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Books That The Next African President Should Read Before Taking Office? by black247: 2:45pm On Oct 22, 2014
I think my suggestion would be to read:

Black Africa: The Economic and Cultural Basis for a Federated State
Cheikh Anta Diop (Author)


What are yours?
Re: Books That The Next African President Should Read Before Taking Office? by rash47(m): 2:55pm On Oct 22, 2014
From third world to first world- lee Kwan yeuw

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Re: Books That The Next African President Should Read Before Taking Office? by tuffgongjo(m): 2:56pm On Oct 22, 2014
Mein kempf by Adolf Hitler #sarcasm
Re: Books That The Next African President Should Read Before Taking Office? by Nobody: 3:31pm On Oct 22, 2014
1.The book of psalms,
2.Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
3.Not Yet Uhuru by Jomo Kenyatta.

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Re: Books That The Next African President Should Read Before Taking Office? by SLIDEwaxie(m): 4:53pm On Oct 22, 2014
48 laws of power...
Arts of war...

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Re: Books That The Next African President Should Read Before Taking Office? by black247: 1:35am On Oct 23, 2014
rash47:
From third world to first world- lee Kwan yeuw

Like this!
Re: Books That The Next African President Should Read Before Taking Office? by black247: 1:36am On Oct 23, 2014
SLIDEwaxie:
48 laws of power...
Arts of war...

Read these, I agree!!
Re: Books That The Next African President Should Read Before Taking Office? by black247: 1:36am On Oct 23, 2014
muafrika:
1.The book of psalms,
2.Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
3.Not Yet Uhuru by Jomo Kenyatta.

Excellent choices!
Re: Books That The Next African President Should Read Before Taking Office? by black247: 1:37am On Oct 23, 2014
Looking on my shelf, these two I almost forgot:

Military Coups in West Africa Since the Sixties
Godfrey Mwakikagile (Author)
Re: Books That The Next African President Should Read Before Taking Office? by Nobody: 6:03am On Oct 23, 2014
The trouble with Nigeria

China Achebe

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Re: Books That The Next African President Should Read Before Taking Office? by 2cato: 6:21am On Oct 23, 2014
On War by carl von claustwise (A historian and an army officer)
The art of political warfare (1985 edítion).
Collections of play from williems shakespare.
Human all too Human by fredrick Nietzche.
The problem of peace by henry kissinger
The wiles of war (sun tsu).
The art of seduction.
The travels of maco polo (1963 edition).
The histroy of herodotus.
Colections of aesop fables.
The art of negotiation (esp the one written by roger dawnson).
Stepping in the sheperd shoe and recieving the sheperd mantle.
The life of Ras Tafari a.k.a Haile selaise (emperor of ethiopia).
Masters of mental wars (frank cass publishers).
Strategic thaughts by micheal handel.
A world restord by henry kissinger.
The anatomy of zulus army.
From shaka zulu to ceteswayo.
The biography of MAO TSE TUNG.
The assasins and the templer (1991 edition)

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Re: Books That The Next African President Should Read Before Taking Office? by jamace(m): 6:37am On Oct 23, 2014
Chinua Achebe: There was a country.

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Re: Books That The Next African President Should Read Before Taking Office? by Debonair01: 6:37am On Oct 23, 2014
All good books mentioned. Forgive me diverting alittle, I think they need to watch the tv series "THE WEST WING". I have watched all seasons a couple of times, as much as it is fiction, i feel every leader ( some one shld please buy the DVD for GEJ and wife) might have one or two things to learn and/or infer from it. I particularly love the level of intelligence the president surrounds himself with.

If you ve seen the series, what do u think?

