President and Power in Nigeria: The Life of Shehu Shagari

ISBN-13: 9780714640365 / Angielski / Miękka / 1982 / 250 str.

David Williams

Opis

First published in 1982. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Spis treści

Introduction 1 A Place Called Shagari 2 Pupil and Teacher 3 Call to Politics 4 In Sir Abubakar's Government 5 Return to Sokoto 6 Grass Roots Again 7 Back to the Centre 8 Politics No More? 9 Return to Politics 10 The Path to the Presidency 11 President of All Nigeria 12 Nigeria and the World 13 Towards Economic Freedom? 14 Religion for Rulers 15 A President at Work; Postscript: A New Beginning?

O autorze

David Williams was editor of the weekly W esc Africa from 1949 to 1978. He is now consultant to the fortnightly NigeriaNewsleccer,and a director of West Africa Publishing Company. An Oxford graduate, he served with West Africans in Ethiopia in the I 939-45 war.