I’ve just finished reading an article on Liberia from the 1965 Journal of Economic History. The author, George Dalton, spent a year or two in Liberia in the early 1960s. I can email anyone interested a copy of the article, or you can access it from the “files” section on the Liberia Expats Google Group.
My Favorite Reports About Liberia
- Action Against Hunger report on Liberia (2008)
- Amnesty International report on the TRC (2008)
- Charles Taylor trial report (12/08-2/09)
- Global Witness report on ArcelorMittal in Liberia (2006)
- International Crisis Group report on security sector reform (2009)
- International Crisis Group report on the justice system (2006)
- Liberia Resource Archice (links to reports on Liberia)
- Profile of legislators (2006)
My Favorite Books About Liberia
Liberia for Tourists
Liberian Government Websites
Non-African Blogs
Other Africa Blogs
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To be more cinvinced about what Dalton said, read J. Gus Liebenow’s Liberia, The quest For Democracy. You will understand how deeply rooted Americo-Liberians were into Liberian politics. Liebenow described Liberia from its emerging political dominance by Americo-Liberians to its political uncertainties and native control of state power.
Shelby, Saki is now blogging as svl(Student Vision Liberia) I posted the first comment. I forget to say that the political family tree, which was once uprooted, has started sowing seeds.