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02187aam a2200361 i 4500 001 3CD8A6A2447311EDBB956A3F21ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221005010052 008 220112s2022 onca 000 0beng d 010 $a oc2022000047 020 $a 1487009631 020 $a 9781487009632 040 $a GCmBT $b eng $c GCmBT $e rda $d GCmBT $d SILO 082 04 $a 966.905092 082 04 $a B $2 23/eng/20220112 100 1 $a Akunyili-Parr, Chidiogo, $e author. 245 10 $a I am because we are : $b an African mother's fight for the soul of a nation / $c Chidiogo Akunyili-Parr. 264 1 $a [Toronto] : $b Anansi, $c 2022. 300 $a xiv, 382 pages : $b illustrations (chiefly color) ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "In this innovative and intimate memoir, a daughter tells the story of her mother, a pan-African hero who faced down misogyny and battled corruption in Nigeria. Inspired by the African philosophy of Ubuntu - the importance of community over the individual- and outraged by injustice, Dora Akunyili took on fraudulent drug manufacturers whose products killed millions, including her sister. A woman in a man's world, she was elected and became a cabinet minister, but she had to deal with political manoeuvrings, death threats, and an assassination attempt for defending the voiceless. She suffered for it, as did her marriage and six children. I Am Because We Are illuminates the role of kinship, family, and the individual's place in society, while revealing a life of courage, how community shaped it, and the web of humanity that binds us all"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Akunyili, Dora N. 600 10 $a Akunyili, Dora N. $x Family. 650 0 $a Women cabinet officers $z Nigeria $v Biography. 650 0 $a Cabinet officers $z Nigeria $v Biography. 651 0 $a Nigeria $x Politics and government $y 1993-2007. 651 0 $a Nigeria $x Politics and government $y 2007- 651 0 $a Nigeria $x Social conditions $y 1960- 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 3 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240619012655.0 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214050006.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20230207011637.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3CD8A6A2447311EDBB956A3F21ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search