Nobel Peace laureates of African descent Adebajo, Adekeye 1966- editor of compilation text bibliography biography Biography. History. enk 2014 monographic eng

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330 pages ; 24 cm Part 1. Introduction. Obama's Nobel ancestors : from Bunche to Barack and beyond / Adekeye Adebajo -- Barack Obama : between racial compatriots and Nobel ancestors / Ali A. Mazrui -- Part 2. The three African Americans. Ralph Bunche, Martin Luther King Jr and Barack Obama : three African-American Nobel laureates debate war and peace / Pearl T. Robinson -- Ralph Bunche : the scholar-diplomat / James O.C. Jonah -- Martin Luther King Jr : the great provocateur / Lee A. Daniels -- Part 3. The four South Africans. Albert Luthuli : the Black Moses / Chris Saunders -- Desmond Tutu : the wounded healer / Maureen Isaacson -- Nelson Mandela : the oratory of the Black Pimpernel / Elleke Boehmer -- Frederik Willem de Klerk : the pragmatic peacemaker / Gregory F. Houston -- Part 4. The two Egyptians. Anwar Sadat : the tragic peacemaker / Boutros Boutros-Ghali -- Mohamed ElBaradei : the rocket man / Morad Abou-Sabé -- Part 5. The Kenyan and the Ghanaian. Wangari Maathai : the Earth Mother / Janice Golding -- Kofi Annan : the soft-spoken prophet / Gwendolyn Mikell -- Part 6. The two Liberians. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf : the iron lady / Adekeye Adebajo -- Leymah Gbowee : the prayerful peace warrior / Rosaline Daniel edited by Adekeye Adebajo, Centre for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town Includes bibliographical references and index f------ Pacifists Biography Nobel Prizes History Peace Awards History Nobel Prize winners Africa Biography JZ5540 .A37 2014 Adebajo, Adekeye, 1966- Mazrui, Ali AlʼAmin. Robinson, Pearl T., 1945- Jonah, James O. C. Daniels, Lee A. Saunders, Chris. Isaacson, Maureen, 1955- Boehmer, Elleke, 1961- Houston, Gregory F. Boutros-Ghali, Boutros, 1922- 9781780329420 (hb) 1780329423 (hb) 9781780329437 (pb) 1780329431 (pb) Library of congress 130921 20181115093313.0 858353324 eng