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This thoughtful account of Patrice Lumumba provides an insight into why the swift elimination of the legend from the geopolitical developments involving his country plunged Congo into turmoil that it is yet to recover from. Janvier T. Chando highlights Congo's deep trauma as the private possession of King Leopold of Belgium, later as a Belgian colony, and afterward, as a so-called independent state that got disarrayed by a tug-of-war between the cold war rivals. That resulted in the inhuman dictatorship of pro-Western Mobutu Sese Seko, in wars during which millions of Congolese died, in the...

In this magical account, Janvier T. Chando brilliantly establishes the threads that made the young Thomas Sankara one of Africa’s iconic leaders in the twentieth century, and the revolutionary changes he brought to Burkina Faso that transformed it into Sub-Saharan Africa’s most self-reliant country. The author leads the reader hand-in-hand to the path of the trail of the young Sankara’s catapult into the limelight of Burkina Faso’s politics, his travails, his rise to power as the head of state, and his lucid notion of his mission. Sankara comes across as one of those rare African ...

In a contemporary world blighted by conflicts and contradictory narratives tailored to sanitize or demonize the participating countries, we need a deep but concise understanding of the essence of the belligerent parties so as to make good judgements, appropriate condemnations, or carry out justified actions. It is along those lines that the writer is taking us on a vivid journey through the seven centuries of Polish history that defined the character of the nation, forged its identity, and established its relations with its neighbors in a manner that greatly determines its foreign and ...

No continent has experienced half the political assassinations, coup d’états, internal and external wars, civil unrest, and economic upheaval s since the second half of the twentieth century that Africa suffered. Yet, hardly any serious pundit would say that the hands of foreign forces that are out to secure their “so-called interests” in the continent or that want to gain new ones, were not in most of these setbacks. That these external forces have roughly been succeeding with the help of Africans with the evil disposition or Africans ignorant of their game plan is true. Opposed to ...

The Pannonian Basin, which is also known as the Great Hungarian Plain, is one of Europe’s most fertile regions, famous for its rich, loamy soils (Chernozems) deposited by ancient seas and rivers, making it ideal for intensive agriculture. That is why it became central to Europe's Migration Period from 375 to 800 AD, when the migrating Huns—nomadic, equestrian warriors from Central Asia—under the famous Attila, invaded the Central European basin around 370 AD, subjugated or pushed the local Iranian and numerous Germanic tribes (like the Aland and the Goths) into Roman territory, ...

Paul Biya, l’octogénaire et deuxième président du Cameroun, a été au pouvoir depuis quarante-six ans (dix ans au poste de Premier Ministre — qui est la deuxième fonction en importance du pays, et trente-six ans en tant que Président — la plus haute fonction du pays), faisant de lui le chef d'État le plus ancien d'Afrique et du monde, qui n'est pas royal. Il est le gardien d'un système mis en place par la France il y a six décennies avant de permettre au Cameroun de devenir membre de l'Organisation des Nations Unies le 1er janvier 1960en lui accordant sa soi-disant ...

SYNOPSIS DE « ICÔNES ET MÉCHANTS » Les pays, les continents et le monde en général connaissent des secousses qui les éloignent de leurs voies évolutives, sinon réformatrices, entraînant des changements sismiques qui les transforment fondamentalement. Les assassinats sont l'un des puissants catalyseurs de ces changements, car ils conduisent à des guerres, des changements politiques et même des transformations économiques. Vous trouverez ci-dessous un aperçu des assassinats politiques de grande envergure qui hantent encore le monde aujourd'hui : François-Ferdinand : Gavrilo ...

Countries, continents, and the world at large experience jolts that move them away from their evolutionary if not reformatory paths, resulting in seismic changes that transform them fundamentally. Assassinations are one of the potent catalysts for these changes as they lead to wars, political changes, and even economic transformations. Below is an insight into far-reaching political assassinations that are still haunting the world today: Franz Ferdinand: Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian-Serb nationalist kills the Archduke and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, thereby sparking off World War One...

Aucun continent n'a connu la moitié des assassinats politiques, des coups d'état, des guerres internes et externes, des troubles civils et des bouleversements économiques depuis la seconde moitié du XXe siècle comme l'Afrique. Pourtant, aucun expert sérieux ne dirait que la plupart de ces échecs n'ont pas les mains de forces étrangères qui cherchent à protéger leurs «soi-disant intérêts» sur le continent ou qui veulent en acquérir de nouveaux. C'est vrai que ces forces extérieures aient à peu près réussi avec l'aide des Africains avec la mauvaise disposition du mal ou ...

When bright-eyed child prodigy Gavin Njike loses his family and pursues a hazy path of vengeance, he never imagined he could end up serving his family’s killers. However, that is the case after he joins the country’s intelligence. Things start to go wrong when he finds himself in the dark about operations. But it is the death of the dissident visionary Vincent Chi that opens the floodgates of his memory, forcing him to grapple with the tragedies suffered by his family. Now, there is unrest boiling beneath the surface of Cameroonian society. President Pablo-Nero Essomba, the leader of ...

