| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
353 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The beginning -- Childhood ends -- America again -- The Tolbert years -- The 1980 coup -- Climbing the corporate ladder -- The 1985 elections -- The attempted coup -- Escape -- Equator bank and the Charles Taylor war -- ECOMOG -- UNDP and Rwanda -- War some more/1997 elections -- Self-imposed exile, or exile again -- Accra and the transition -- Becoming President -- Inauguration day -- The first hundred days -- Some challenges ahead -- The future -- Appendix: Inaugural speech by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. |
| Summary |
From Liberian President Sirleaf--Africa's first elected female president--comes an inspirational memoir about her improbable rise to international prominence, her fight for political freedom, and her unwavering determination to rebuild Liberia in the wake of civil war. |
| Subject |
Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen, 1938-
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Presidents -- Liberia -- Biography.
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Women presidents -- Liberia -- Biography.
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Liberia -- Politics and government -- 1980-
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Liberia -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780061353475 (acid-free paper) |
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0061353477 (acid-free paper) |
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