This Child Will Be Great

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

• 01 mei 2009
• 9780061353475

Samenvatting:

On January 16, 2006, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was inaugurated into office as the President of the Republic of Liberia. After fourteen years of civil conflict and brutal violence, during which the economy and physical landscape of Liberia had been destroyed, President Sirleaf's election marked a tremendous turning point in the history of the West African nation. To international observers, it was a moment that signaled Libera's commitment to the democratic process and offered great hope to aspiring female leaders around the world. In this memoir, President Sirleaf shares the inside story of her rise to power - from her early childhood; to her experiences with domestic abuse, imprisonment, and exile; to her fight for democracy and social justice.