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Obasanjo, Nigeria and the World

Obasanjo, Nigeria and the World
Author: John Iliffe
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2011
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 184701027X

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Olusegun Obasanjo has been the most important and controversial figure in Nigeria's first 50 years of independence and the most powerful African of his time. John Iliffe examines Olusegun Obasanjo's complex personality and the extreme controversy he arouses among Nigerians, and illustrates the immense demands made on a leader of a state like Nigeria.


Olusegun Obasanjo: Nigeria's Most successful ruler

Olusegun Obasanjo: Nigeria's Most successful ruler
Author: Adeolu, Adebayo
Publisher: Safari Books Ltd
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2017-10-22
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9785478521

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The name Olusegun Obasanjo is not strange to anybody around the world. In Nigeria, Obasanjo is a household name, a civil war hero, an administrator, a successful farmer, the first military head of State to have organized an election and handed over successfully to a civilian government, a nation-builder who initiated most of Nigeria’s national heritage and a builder of men who introduced many Nigerian technocrats to governance and their indelible marks in governance are still very visible, the only Nigerian to have been nominated as United Nation’s Secretary General, the first former head of State to be imprisoned, though on a wrong accusation, and the first person to have ruled Nigeria twice (between 1976-1979 and 1999-2007).


Making Africa Work

Making Africa Work
Author: Greg Mills
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2017-09-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1849049793

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Sub-Saharan Africa faces three big inter-related challenges over the next generation. It will double its population to two billion by 2045. By then more than half of Africans will be living in cities. And this group of mostly young people will be connected with each other and the world through mobile devices. Properly harnessed and planned for, this is a tremendously positive force for change. Without economic growth and jobs, it could prove a political and social catastrophe. Old systems of patronage and of muddling through will no longer work because of these population increases. Instead, if leaders want to continue in power, they will have to promote economic growth in a more dynamic manner. Making Africa Work is a first-hand account and handbook of how to ensure growth beyond commodities and create jobs in the continent.


My Watch

My Watch
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2012
Genre: Heads of state
ISBN: 9789785316339

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The first of a three-volume memoir, My Watch - Early Life and Military, this exquisitely narrated memoir, in turns intensely personal and broadly nationalistic and international, completes a trilogy of autobiographies-My Command, Not My Will, and My Watch-from Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria and sojourner of Nigerian and world history -- The second of a three-volume memoir, My Watch - Political and Public Affairs, this exquisitely narrated memoir, in turns intensely personal and broadly nationalistic and international, completes a trilogy of autobiographies-My Command, Not My Will, and My Watch-from Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria and sojourner of Nigerian and world history -- The third of a three-volume memoir, My Watch - Now and Then, this exquisitely narrated memoir, in turns intensely personal and broadly nationalistic and international, completes a trilogy of autobiographies-My Command, Not My Will, and My Watch-from Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria and sojourner of Nigerian and world history.


My Watch

My Watch
Author: Olusegun Obasanjo
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Autobiography
ISBN: 9789789437573

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Nigeria's Soldiers of Fortune

Nigeria's Soldiers of Fortune
Author: Max Siollun
Publisher: Hurst & Company
Total Pages: 363
Release: 2019-08-29
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1787382028

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In the cataclysmic decade that is the focus of this book, Nigeria was subject to several near-death experiences. These began when the country nearly tore itself apart after the northern-led military government annulled the results of a 1993 presidential election won by the southerner Moshood Abiola, and ended with former military ruler General Olusegun Obasanjo being the unlikely conduit of democracy. This mini-history of a nation's life also reflects on three mesmerizing protagonists who personified that era. First up is Abiola: the multi-billionaire businessman who had his election victory voided by the generals who made him rich, and who was later assassinated. General Sani Abacha was the mysterious, reclusive ruler under whose watch Abiola was arrested and pro-democracy activists (including Abiola's wife) were murdered. He also oversaw a terrifying Orwellian state security operation. Although Abacha is today reviled as a tyrant, the author eschews selective amnesia, reminding Nigerians that they goaded him into seizing power. The third protagonist is Obasanjo, who emerged from prison to return to power as an elected civilian leader. The penumbra of military rule still looms over Nigeria nearly twenty years after the soldiers departed, and key personalities featured in this book remain in government, including the current president.


