About

I blog about West Africa.  Most posts are on Liberia, though I also write about Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Cote d’Ivoire, and Guinea.

I received a BA from Emory University.  After graduating I worked as an intern in Nigeria with Constitutional Rights Project, a local human rights group.  I then worked with Global Rights, an international human rights group, in Liberia.  More recently I worked with a foundation in New York.  I have done fieldwork in Cote d’Ivoire and northern Nigeria.  My CV is here.

I like riding trains, the Sunday New York Times, and hummus.  My favorite book is Acts of Faith by Philip Caputo.

I welcome feedback on this blog.  My email is shelbygrossman (at) gmail (dot) com.