Obafemi Awolowo
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 94 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5112-0973-9
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo (Yoruba: ?baf??mi Awol??w??; March 6, 1909 – May 9, 1987) was a Nigerian politician, trade unionist, author and statesman. A Yoruba and native of Ikenne in Ogun State of Nigeria, he started his career as a regional political leader like most of his pre-independence contemporaries and was responsible for much of the progressive social legislations that made Nigeria a modern nation. He founded many organizations, including Egbe Omo Oduduwa, the Trade Unions Congress of Nigeria and the Action Group political party. He was an active journalist and trade unionist as a young man, editing The Nigerian Worker amongst other publications while also organizing the Nigerian Produce Traders Association and serving as secretary of the Nigerian Motor Transport Union. After earning a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Nigeria from a London University through Correspondence, he went to the UK where he earned a law degree from London...