Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. 186 pages; 22 cm

Summary

1. Notable African leaders, their peoples, and their countries.

Subject

1. Politische Elite
2. Présidents > Afrique noire > Biographies > Cas, Études de
3. Africa > Biography
4. Afrique > Biographies
5. Africa
6. Afrika
7. Africa > Biography

Genre/Form

1. Biography
2. Biographies
3. Biographies.

Contents

1. The African revolution -- Africa: the birth of leadership -- Haile Selassie, the elder statesman -- Tom Mboya, the young man from Kenya -- Julius Nyerere, architect of a new nation -- Léopold-Sedar Senghor, the poet-philosopher -- Sékou Touré, the man whose chose independence -- William V.S. Tubman: a new deal for Liberia -- Félix Houphouet-Boigny: independence with fraternity -- Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, pioneer for African independence -- Alhaji Sir Abubakar, navigator for Africa's powerful new nation -- Important leaders in other areas -- The world looks at Africa -- The road ahead.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library