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Liberia


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Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War
Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War
by Leymah Gbowee
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WINNER OF THE 2011 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE In a time of death and terror, Leymah Gbowee brought Liberia’s women together—and together they led a nation to peace. As a young woman, Leymah Gbowee was broken by the Liberian... (read more)

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This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President
This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President
by Ellen Johns Sirleaf
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In January 2006, after the Republic of Liberia had been racked by fourteen years of brutal civil conflict, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf—Africa's "Iron Lady"—was sworn in as president, an event that marked a tremendous turning point in the history... (read more)

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The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood
The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood
by Helene Cooper
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Helene Cooper is “Congo,” a descendant of two Liberian dynasties—traced back to the first ship of freemen that set sail from New York in 1820 to found Monrovia. Helene grew up at Sugar Beach, a twenty-two-room mansion by the sea... (read more)

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This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President
This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President
by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
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In January 2006, after the Republic of Liberia had been racked by fourteen years of brutal civil conflict, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf—Africa's "Iron Lady"—was sworn in as president, an event that marked a tremendous turning point in the history of... (read more)

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The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood
The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood
by Helene Cooper
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Helene Cooper is Congo, a descendant of two Liberian dynasties--traced back to the first ship of freemen that set sail from New York in 1820 to found Monrovia. Helene grew up at Sugar Beach, a twenty-two-room mansion by the sea. Her childhood was filled... (read more)

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Liberia: The Violence of Democracy (Ethnography of Political Violence)
Liberia: The Violence of Democracy (Ethnography of Political Violence)
by Mary H Moran
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Liberia, a small West African country that has been wracked by violence and civil war since 1989, seems a paradoxical place in which to examine questions of democracy and popular participation. Yet Liberia is also the oldest republic in Africa, having... (read more)

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Blue Clay People (06 Edition)
Blue Clay People (06 Edition)
by Powers
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“A haunting account of one mans determination and the struggles of a people living in a deeply troubled country.”—Booklist When William Powers went to Liberia as a fresh-faced aid worker in 1999, he was given the mandate to “fight... (read more)

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House At Sugar Beach (08 Edition)
House At Sugar Beach (08 Edition)
by Helene Cooper
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A national bestseller in the tradition of A Long Way Gone, a haunting memoir by a world-renowned journalist of a war-torn childhood in Liberia and her return to her native country twenty years after her family’s flight, to reunite with the foster... (read more)

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Night of the Tall Trees
Night of the Tall Trees
by Gerard Periot
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I, Momolu
I, Momolu
by Lorenz B Graham
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When the devil dances.
When the devil dances.
by Harrison Owen
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Liberian Writing
Liberian Writing
by Horst Erdmann
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Crossing Fee a Story of Life in Liberia
Crossing Fee a Story of Life in Liberia
by Esther Warner
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House At Sugar Beach
House At Sugar Beach
by Helene Cooper
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