Cette première partie du récit des hégémons qui ont façonné le monde occidental est une histoire millénaire impliquant la Rome antique et la nature de son monde qui impliquait les empires contre lesquels elle s'est battue, les terres et les peuples qu'elle a conquis, les invasions « barbares » qu'elle a vaincues et n'a pas réussi à arrêter, et l'influence qu'elle a exercée en Europe. L'Afrique et le Moyen-Orient, ce qui en fait la cible de puissants non-Romains déterminés à le contrôler tout en chérissant sa civilisation, les attributs positifs qui constituent le noyau du ...

This account of Muammar Gaddafi takes us to his rise to power, to the moments when he was in the spotlight, and then to his travails and his swift elimination from the geopolitical developments in Libya in a procession that plunged the country into a turmoil that it is yet to recover from. With insight, lucidity, impartiality, breadth, and diligence, Janvier T, Chando manages to delineate the intricate threads that weaved the controversial character of Muammar Gaddafi. He not only finds the truth from the disparate accounts about the Libyan strongman, he shed light on him in a unique manner...

Hay una especie de dulce inocencia en ser lo real, el verdadero heredero de un legado, el defensor de la identidad a la que otros se esfuerzan por apegarse. En este relato, vemos dos narrativas que se oponen entre sí, pero que deberían complementarse entre sí. ¿Cómo puede un pueblo tan dividido por la historia abrazar su herencia común o denominador como los hijos de la Rus de Kiev, pero que más tarde se conoció como el pueblo fronterizo (Ucranianos)? "Los Verdaderos Ucranianos" es la primera parte de un relato que nos llevaría de la mano a través de nuestro viaje que nos ...

This succinct narrative effortlessly takes us through a millennium and a half of the formative history of the land that is at the center of geopolitics today. As the first part of a breathtaking account that takes us hand-in-hand through the landmark history of the land variously described as "The Holy Land", “The Promised Land", Israel and Palestine, this narrative provides unique insight into plans — attempted and not yet articulated — to resolve the conflict between two peoples or nations with deep connections to the land, but who are not living there in peace because they are ...

Dans MÊME SES ENNEMIS ONT PLEURÉ : L'Assassinat d'Yitzhak Rabin d'Israël, Janvier T. Chando fournit au lecteur un récit succinct et perspicace d'Yitzhak Rabin qui nous aide à comprendre son monde, la région turbulente dans laquelle il est né, la complexité de la géopolitique et ce qu'implique le leadership --- confiance, courage, compassion, inspiration, connaissance, compréhension, intégrité, équité, motivation. Le récit époustouflant nous emmène à travers le parcours d'Yitzhak Rabin en tant que garçon timide poussé par les exigences de son temps pour devenir soldat et ...

Nessun continente ha vissuto la metà degli omicidi politici, colpi di stato, guerre interne ed esterne, disordini civili e sconvolgimenti economici dalla seconda metà del XX secolo che l'Africa è stata sottoposta. Tuttavia, quasi nessun esperto serio direbbe che le mani di forze straniere che sono fuori per assicurarsi i loro "cosiddetti interessi" nel continente o che vogliono guadagnarne di nuovi, non erano nella maggior parte di questi contrattempi. Che queste forze esterne abbiano avuto all'incirca successo con l'aiuto degli africani con la disposizione malvagia o gli africani che ...

HEGEMON IN THE MAKING is the first part of the account of the hegemons that shaped the Western World, a thousand-year story per se about ancient Rome and the nature of its world. This involves the empires it fought against, the lands and people it conquered, the “Barbarian” invasions it defeated and failed to stop, and the influence it exerted in Europe, Africa, and East Asia (The Middle East), making it the target of other powerful forces determined to bring it down while cherishing its civilization, the positive attributes that constitute the bedrock of Western civilization today ...

In a Europe dominated by empires in the early years of the twentieth century, ethnic nationalism is challenging the status quo, threatening to throw the continent into an unfathomable turmoil. To hedge against this impending war, the different European leaders embarked on strengthening the alliances they had formed. Appearing the most vulnerable to this phenomenon is the multi-ethnic Austro-Hungarian Empire, which is situated at the heart of Europe and whose citizens come from Europe's three major language groups. But strangely enough, its emperor Franz Josef is loved by the majority of all...

Ce récit réfléchi de Patrice Lumumba trouve que l'élimination rapide de la légende des développements géopolitiques impliquant son pays a plongé le Congo dans une tourmente dont il n'a pas encore récupéré. Janvier T. Chando donne forme au traumatisme profond du Congo comme la possession privée du roi Léopold de Belgique, plus tard comme une colonie belge et ensuite comme un soi-disant État indépendant rendu misérable par un bras de fer entre les rivaux de la guerre froide. Cela a abouti à la dictature inhumaine du pro-occidental Mobutu Sese Seko, dans des guerres au cours ...

Dans COUPS DE FEU ET LAMENTATIONS, Janvier T. Chando offre aux lecteurs des récits succincts de la vie, des idéaux et des décès prématurés des personnalités politiques imposantes dont les assassinats ont choqué la société américaine, déclenché des transformations politiques nationales et fondamentalement modifié la politique étrangère américaine, de sorte que les États-Unis de l'Amérique a perdu son innocence pour toujours.Sur un siècle, la mort par balle de quatre présidents des États-Unis — Abraham Lincoln, William McKinley, James A. Garfield et John F. Kennedy —...