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Yar'Adua Still AWOL

Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua continues to be nowhere to be found. Yar’Adua, who has continued to suffer health problems and whose absence has caused rumors to swirl, has been missing for six weeks, since November 23. Nigerian opposition parties are beginning to ask questions, and understandably so. A serious political crisis in Nigeria could be a nightmare for the country, the West African region, and the continent.

 

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Derek Catsam

Derek Catsam is a Professor of history and Kathlyn Cosper Dunagan Professor in the Humanities at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. He is also Senior Research Associate at Rhodes University. Derek writes about race and politics in the United States and Africa, sports, and terrorism. He is currently working on books on bus boycotts in the United States and South Africa in the 1940s and 1950s and on the 1981 South African Springbok rugby team's tour to the US. He is the author of three books, dozens of scholarly articles and reviews, and has published widely on current affairs in African, American, and European publications. He has lived, worked, and travelled extensively throughout southern Africa. He writes about politics, sports, travel, pop culture, and just about anything else that comes to mind.

Areas of Focus:
Africa; Zimbabwe; South Africa; Apartheid

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