeogwu’s close friend and confidant, provides a penetrating and detailed account of the lie of the one of the most enigmatic names in Nigeria’s history.
Why We Struck tells the story of the first military intervention in Nigerian politics. The coup that took place on January 15, 1966, was conceived and planned together by Majors Nzeogwu, Ifeajuna and Ademoyega. The execution of the plan had a lightning effect, and the coup provoked a reaction within the first hours of its commencement, opening the...
Ironsi was Nigeria’s first military Head of State. He was killed in Ibadan in the July 1966 counter coup led my northern officers. In this edition entitled Ironsi, Chuks Iloegbunam goes beyond the individual level and the web of intrigues that cost General Aguiyi-Ironis his life.
Nigeria:The Birth of Africa’s Greatest Country chronicles the social political events of colonial and immediate post-colonial Nigeria as recorded by Drum, the popular monthly magazine of those times.
This House of Oduduwa Must Not Fall represents a quest to share the ultimate eye-opening journey to the root of the problems of (the geographical entity called) Nigeria.
Michael Peel, a correspondent for the financial times has told the history of Nigeria and her people in the book.Paper back Pages: 250
Emeka is the authorized biography of the Biafran leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu.
The book contains essays written by four generations of Nigerian scholars. It is the first to examine the historical, political, economic and comparative dimensions of attempts by the military to restructure the Nigerian federation.
The Travails of Democracy and the Rule of Law is the second book of three under the general title Adventures in Power by Chief Obafemi Awolowo.
It is said that the secrets of great men are in their stories. These words are proven profoundly true in Makinde’s generous exposé of his last conversation with the great Chief Obafemi Awolowo.