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ISBN:	1608198596 (ISBN13: 9781608198597)
Edition Language:	English

My First Coup d'Etat: And Other True Stories from the Lost Decades of Africa Hardcover | Pages: 320 pages

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Title	:	My First Coup d'Etat: And Other True Stories from the Lost Decades of Africa
Author	:	John Dramani Mahama
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 320 pages
Published	:	July 3rd 2012 by Bloomsbury USA (first published July 1st 2012)
Categories	:	Cultural. Africa. Autobiography. Memoir. Nonfiction. History. Western Africa. Ghana. Biography

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My First Coup d'Etat chronicles the coming-of-age of John Dramani Mahama in Ghana during the dismal post-independence "lost decades" of Africa. He was seven years old when rumors of a coup reached his boarding school in Accra. His father, a minister of state, was suddenly missing, then imprisoned for more than a year.

My First Coup d'Etat offers a look at the country that has long been considered Africa's success story. This is a one-of-a-kind book: Mahama's is a rare literary voice from a political leader, and his personal stories work on many levels - as fables, as history, as cultural and political analyses, and, of course, as the memoir of a young man who, unbeknownst to him or anyone else, would grow up to be vice president of his nation. Though nonfiction, these are stories that rise above their specific settings and transport the reader - much like the fiction of Isaac Bashevis Singer and Nadine Gordimer - into a world all their own, one which straddles a time lost and explores the universal human emotions of love, fear, faith, despair, loss, longing, and hope despite all else.

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I absolutely loved reading this book! I don't know anyone else that has read it, so if you do, I'd love to discuss with you. It is written by the former president of Ghana. It is his reflections and recollections from his childhood in Ghana during some trying years in the country's history. It is deeply personal and well written. He also effectively makes deep and interesting points about Africa as a whole or life in general by telling a child's story well and then using that as a microcosm of a

I was hoping for a little more on the actual politics of the coup and Mahama's rise to MP and Vice President. This work stays with his early life and ends about 1997. However, readers will enjoy the numerous anecdotes of his life and will gain a greater understanding of life in Ghana in the 1960's, 70's, and 80's.

Autobiography by the newly elected president of Ghana. This book looks like it was written in a series of chapters about the first 20-30 years of the author's life. Each chapter represents a different event, or period in his life, and as such there is some repetition, since some people appear in more than one chapter, but it is written as if we have not already been introduced to them. I think some tighter editing would have helped.Having said that, this book gives a clear picture of life in

This was a very interesting book. The writing was a little stilted but I suspect it is due to the author's Ghanaian English. At times I felt like it could have been arranged a little better but in the end it all came together. I doubt many Americans know much about Ghana and this book is a good place to begin remedying that. For instance, I had no idea how many coups had taken place there! I would have liked to hear more about the author's mother and the lives of his sisters but they didn't

The author is the current President of Ghana, often considered Africa's success story. Born just after independence into a prominent family, his story is closely interwoven with Ghana's story. This is his first book and it is written with an understated sensitivity and simplicity that brings Ghana to life. Based on this autobiography and his biography on Wikipedia I would say that This is definitely someone I admire and would like to have as a friend.

The author was Vice President of Ghana when he published this book - he is now President. He grew up fairly privileged. I have a friend who is from Ghana - when I shared this book with him he said that this first Coup d'Etat which forced the author's father out of public life enabled my friend's family to return from Switzerland to Ghana when my friend was a child. The two of them attended the same private elementary school at the same time. The book gives a very accessible view of culture and

An amazing tale about the struggles of a young nation. Loved it!