Shehu Musa Yar'Adua
Subtitle: a life of service
By: [Jacqueline W. Farris and Mohammed Bomoi, editors].
Contributors: Farris, Jacqueline W.; Bomoi, Mohammed.; Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Foundation (Nigeria)
Publisher: Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Foundation
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Abuja, Nigeria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
Subjects: Yar'Adua, Shehu Musa; Statesmen -- Nigeria -- Biography; Politicians -- Nigeria -- Biography; Nigeria -- Biography; Nigeria -- Politics and government -- 1960-; Nigeria -- History -- 1960-
Genres: Biography
Notes: This book is "a commissioned work of the Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Foundation under the direction of Jacqueline W. Farris, the organisation's Director General. The book draws heavily on Yar'Adua's extensive collection of documents and personal papers, preserved ... by his widow, Hajia Binta."--P. xi.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-325) and index.
Table of contents: title: I: Child; title: A family of significance; title: School days; title: Coming of age; title: The army calls; title: Into the army; title: Sandhurst; title: An honourable estate; title: Coup d'État; title: Counter-coup; title: Chaos and crisis; title: War; title: The battle for Onitsha; title: Injured; title: Peace; title: An honourable coup; title: III: Public servant; title: Consolidating power; title: The cement armada; title: Government in a hurry; title: Assassination and promotion; title: Second in command; title: Operation feed the nation; title: Reforming local government; title: Leading Africa; title: Restoring civilian rule; title: Reflections on government; title: IV: Politician; title: Retirement; title: Politics calls; title: Return of the military; title: Babangida's turn; title: A modern traditional ruler; title: Party politics; title: To be president; title: June 12; title: Toward an interim national government; title: Babangida's pale shadow; title: V: Prisoner; title: Back to khaki; title: War of attrition; title: Constitutional conference; title: Coup plot, trial, and death sentence; title: Prison days; title: Abakaliki; title: Final journey.