{"product_id":"african-leaders-of-the-twentieth-century-biko-selassie-lumumba-sankara-paperback","title":"African Leaders of the Twentieth Century: Biko, Selassie, Lumumba, Sankara - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLindy Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA History Book Club Reading Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis omnibus edition brings together concise and up-to-date biographies of Steve Biko, Emperor Haile Selassie, Patrice Lumumba, and Thomas Sankara. \u003ci\u003eAfrican Leaders of the Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e will complement courses in history and political science and serve as a useful collection for the general reader.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteve Biko, \u003c\/i\u003e by Lindy Wilson\u003cbr\u003e Steve Biko inspired a generation of black South Africans to claim their true identity and refuse to be a part of their own oppression. This short biography shows how fundamental he was to the reawakening and transformation of South Africa in the second half of the twentieth century and just how relevant he remains.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmperor Haile Selassie, \u003c\/i\u003e by Bereket Habte Selassie\u003cbr\u003e Emperor Haile Selassie was an iconic figure of the twentieth century, a progressive monarch who ruled Ethiopia from 1916 to 1974. The fascinating story of the emperor s life is also the story of modern Ethiopia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatrice Lumumba, \u003c\/i\u003e by Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja\u003cbr\u003e Patrice Lumumba was a leader of the independence struggle in what is today the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Decades after his assassination, Lumumba remains one of the heroes of the twentieth-century Africanindependence movement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas Sankara: An African Revolutionary, \u003c\/i\u003e by Ernest Harsch\u003cbr\u003e Thomas Sankara, often called the African Che Guevara, was president of Burkina Faso, one of the poorest countries in Africa, until his assassination during the military coup that brought down his government. This is the first English-language book to tell the story of Sankara's life and struggles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLindy Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent South African documentary filmmaker and writer. Her films include \u003ci\u003eCrossroads, Last Supper in Hortsley Street, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRobben Island Our University.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBereket Habte Selassie\u003c\/b\u003e is William E. Leuchtenburg Professor of African Studies and Law, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and former attorney general of Ethiopia as well as associate justice of the Supreme Court of Ethiopia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorges Nzongola-Ntalaja\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of African, African American, and diaspora studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and professor emeritus of African studies at Howard University. He is a past president of the African Studies Association and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Congo from Leopold to Kabila: A People's History.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eErnest Harsch\u003c\/b\u003e is a research scholar at the Institute of African Studies at Columbia University. He worked on African issues at the United Nations for more than twenty years and is the author of \u003ci\u003eSouth Africa: White Rule, Black Revolt.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 624\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.8 x 6.9 x 4.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 17, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468582994173,"sku":"9780821421611","price":78.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/RXdLemw4S21ZbEttcmFPbzZ1YW1ZUT09.webp?v=1777290508","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/african-leaders-of-the-twentieth-century-biko-selassie-lumumba-sankara-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}