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First published in 1982. This is the biography of Alhaji Shehu Shagari of Nigeria, Africa's most populous state and the world's third biggest democracy. He was elected in 1979, against four opponents, in the election which signified the peaceful end of thirteen and a half years of military rule. Alhaji Shehu was the first boy from Shagari, founded in what is now Sokoto State by his ancestors 170 years ago, to go to secondary school. Education has remained one of his main interests throughout a political career which included many ministerial posts. Thoughtful, scholarly and conciliatory he is now a world figure. The book presents the man and his policies against the lively political, social and economic background of a country of eighty million people, which is among the world's six most important oil exporters.

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Author:   David Williams ,  Kurt Waldheim
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780714640365

ISBN 10:   0714640360
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   22 June 1982
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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?

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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.

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