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Alan Rake - African Leaders: Guiding the New Millennium (A to Z Guides) - 9780810840195 - V9780810840195
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African Leaders: Guiding the New Millennium (A to Z Guides)

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Description for African Leaders: Guiding the New Millennium (A to Z Guides) Hardcover. This work attempts to provide short profiles of Africa's leaders and their main challengers. It concentrates on the presidents and military rulers in power and those most likely to replace them. Each profile has a short assessment of their character and career followed by a life history. Num Pages: 272 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JM; GTB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Rake provides short profiles of Africa's leaders and their main challengers. It concentrates on the presidents and military rulers in power and those most likely to replace them. Each profile has a short assessment of the character and career followed by a comprehensive life history. This is told in strict chronological order, on a country by country basis. The essential facts about each leader are featured in bold type at the beginning of each biography—the leader's rank, date of birth, ethnicity, religion, and political party. More than a dry list of facts and dates, this volume includes insight, anecdote, ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810840195
SKU
V9780810840195
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Alan Rake
Alan Rake is Managing Editor of the monthly London-based magazine New African. He has specialized in African affairs for the last 35 years, working with many other magazines and newsletters, and is the author of a number of books and reference works on Africa.

Reviews for African Leaders: Guiding the New Millennium (A to Z Guides)
Very well written and has been carefully proofread…a great convenience…Rake manages to compress a large amount of material in a few pages.
International Journal of African Historical Studies
Journalist Rake profiles 52 African leaders, focusing on presidents and military rulers in power and those most likely to replace them. The entries are arranged alphabetically by country. ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for African Leaders: Guiding the New Millennium (A to Z Guides)


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