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Lippe, M Lifschitz, Mrs J Rosella and J Gallo indicted for perjury in ball bond proceedings; arraigned; Rudich defends his judicial record and denounces Kassman's testimony against him
Attempt to kill Mussolini denied; shooting of Fascist called act of madman
Amb Grew makes formal inquiry for U S on Hainan Is occupation; Arita gives answer identical with replies to France and Gt Brit; U S South China Patrol comdr, Cap Stapler, repts situation at Hoihow and Kiungchow satisfactory; U S destroyer returns to Hong Kong; Japan to open consulate on island; Adm Yonai refuses definite data on Yangtze River reopening; K Debuchi warns against restriction of 3d power rights in China, Diet
1939Claude Ake, Nigerian political scientist and academic (died 1996)[†]
Claude Ake was a Nigerian political scientist from Omoku, in Rivers State, Nigeria. Ake was considered "one of Africa's foremost political philosophers." He specialized in political economy, political theory, and development studies and is well known for his research on development and democracy in Africa. He was professor of political economy and dean of the University of Port Harcourt's Faculty of Social Sciences for some years in the 1970s and 1980s after having taught at Columbia University, where he earned his Ph.D. in 1966. He held various academic positions at institutions around the world, including at Yale University, University of Nairobi (Kenya), University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and University of Port Harcourt (Nigeria). He was active in Nigerian politics, a critic of corruption and authoritarian rule in Africa. His permanent home was in Port Harcourt.