May 18, 2013

Defeating Dictators (by George B.N. Ayittey)

Defeating Dictators - Fighting Tyranny In Africa and Around the World (by George Ayittey)

Ayittey’s latest book, released on November 8, 2011, and published by Palgrave McMillan, sets out proposals to, “help oppressed people elsewhere in the world battling dictators and struggling to bring democratic change to their countries peacefully – without violence, without firing a shot, and without Western help or intervention.

Nelson Mandela – By Himself: The Authorized Book of Quotations

There’s a lot that Nelson Mandela has said – before and after his 27-year incarceration. In Nelson Mandela By Himself, recently released by Pan Macmillan/PQ Blackwell, all Mandela has ever said outside his bedroom is showcased in all its intellectual glory. Read Don Makatile’s review of the book.