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Obasanjo, Nigeria and the World (Hardcover)
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Obasanjo, Nigeria and the World (Hardcover)
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This first full account of Obasanjo's life from 1937 to 2010
combines an analysis of an exceptionally vital and complicated man
with a history of an exceptionally vital and complicated country.
Olusegun Obasanjo was Nigeria's military head of state (1976-9) and
President (1999-2007). His career is made the focus for a history
of Nigeria's first fifty years of independence (1960-2010) and of
African continental affairs during the same period (Obasanjo having
been an active opponent of apartheid and an architect of the
African Union). The most important African leader of his
generation, Obasanjo has had an extraordinarily diverse career as
soldier, politician, statesman, farmer, author, political prisoner,
Baptist preacher, and family patriarch. As a soldier, he secured
the victory in Nigeria's civil war. As military head of state, he
returned the country to civilian rule. For the next 20 years he was
ceaselessly active, before spending three years as a political
prisoner. Released from prison, Obasanjo served Nigeria as elected
President from 1999 to 2007, until his growing authoritarianism and
his manipulation of his successor's election ruined his reputation
among many Nigerians. This book argues that the controversial end
to his presidency must be understood in the light of his earlier
career. The author has used mainly published sources, especially
Nigerian newspapers and political memoirs, as well as recently
released FCO documents in Britain. John Iliffe is a Fellow of St
John's College, Cambridge. He retired as Professor of African
History at Cambridge in 2006 and has published widely on African
history including: A Modern History of Tanganyika; The Emergence of
African Capitalism; The African Poor: A History; Africans: the
History of a Continent; Honour in African History and The African
Aids Epidemic: A History. Nigeria: HEBN [PB]
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