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"what Life Has Taught Me" - The Political Career of Dr. Siaka Probyn Stevens and Nation-Building: A Republication of the Autobiography of Dr. Siaka P. Stevens (Paperback)
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"what Life Has Taught Me" - The Political Career of Dr. Siaka Probyn Stevens and Nation-Building: A Republication of the Autobiography of Dr. Siaka P. Stevens (Paperback)
Series: Republication of the Autobiography of Dr. Siaka P. Stevens, 1
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Loot Price R567
Discovery Miles 5 670
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Dr.Siaka Probyn Stevens was the third Prime Minister of Sierra
Leone from 1967 to 1971 and the first Executive president of Sierra
Leone from 1971 to 1986. Siaka Stevens died on May 29th 1988. May
His Soul continue to rest in peace. In 1985, Dr. Siaka Probyn
Stevens published his Autobiography- 'What Life Has Taught Me'.
What Life Has Taught Me is in part a political history of Sierra
Leone and in part the story of a self-made man. This is a
republication of the autobiography, which comes in two parts. Part
I covers his political career and his role in shaping the political
landscape of modern Sierra Leone. There is much in these pages to
interest anyone - thoughts about the temptations of corruption,
views on ideologies, and free speech. Siaka Stevens talks about his
supporters and his opponents. He remembers the first Prime
Minister, Sir Milton Margai, with reverence and respect - even when
he reflects on his imprisonment during that period. Perhaps most
revealing of Stevens (and especially interesting to scholars for
its new information and perspectives), is his assessment of the
military, attempts on his life, coups he tried to forestall by
gentle warnings to potential perpetrators, those that were
attempted and failed, as well as the one that succeeded in 1967.
Stevens brings this period vividly to life and in the process poses
difficult questions about how one controls a military bent on
intervention in political affairs. Siaka Stevens has been more
successful than many political leaders in this regard and as such
his thoughts, concerns, and actions are particularly important.
This book is important in addition because it reveals much more
than the life of Siaka Stevens. It is also about the process of
development, decolonization, and the dynamics of nation building.
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