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I Am Because We Are: An African Mother's Fight for the Soul of a Nation

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In this innovative and intimate memoir, a daughter tells the story of her mother, a pan—African hero who faced down misogyny and battled corruption in Nigeria.

Inspired by the African philosophy of Ubuntu — the importance of community over the individual — and outraged by injustice, Dora Akunyili took on fraudulent drug manufacturers whose products killed millions, including her sister.

A woman in a man’s world, she was elected and became a cabinet minister, but she had to deal with politi...