Segal, Ronald;
African Profiles
Penguin Books, 1962, 406 pages
topics: | africa | history-modern | biography
Brief biographies of the leaders of Africa by a writer born in South Africa, but forced into exile. Includes: South Africa: Hendrik Verwoerd, Sir de Villiers Graaff, Harry Oppenheimer, Peter Brown, Albert Lutuli;, Robert Sobukwe; South West Africa (Namibia): Hosea Katako [Kutako] Portuguese Africa (Angola): Holden Roberto, Ilidio Machado, Dr Antonio Neto, Mario Pinto de Andrade, Monseigneur Sebastiao de Resende; Nigerian Nationalism: Dr Benjamin Asikiwe. Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. Obafemi Awolowo. Ghana: Kwame Nkrumah Ivory Coast: Felix Houphouet-Boigny Guinean Experiment: Sekou Toure Senegal: Leopold Sedar Senghor Moroccan Monarchy: Hassan II, Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser...