Liberia has a complex relationship with women, human rights and international law; purportedly this nation which was intended to be the safe haven for freed slaves demonstrated the worst examples of civil armed conflict and yet produced the first female African president and an example of the power and resilience of women to stand for justice, and equality in political spaces. Hosts Furaha Joy Sekai Saungweme and DaJonna Richardson learn the strength of women survivors of war through the deeply touching experience of Dr Veronica Fynn Bruey.
Additional Resources:
Books: Political and Legal History of Liberia | Historical Dictionary of Liberia | This Child Will Be Great | Mighty Be Our Powers
Documentaries: Liberia: America’s Stepchild | Firestone and the Warlords | Liberia the Uncivil War
Links: Kissi and Gola: First Peoples of Liberia | Paul Cuffee Back to Africa Movement | Marcus Garvet Black Star Line | American Colonization Society | The Mayflower of Liberia | African American Mosaic: Library of Congress | Liberia Declaration of Independence | Joseph Jenkins Roberts: First Governor/President of Liberia | Angie Elisabeth Brooks Randolph | Sanniquellie: The Birth Place of the Organisation of African Unity now the African Union | You kill my Ma, you kill my pa, I’ll vote for you | George Bush: Taylor Must Leave Now | George Bush Dancing in Liberia | Charles Taylor Trial | Travel Embargo on Prince Yormie Johnson | UNSC Resolution 2288: Terminating 13 Years Embargo on Liberia | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: First Democratically Elected Female President in Africa | Leymah Gbowee: Pray the Devil Back To Hell | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee: Nobel Peace Prize Laureates | Gender Quota for Elections
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