Over the last year in Liberia, hundreds of children have come down with measles — a disease that is preventable with a simple vaccination.
OP-ED: Five Commonsense Strategies for Trumping Donald J. Trump
American presidential politics is followed worldwide. In Liberia, a country with strong historical ties to the United States, many people are wondering why anti-Trump forces have been unable to take him down through their attacks and efforts to stop him.
OP-ED: Protecting Intellectual Property Rights in LiberiaÂ
It is often said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but at what point does such perceived flattery becomes a blatant infringement of one’s intellectual property rights? At what point does a media outlet take action to protect its intellectual rights in an intellectually starved nation?
OP-ED: How Not to Get a Job in Liberia
This is my story. Nine months back home and I have submitted hundreds of applications, have been short-listed for and landed a few interviews for HR positions. And still no job.
OP-ED: How to Write About Liberia – The Financial Times Example
A recent “Lunch with the FT†piece, featuring an interview of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf by David Pilling, the paper’s newly minted Africa editor, stands out as a sterling example of the failure of international journalists to capture the complexity and diversity of influences that shape Liberian society.
OP-ED: “J.J. Roberts Didn’t Build Liberia, I Will Eat My Own Tooâ€
As Liberia celebrates former President Joseph Jenkins Roberts’ birthday, I wonder what has been the government’s purpose for this holiday, especially since the political elites were never interested in the examples of Roberts. I wonder what it will take to make Liberia number one in Africa within this generation. Is it even possible to make Liberia the leading democratic and most developed African country in our lifetime?
OP-ED: Striving for Excellence in the Liberian Entertainment Industry
When my business partner and first I started doing “The Vagina Monologues†in Liberia in 2011, we received a lot of backlash. The play is a series of monologues that deal with topics related to the feminine experience including sex, menstruation, rape, masturbation, among other things. In the vitriolic responses from critics, we were accused of negatively portraying women and trying to bring Western views to Liberia and to expose people to vulgarity.
OP-ED: Will My Country Have My Back?
As a young Liberian woman studying in the United States, I would love to move back to Liberia to incite some degree of change for my people. But I am afraid. While I want to return after I graduate, I do not feel protected in Liberia. I do not feel like my nation will have my back no matter what.