If the publicity around Helene Cooper’s new book is a reliable indicator, one would be hard pressed to expect a biography that does anything but draw on the tried and true single story that paints Liberia as a land torn by violence, where accountability is a luxury, and in which there is little to celebrate except the novelty of its female chief executive.
Book Review: Choosing the Hero
This beautifully crafted book chronicles the life of two women from humble backgrounds, challenging the odds and leaning on each other to build a political strategy that ushered in the first elected woman head of state in Africa and restore peace and democracy to a war-torn country.
Vamba Sherif Launches English Translation of First Novel Published in Dutch
It was an honor to interview Liberian novelist Vamba Sherif in London on Friday, Nov. 4, during the UK launch of the English translation of his first novel written in Dutch, Land of My Fathers.
Book Review: Liberian Democracy Ambushed
Political pundit and writer, Tewroh Wehton Sungbeh, has followed up on his first book, as he published his second this summer. Aptly titled, the name of the book is a forerunner of what to expect in these pages.
Book Review: Searching for Purpose in the Corridors of Washington and the Boardrooms of Africa
A review of Choosing the Hero, a book by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s Chief Lobbyist, K. Riva Levinson.
Liberian Trailblazers: T. Michael Weah
Few people have made a greater impact on literacy in modern Liberia than T. Michael Weah, the founder of Liberia’s longest running independent library – the We-Care Library, located at Carey and Gurley Streets in Central Monrovia.
Publishing House Donates Books in Low-income Boston Community
To celebrate World Refugee Day on June 20th, the Universal Human Rights International teamed up with Nikki House Publishing to provide books to children in one of the area’s poorest neighborhoods.
Book Review: Where the Road Turns
Where the Road Turns is a handsomely written poetry book by the Liberian writer Patricia Jabbeh Wesley that has been deservedly praised. Published in 2010, this mouthwatering collection is a flock of many themes – there not a boring moment.