An edition of Shehu Musa Yar'Adua (2004)

Shehu Musa Yar'Adua

a life of service

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Jacqueline W. Farris
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a life of service

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Publisher
Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Foundation
Language
English
Pages
332

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Subjects

Politics and government, Politicians, Statesmen, Biography, History, Political participation, Cultural pluralism

People

Shehu Musa Yar'Adua

Places

Nigeria

Times

1960-
Edition Availability
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Shehu Musa Yar'Adua: a life of service
2004, Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Foundation
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2004, Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Foundation
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Table of Contents

I: Child
A family of significance
School days
Coming of age
The army calls
Into the army
Sandhurst
An honourable estate
Coup d'État
Counter-coup
Chaos and crisis
War
The battle for Onitsha
Injured
Peace
An honourable coup
III: Public servant
Consolidating power
The cement armada
Government in a hurry
Assassination and promotion
Second in command
Operation feed the nation
Reforming local government
Leading Africa
Restoring civilian rule
Reflections on government
IV: Politician
Retirement
Politics calls
Return of the military
Babangida's turn
A modern traditional ruler
Party politics
To be president
June 12
Toward an interim national government
Babangida's pale shadow
V: Prisoner
Back to khaki
War of attrition
Constitutional conference
Coup plot, trial, and death sentence
Prison days
Abakaliki
Final journey.

Edition Notes

This book is "a commissioned work of the Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Foundation under the direction of Jacqueline W. Farris, the organisation's Director General. The book draws heavily on Yar'Adua's extensive collection of documents and personal papers, preserved ... by his widow, Hajia Binta."--P. xi.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-325) and index.

Published in
Abuja, Nigeria
Genre
Biography

Classifications

Library of Congress
DT515.83.Y37 S54 2004

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Pagination
xii, 332 p., [16] p. of plates :
Number of pages
332

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23156614M
LCCN
2007327418

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