Welcome to our book review site go-pdf.online!
You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
Brutally Frank
Brutally Frank is the autobiography of an elder statesman and frontline advocate of truth, fairness, justice, and equity in Nigeria, Chief (Dr.) Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, OF, CON. Written in a simple language, the book tells the story of Edwin Clark right from his forebears till his present. But beyond being the story of just a man and his life, Edwin Clark's story intersects with those of the Ijaws, the Urhobos and the entire Niger Delta on one hand, and the Nigerian nation on the other hand. Therefore, in this book, the history of Nigeria and the vital events that contributed to its current outlook are captured and told as they are in a brutally frank manner! Furthermore, important facts and salient truths which must be stated, understood, and appreciated should Nigeria desire to move forward and reclaim its rightful place in the comity of nations are well articulated by Chief Clark in this book. This is a must read for every Nigerian.
Brutally Frank
None
The Diary of Edwin Clarke
In 1901 Edwin Gulliver Clarke left behind his comfortable, English middle-class life as the son of a bank manager to become a mounted trooper in the British South Africa Police in Rhodesia - now Zimbabwe. When he died in 1955, Clarke left behind a unique handwritten diary of his service. For the first time, read his account of horseback safari across miles of unspoiled African landscape in rural Matabeleland, stalking and hunting big game. Vivid diary entries bring to life a cast of characters: legendary gold prospectors, farmers and settlers telling yarns around a camp fire at night; friendly African chiefs; and Clarke's fellow police officers.
C.O.M.M.U.N.I.C.A.T.I.O.N. II
40 years of living in and out of England. A desperate fight for survival but also of immense creativity in a world so dominated by politics. A world not run by its expensive government but expensively and incomprehensibly run by its administrators, highly politicised and themselves, the victims of a satanic system that enslaves, oppresses and debilitates a whole nation. It's the world that the inhabitants live in and they are all playing the game set out unconsciously by themselves and so many seem to relish and even extase in such a cruel system. Part 2 features exclusively some of the over 400 interviews conducted as exhibits to demonstrate what is this system, including for the first time...
Oil, Environment and Resource Conflicts in Nigeria
This book presents a critical analysis of how oil and gas exploitation - with huge negative impacts on environment, development, and human security - has constructed a disturbing terrain of civil agitation, state repression, violent conflicts, and insecurity within Nigeria. Drawing on the nature and content of public policy and corporate social responsibility practices, the book interrogates the conflicts' communal and regional dimensions in terms of causality, dynamics, and interventions. In presenting strategies and mechanisms for resolving the diverse dimensions of the resource conflicts, it charts the way towards sustainable development and conflict transformation - two issues which would remain germane to the resource conflict resolution discourse in the specific case of the Niger Delta and beyond. (Series: Politics and Economics in Africa - Vol. 7)
Essentials of Lawyering Skills in Africa
In twenty-two chapters, divided into six parts for convenience, the authors not only lay bare the art of lawyering but also provide invaluable nuggets of perfecting and excelling as a solicitor and advocate. There is little doubt that the contents of this book dramatically make a lawyer, especially the lawyer in Africa, to be more effective, more skilful and a proper lawyer useful to the client and society.
Azinge: Born to Serve
Epiphany Chigbogu Azinge is an erudite Professor of Constitutional Law with admirable scholarly attributes: 42 years at the bar; 42 years in crowded lecture halls, impacting knowledge and building prodigies at the Bar and Bench. “Born To Serve” chronicles the “Aba Boy” at 66, and his services from formative years to retirement as Director General, Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, - “Nigerian Law Abode,” – the apex of legal education in Nigeria. He is currently among the jurists of the Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal in London, representing Nigeria. Every stage of his life is eventful. At St. Patrick’s College, Asaba, he once declared a “state of emer...
The Bleeding Continent
This book tells the story of the sorry state of Africa. Although it acknowledges how Europe especially initiated and has surreptitiously maintained the ongoing predation on and the impoverishment of Africa, its major attention is on Africa’s self-betrayal, how Africa’s political leaders and elites have contributed in the present predicament of Africa. Beginning from the dishonourably sadistic roles some of the kings, chiefs, and elites of Africa played during the slave trade era to the predatory systems of governance many of their political leaders adopted after decolonisation and have maintained to date, this book x-rays the internal factors that are also responsible for the poverty of Africa. The author argues passionately, consequently, that only Africa can help Africa, not foreign aid or any external intervention. He stresses that unless the cannibalistic system of governance in many African states are reformed and systems that can stimulate and sustain economic growth adopted, the disappearance of Africa is imminent.
Peacebuilding, Power, and Politics in Africa
Peacebuilding, Power, and Politics in Africa is a critical reflection on peacebuilding efforts in Africa. The authors expose the tensions and contradictions in different clusters of peacebuilding activities, including peace negotiations; statebuilding; security sector governance; and disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration. Essays also address the institutional framework for peacebuilding in Africa and the ideological underpinnings of key institutions, including the African Union, NEPAD, the African Development Bank, the Pan-African Ministers Conference for Public and Civil Service, the UN Peacebuilding Commission, the World Bank, and the International Criminal Court. The volume inclu...
Twentieth-century Caribbean and Black African Writers
Essays on the post-colonial Anglophone writers from Africa and the Caribbean and their works.
