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Historical Dictionary of Liberia
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 476

Historical Dictionary of Liberia

Originally formed to harbor freed slaves and Americans returning to Africa, Liberia once was a land of hope. That was shattered by a long Civil War that shook its very foundation. Today's Liberia is glimpsed in this second edition. Building on the first edition, this updated volume focuses on the personalities, from the founders of Liberia, to the soldiers who are responsible simultaneously for destruction and the hope of stability. Along with these people, various social and ethnic groups, political parties and labor movements, economic entities and natural resources are profiled in this updated work. A new chronology of Liberia is included, and a selected bibliography suggests further readings for the scholar.

A Liberian Life
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 324

A Liberian Life

A Liberian academic and former government official accounts for and reflects upon half a century of work and experience. An important Liberian political memoir, the book is at once Dunn's critical exposition on his country and an attempt to explain how Liberia came to be what it is today. In 26 captivating chapters he recounts careers as academic, and services as aide to slain Liberian President Tolbert and consultant to former President Johnson Sirleaf. Between government service in crisis times (late 1970s) and in hopeful times (early 2000s) is positioned more than three decades of University teaching and research.

History of the Episcopal Church of Liberia Since 1980
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 228

History of the Episcopal Church of Liberia Since 1980

This study is a sequel to A History of the Episcopal Church in Liberia 1821–1980 (1992). It is a narrative shaped by contexts—context of the Episcopal Church and its Christian witness through the episcopacies of Diocesan Bishops George Daniel Browne, Edward Wea Neufville II, and Jonathan B. B. Hart; the context of a modernizing Liberia plunged into unprecedented political violence by a military coup d’etat in 1980 and a devastating civil war that ensued and consumed the country for some 14 years; and the context of shifting external ties with the American Church, the Liberian Episcopal community in the United States, and the Church of the Anglican Province of West Africa. D. Elwood Dun...

Historical Dictionary of Liberia
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 314

Historical Dictionary of Liberia

Building on the first edition, this updated volume focuses on the personalities, from the founders of Liberia, to the soldiers who are responsible simultaneously for destruction and the hope of stability. Along with these people, various social and ethnic groups, political parties and labor movements, economic entities and natural resources are profiled in this updated work.

Liberia and the United States during the Cold War
  • Language: en

Liberia and the United States during the Cold War

At once a diplomatic history and case study of African foreign policy and presidential leadership, this book illustrates how development and security assistance were used by the US as antidotes against communism in the Cold War and how Liberia was able occasionally to profit from the arrangement.

Liberia and Independent Africa, 1940s to 2012
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 49

Liberia and Independent Africa, 1940s to 2012

A brief discussion of Liberia's history, political development, civil wars, post-civil war recovery, and varied relationships with African nations during the administrations of presidents William V. S. Tubman, William J. Tolbert Jr., Samuel K. Doe, Charles G. Taylor, and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Series title: AHLP Occasional Papers Number 1.

Liberia
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 282

Liberia

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The Annual Messages of the Presidents of Liberia 1848–2010
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1927

The Annual Messages of the Presidents of Liberia 1848–2010

Every year since 1848 Liberian presidents have delivered a state of the nation address to the Liberian National Legislature reflecting the various facets of the political, social, economic and ethno-cultural situation of the country. Liberia, the first and – for more than a century – the only independent state in Sub-Saharan Africa, was founded in 1822 by an assortment of American non-governmental organizations as an asylum for black Americans. Similar to a comprehensive longitudinal study, this collection of speeches describes the social and economic development of an African country over a time span of more than a century and a half, from 1848 until 2010. As such, it represents the fir...

Liberia
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 288

Liberia

Contends that the situation at the Univesity of Liberia is a barometer of political change and the country's possible future, as every faction in Liberia's civil crisis is represented among the student body. Looks at the contested elections for leadership of the University of Liberia Students Union (ULSU).

A History of the Episcopal Church in Liberia, 1821-1980
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 536

A History of the Episcopal Church in Liberia, 1821-1980

Because it was present at the creation of the Liberian state, the Episcopal Church was fully involved with national development. This study places the Church's work in the context of the Liberian society, documenting the complexities of the interactions involving black settlers, foreign missionaries