{"product_id":"my-first-coup-detat-and-other-true-stories-from-the-lost-decades-of-africa-1608198596","title":"My First Coup d'Etat: And Other True Stories from the Lost Decades of Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1608198596\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mahama, John Dramani\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy 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 imprisoned for more than a year.My First Coup D'Etat offers an intimate 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 history, as cultural and political analysis, as fables, and, of course, as the memoir of a young man who, unbeknownst to him or anyone else, would grow up to be president of his nation. Though non-fiction, these are stories that rise above their specific settings and transport the reader into a world all their own, one which evokes a time lost and explores the universal human emotions of love, fear, faith, despair, loss, longing, and hope despite all else.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52181927297312,"sku":"NEW1608198596","price":51.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/718w7u2XR3L.jpg?v=1786604687","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/my-first-coup-detat-and-other-true-stories-from-the-lost-decades-of-africa-1608198596","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}