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In His hands : the autobiography of a Nigerian village boy / Biyi Afonja.
LIBRA CT2528.A347 A3 2005
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Afonja, Biyi.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Afonja, Biyi.
- Statisticians.
- College teachers.
- Nigeria--Biography.
- Nigeria.
- College teachers--Nigeria--Biography.
- Statisticians--Nigeria--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 392 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ibadan, Nigeria : STATCO, 2005.
- Summary:
- In His Hands. The Autobiography of a Nigerian Village Boy shared The Book of the Year award at the 2007 Annual Nigerian International Book Fair. It details the journey into the world of academia of a village boy who became fatherless at the age of 5. Biyi Afonja is now a retired Professor of Statistics. He was the first and only Nigerian to be elected an honorary Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and has held posts in the UN and was Pro-Chancellor at Ogun State University, Nigeria.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Afonja, Biyi. In His hands.
- ISBN:
- 9783313460
- 9789783313460
- OCLC:
- 171023573
- Publisher Number:
- 99966594206
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