Democracy Shot Dead - Truman, D. Richard
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In 1965, author D. Richard Truman is a Canadian advertising executive searching for adventure and a warmer climate. When he is transferred to Nigeria, he arrives wide-eyed and blunder-prone. Tossed into the country to promote and encourage free enterprise, Truman is ill prepared for what he finds. Although Nigeria has enjoyed independence for the past five years, a civil war is under way, and Truman is about to witness Africa's first self-inflicted "coup." In a world where Russian Bolsheviks, old and new imperialist powers, big oil and big money, and corruption is ruining the country, Truman…mehr

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In 1965, author D. Richard Truman is a Canadian advertising executive searching for adventure and a warmer climate. When he is transferred to Nigeria, he arrives wide-eyed and blunder-prone. Tossed into the country to promote and encourage free enterprise, Truman is ill prepared for what he finds. Although Nigeria has enjoyed independence for the past five years, a civil war is under way, and Truman is about to witness Africa's first self-inflicted "coup." In a world where Russian Bolsheviks, old and new imperialist powers, big oil and big money, and corruption is ruining the country, Truman must navigate the treacheries of being a foreigner in the midst of a nation turned inside out. Historic gaffes, tribal in-fighting, religious differences, and massive business corruption are bubbling in Nigeria, poisoning the government, and leading to the death of African democracy. Democracy Shot Dead is Truman's recollections of his experiences in Nigeria from 1965 to 1966. Full of gripping detail of a time in Nigerian history when a democracy turned into a military state in a matter of years, Truman's account resonates with the devastation, confusion, and survival of a country suffused with turmoil.
Autorenporträt
D. RICHARD TRUMAN is an international Creative Director who plied his trade in the swinging sixties in London, then the global epicenter of advertising creativity. It was also the birthplace of industry giants like Ridley and Tony Scott, David Puttnam, Frank Lowe, Alan Parker, John Hegarty, and the redoubtable Saatchi brothers. The trillion dollar global advertising business titillates observers with controversy and don't-tell-all adventures starring heroes and swine in a profession perceived to be laced with cut-throat skullduggery. Advertising is a muscular force that damns us when we listen and shames us if we don't. This is Truman's 10th book. He currently resides in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada with his wife, Bev, and a clowder of moggies.