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Author
Publisher
Anansi
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In this innovative and intimate memoir, a daughter tells the story of her mother, a pan-African hero who faced down misogyny and battled corruption in Nigeria. Inspired by the African philosophy of Ubuntu -- the importance of community over the individual -- and outraged by injustice, Dora Akunyili took on fraudulent drug manufacturers whose products killed millions, including her sister. A woman in a man's world, she was elected and became a cabinet...
Series
Contributions in Afro-American and African studies volume no. 12
Publisher
Third Press
Pub. Date
[1972]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Discovery Institute Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Charles Darwin fathered not just a scientific theory, but a toxic social ideology that fueled racist colonial policies in Africa. In this sobering book, African scholar Olufemi Oluniyi traces the insidious impact of Darwinian ideas on British imperial policies in Northern Nigeria. Drawing on official documents, public statements, and well-attested historical events, Oluniyi documents how concepts such as evolutionary racism and survival of the fittest...
Publisher
The Borough Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
To define Nigeria is to tell a half-truth. Many have tried, but most have concluded that it is impossible to capture the true scope and significance of Africa's most populous nation through words or images. Through personal essays from twenty-four acclaimed and award-winning writers, a more accurate picture comes into view: one that details the realities and contradictions of patriotism, examines the role of class and privilege in Nigerian society,...
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