This child will be great : memoir of a remarkable life by Africa's first woman president / Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

Author
Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen, 1938- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
New York : Harper, ©2009.
Description
353 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

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            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.
            Bibliographic references
            Includes bibliographical references and index.
            Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
            Narrated by Robin Miles.
            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.
            ISBN
            • 9780061353475 ((acid-free paper))
            • 0061353477 ((acid-free paper))
            • 9780061720123
            • 0061720127
            LCCN
            2009017220
            OCLC
            232978243
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