A New Dawn

A New Dawn
Author: Olusegun Obasanjo
Publisher:
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2001
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

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The third volume in a series of books documenting speeches made by the President of Nigeria, now in his second term. The speeches were made between May 2001 and October 2003. Some examples of his speeches contained in the volume are: 'Triumph of African Unity'; 'Poverty Eradication'; 'Nigeria's Investment-Friendly Economy'; 'The Evils of Racial Discrimination'; ''Let there be Light'; 'National Honours Roll Call'; 'Banking for Prosperity'; 'Corruption: The War Continues'; 'Triumph of Hope'; 'Fast Forward into the Future' and 'Let there be Optimism'. Ad'Obe Obe, the general editor of the book series, is the Presidential Assistant for International Relations.


This House Has Fallen

This House Has Fallen
Author: Karl Maier
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2009-04-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 0786730617

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To understand Africa, one must understand Nigeria, and few Americans understand Nigeria better than Karl Maier. This House Has Fallen is a bracing and disturbing report on the state of Africa's most populous, potentially richest, and most dangerously dysfunctional nation. Each year, with depressing consistency, Nigeria is declared the most corrupt state in the entire world. Though Nigeria is a nation into which billions of dollars of oil money flow, its per capita income has fallen dramatically in the past two decades. Military coup follows military coup. A bellwether for Africa, it is a country of rising ethnic tensions and falling standards of living, very possibly on the verge of utter collapse -- a collapse that could dramatically overshadow even the massacres in Rwanda. A brilliant piece of reportage and travel writing, This House Has Fallenlooks into the Nigerian abyss and comes away with insight, profound conclusions, and even some hope. Updated with a new preface by the author.


The Asian Aspiration

The Asian Aspiration
Author: Greg Mills
Publisher: Hurst & Company
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2020
Genre: Africa
ISBN: 1787384454

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In 1960, the GDP per capita of Southeast Asian countries was nearly half of that of Africa. By 1986 the gap had closed and today the trend is reversed, with more than half of the world's poorest now living in sub Saharan Africa. Why has Asia developed while Africa lagged? The Asian Aspiration chronicles the stories of explosive growth and changing fortunes: the leaders, events and policy choices that lifted a billion people out of abject poverty within a single generation, the largest such shift in human history. The relevance of Asia's example comes as Africa is facing a population boom, which can either lead to crisis or prosperity, and as Asia is again transforming, this time out of low-cost manufacturing into hi-tech, leaving a void that is Africa's for the taking. Far from the optimistic determinism of Africa Rising, this book calls for unprecedented pragmatism in the pursuit of African success.


Foreign Policy and Leadership in Nigeria

Foreign Policy and Leadership in Nigeria
Author: Steve Itugbu
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2017-05-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1786732335

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Steve Itugbu, for many years a foreign policy aide to Obasanjo, draws on an extensive corpus of official documents, interviews, unpublished material and first-hand experience to explore the president's multi-faceted personality in depth. In so doing, Itugbu demonstrates that Nigeria's foreign policy has suffered through a combination of personalisation - that is subjugation to the will of Obasanjo - and the failings of bureaucratic structures. The book focuses specifically on Nigeria's decision not to intervene in Darfur in 2004, which is shown to be attributable to Obasanjo's politicking and inherent focus on shoring up his own position. Ultimately, an important opportunity for the African Union to set a precedent for humanitarian intervention was missed - a pattern which has since repeated itself across Africa. Such personalisation is common in the region, and the book therefore acts as a case study for better understanding the problems facing foreign policy making, diplomacy and leadership in Africa. Throughout, Itugbu provides a reasoned and thorough analysis of the complex and interconnected issues facing Nigeria and Africa today, and the prospects of resolving these in the future. This behind-the-scenes account of the mechanics of Nigerian foreign policy is essential reading for all students, researchers and policy makers working on Africa.