Reading, Resources and Films about Liberia, West Africa
BOOKS and ARTICLES
The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood
by Helene Cooper
This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President
by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Redemption Road: The Quest for Peace and Justice in Liberia (A Novel)
by Elma Shaw
United States Policy Towards Liberia, 1822 to 2003: Unintended Consequences?
by Lester S. Hyman
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
by Sierra Leonean Ishmael Beah
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Liberia
Confessions of an Economic Hitman
by John Perkins
Liberia History Timeline with Selected Reading
Africa Book Centre, Online Catalogue of Books by Country and Region
FILMS
Liberia: An Uncivil War
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Iron Ladies of Liberia
Other Resources
Liberian Embassy
BBC News, Country Profiles
The World Factbook - Liberia
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