African Gold: The Story of Africa's Nobel Laureates by Sue Heese

ISBN: 9780796035028 / 0796035024 - African Gold: The Story of Africa's Nobel Laureates by Sue Heese (1st Edition). Published by Shuter & Shooter (Pty) Ltd, 2008. Softcover. Used, Near Fine condition. 128 pp.

In the last half century, Africa has produced twenty Nobel Laureates in the categories of peace, physiology or medicine, chemistry and literature. Ironically, on a continent that is often depicted as ravaged by war, the majority of the winners have been associated with a plea for peace and respect for human dignity.

Africa's Laureates started out as ordinary people yet each of them produced remarkable results in their respective fields. Where there were obstacles, they found opportunities; where people said it could not be done, they achieved it and where there was despair, they spread hope. African Gold provides us with a unique opportunity to bask in the reflected glory of some of Africa's greatest citizens.

Nobel laureates included are Kofi Annan, Yassar Arafat, Sydney Brenner, Albert Camus, J.M. Coetzee, Mohamed ElBaradei, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Allan M. Cormac, F.W. De Klerk, Nadine Gordimer, Nadine Gordimer, Albert Luthuli, Wangari Maathai, Nelson Mandela, Naguib Mahfouz, Anwar al-Sadat, Claude Simon, Wole Soyinka, Max Theiler, Desmond Tutu and Ahmed H Zewail.

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