Africa's Peacemakers
Subtitle: Nobel Peace Laureates of African Descent
Publisher: Zed Books, Limited
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9781780329451
Subjects: Africa, intellectual life; Persons
Description: 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.