{"product_id":"african-activists-of-the-twentieth-century-hani-maathai-mpama-palmer-saro-wiwa-paperback","title":"African Activists of the Twentieth Century: Hani, Maathai, Mpama\/Palmer, Saro-Wiwa - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHugh MacMillan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTabitha Kanogo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert R. Edgar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn omnibus collection of concise and up-to-date biographies of four influential figures from modern African history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChris Hani, \u003c\/i\u003e by Hugh Macmillan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChris Hani was one of the most highly respected leaders of the African National Congress, the South African Communist Party, and uMkhonto we Sizwe. His assassination in 1993 threatened to upset the country's transition to democracy and prompted an intervention by Nelson Mandela that ultimately accelerated apartheid's demise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWangari Maathai, \u003c\/i\u003e by Tabitha Kanogo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis concise biography tells the story of Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner who devoted her life to campaigning for environmental conservation, sustainable development, democracy, human rights, gender equality, and the eradication of poverty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJosie Mpama\/Palmer: Get Up and Get Moving, \u003c\/i\u003e by Robert R. Edgar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHighly critical of the patriarchal attitudes that hindered Black women's political activism, South Africa's Josie Mpama\/Palmer was an outspoken advocate for women's social and political equality, a member of the Communist Party of South Africa, and an antiapartheid activist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKen Saro-Wiwa, \u003c\/i\u003e by Roy Doron and Toyin Falola\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA penetrating, accessible portrait of the Nigerian activist whose execution galvanized the world. Ken Saro-Wiwa became a martyr and symbolized modern Africans' struggle against military dictatorship, corporate power, and environmental exploitation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHugh Macmillan\u003c\/b\u003e has taught at universities in Zambia, South Africa, and Eswatini. He has published widely on the history of the ANC and other southern African topics. He is a research associate at the African Studies Centre, Oxford University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTabitha Kanogo\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of history at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eAfrican Womanhood in Colonial Kenya, 1900-50\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSquatters and the Roots of Mau Mau\u003c\/i\u003e, both available from Ohio University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert R. Edgar\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of African studies at Howard University and the editor of \u003ci\u003eAn African American in South Africa: The Travel Notes of Ralph J. Bunche\u003c\/i\u003e, also available from Ohio University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoy Doron\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of history at Winston-Salem State University, where he examines the intersection of war, ethnicity, and identity formation in postcolonial Africa, focusing on the Nigerian Civil War. His work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Genocide Studies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAfrican Economic History\u003c\/i\u003e, and he is the founding managing editor of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of African Military History\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eToyin Falola\u003c\/b\u003e is president of the African Studies Association and the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eA History of Nigeria\u003c\/i\u003e and many other books, and holds several honorary doctorates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 750\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.65 x 6.93 x 4.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 28, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461811093682,"sku":"9780821425145","price":71.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/2bf86f46e856873ebb8bb8fcbcdb453a.webp?v=1778955996","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/african-activists-of-the-twentieth-century-hani-maathai-mpama-palmer-saro-wiwa-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}