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Re: Books That The Next African President Should Read Before Taking Office? by Nobody: 6:46am On Oct 23, 2014
2cato:
On War by carl von claustwise (A historian and an army officer)
The art of political warfare (1985 edítion).
Collections of play from williems shakespare.
Human all too Human by fredrick Nietzche.
The problem of peace by henry kissinger
The wiles of war (sun tsu).
The art of seduction.
The travels of maco polo (1963 edition).
The histroy of herodotus.
Colections of aesop fables.
The art of negotiation (esp the one written by roger dawnson).
Stepping in the sheperd shoe and recieving the sheperd mantle.
The life of Ras Tafari a.k.a Haile selaise (emperor of ethiopia).
Masters of mental wars (frank cass publishers).
Strategic thaughts by micheal handel.
A world restord by henry kissinger.
The anatomy of zulus army.
From shaka zulu to ceteswayo.
The biography of MAO TSE TUNG.
The assasins and the templer (1991 edition)
The art of seduction?
Re: Books That The Next African President Should Read Before Taking Office? by Nobody: 6:54am On Oct 23, 2014
The Destruction of Black Civilization - Great Issues of a Race from 4500 B.C. to 2000 A.D

by Dr Chancellor Williams.

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Re: Books That The Next African President Should Read Before Taking Office? by 2cato: 6:57am On Oct 23, 2014
muafrika:
The art of seduction?
had it been our leaders have read these books our problem would have been reduce
Re: Books That The Next African President Should Read Before Taking Office? by black247: 7:09am On Oct 23, 2014
jomonic:
The trouble NIgeria

China Achebe

Good one!

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Re: Books That The Next African President Should Read Before Taking Office? by black247: 7:10am On Oct 23, 2014
jamace:
Chinua Achebe: There was a country.

Another good one!
Re: Books That The Next African President Should Read Before Taking Office? by black247: 7:10am On Oct 23, 2014
2cato:
On War by carl von claustwise (A historian and an army officer)
The art of political warfare (1985 edítion).
Collections of play from williems shakespare.
Human all too Human by fredrick Nietzche.
The problem of peace by henry kissinger
The wiles of war (sun tsu).
The art of seduction.
The travels of maco polo (1963 edition).
The histroy of herodotus.
Colections of aesop fables.
The art of negotiation (esp the one written by roger dawnson).
Stepping in the sheperd shoe and recieving the sheperd mantle.
The life of Ras Tafari a.k.a Haile selaise (emperor of ethiopia).
Masters of mental wars (frank cass publishers).
Strategic thaughts by micheal handel.
A world restord by henry kissinger.
The anatomy of zulus army.
From shaka zulu to ceteswayo.
The biography of MAO TSE TUNG.
The assasins and the templer (1991 edition)

WOW! Yes!
Re: Books That The Next African President Should Read Before Taking Office? by black247: 7:11am On Oct 23, 2014
ROSSIKE:
The Destruction of Black Civilization - Great Issues of a Race from 4500 B.C. to 2000 A.D

by Dr Chancellor Williams.

I read this too! Excellent!
Re: Books That The Next African President Should Read Before Taking Office? by Nobody: 7:12am On Oct 23, 2014
[size=18pt]He started reading your recommended texts, he started with Chike and the River[/size]

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Re: Books That The Next African President Should Read Before Taking Office? by black247: 7:14am On Oct 23, 2014
Debonair01:
All good books mentioned. Forgive me diverting alittle, I think they need to watch the tv series "THE WEST WING". I have watched all seasons a couple of times, as much as it is fiction, i feel every leader ( some one shld please buy the DVD for GEJ and wife) might have one or two things to learn and/or infer from it. I particularly love the level of intelligence the president surrounds himself with.

If you ve seen the series, what do u think?

That is fine! We need all the help that we can get imo! Havent watched that yet. Is this the one on netflix too? Political Movie thread we should start one together next! But I invite others to add movies too! I am thinking that I might be mixing House of Cards with the West Wing. Im going to check it out, I think the voters should be equally astute as our leader. Thanks again.
Re: Books That The Next African President Should Read Before Taking Office? by black247: 7:15am On Oct 23, 2014
BuddahMonk:
[size=18pt]He started reading your recommended texts, he started with Chike and the River[/size]

I wonder what other books he has read? Good post, btw.
Re: Books That The Next African President Should Read Before Taking Office? by black247: 7:17am On Oct 23, 2014
muafrika:
The art of seduction?

Art of Seduction is a good read. It is by the same person that wrote 48 laws of power. You should check it out.
Re: Books That The Next African President Should Read Before Taking Office? by black247: 9:31pm On Oct 23, 2014
African Political Thought
By Guy Martin

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