Liberia : 'Vote for Woman': How Africa Got Its First Female President

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

In the Spirit of Sankofa,


'Vote for Woman': How Africa Got Its First Female President
More than a decade ago, Liberia made history. A new biography of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf recounts how


In the fall of 2005, for the first time after a brutal, 14-year civil war that had ended two years before, Liberia held national elections. The November 8 runoff offered voters two choices: George Weah, a famous footballer with little education or government experience, and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a Harvard-educated international finance expert ...

https://www.theatlantic.com/interna...president/518874/?utm_source=yahoo&yptr=yahoo

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a Harvard-educated international finance expert Vincent Kessler / Reuters



ANNA DIAMON
MAR 8, 2017
GLOBAL

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[Destee]

Thank you Brother Clyde C Coger Jr ...



Destee

 

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

Thank you Brother Clyde C Coger Jr ...



Destee

You are very welcome Sister Destee.

Liberia has always held a special place in my heart, knowing that our first freed slave ancestors journeyed back to Africa and created it.

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