1st Edition

Boutros Boutros-Ghali Afro-Arab Prophet, Proselytiser, Pharoah, and Pope

By Adekeye Adebajo Copyright 2023
138 Pages
by Routledge

138 Pages
by Routledge

This is the first historical biography in English to be published on Egyptian scholar-diplomat, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the most intellectually accomplished of the nine UN secretaries-general. The first African and first Arab to occupy the post, Boutros - Ghali held the office in the momentous five post-Cold War years (1992-1996), massively expanding UN peacekeeping and leading intellectual... Read more
1 Noblesse Oblige: A Committed Coptic Christian
2 The Prophet: Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
3 The Proselytiser: The Organisation of African Unity and the Non-Aligned Movement
4 The Pharaoh: The Perils of Peacemaking
5 The Pope on the East River: Development, Democratisation, and Human Rights
6 Legacy

Biography

Professor Adekeye Adebajo is a senior research fellow at the University of Pretoria’s Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship (CAS) in South Africa. He is the author of UN Peacekeeping in Africa, and served with UN missions in South Africa, Western Sahara, and Iraq.