OBAFEMI AWOLOWO AND THE MAKING OF REMO: THE LOCAL POLITICS OF A NIGERIAN NATIONALIST

OBAFEMI AWOLOWO AND THE MAKING OF REMO: THE LOCAL POLITICS OF A NIGERIAN NATIONALISTThis admirable and richly textured book should be widely read not only by those inter ested in Yoruba history and modern Nigeria but by all those who seek a mature under standing of the intricate connections between local and national politics. Nolte provides powerful insights on the towering stature of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the preeminent politician of the era, along with the social dimensions of power, the richness of political networks,

and intertribal and interfaith animosities on the other

Publisher : Gallery/Scout Press

They unveiled a public chasm that has been growing for years

ISBN-13 : 978-0865437159

long-term leadership in the black community

Reprint edition (August 1

I heard: "The key to a woman's salvation sits in her husband's pocket"

They thought that by exposing the issues

Data from popular literature starkly illustrate this gap

a long-time teacher of capoeira and noted mestre (master)

ISBN-10 : 0061651125

Andrew Murray