DR NNAMDI AZIKIWE, NIGERIA'S FIRST PRESIDENT ,KNOWN WORLDWIDE AS THE ZIK OF AFRICA IS PERHAPS THE ONLY BLACK MAN THAT CAN LAY CLAIMS AS BEING THE MAN WHO FREED AFRICA FROM COLONIALISM. AS HE WAS A MENTOR TO MANY TOP AFRICAN NATIONALISTS SUCH AS KWAME NKRUMAH,JULIUS NYERERE,JOMO KENYETA,NELSON MANDELA AND MANY MORE.HIS BOOK 'RENASCENT AFRICA"PUBLISHED IN THE 1930'S WAS EPOCHAL IN AFRICA'S WAR OF INDEPENDENCE.ZIK'S WORDS OF WISDOM"IS THE WISE WORDS OF THE MAN WHO INSPIRED NOT JUST AFRICANS TO GO FOR FREEDOM,BUT A MAN WHO ALSO IMPACTED AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.BESIDES, HE WAS THE FIRST TO TEACH AFRICAN HISTORY AS A COURSE IN AN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY AND DEVELOPED THE STANDARD UN PEACE STRATAGEM OF THE LAST 50 YEARS.THE BOOK IS ZIK'S VIEWS ON POLITICS,AFRICA,ETHIOPIA,LEADERSHIP,OPPRESSION,THE BLACKRACE,WORLDPEACE,WAR,DEMOCRACY,IMPERIALISM,COLONIALISM,GOD,NIGERIA,MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN,EDUCATION,ROME,ETE ETC .ITS ALSO ABOUT HIS OWN STORY