Tutu Fellows, 27 Jan Dr. Robtel Neajai Pailey (Tutu Fellows Podcast Series)

A Liberian academic, activist and author with a transnational mindset, Robtel Neajai Pailey claims that she "exists and thrives on three continents simultaneously." She shares her story about growing up in Washington D.C. and a project to raise awareness among children about the scourge of corruption on the African continent.

How to Spread It: Corruption Buster Fights the Good Fight (City Press)

Robtel Neajai Pailey has written for publications across the world, including the International New York Times, and news and opinion website The Daily Beast. Once a hard-hitting opinion columnist for the independent Liberian newspaper New Narratives, she has provided Liberians with the information they need to demand accountability from their leaders.

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Book Review: Gbagba Is Simultaneously African and Universal (Daily Observer)

Robtel Neajai Pailey’s Gbagba is definitely a Liberian story. Equally so, it is African and universal simultaneously because it addresses corruption, the enemy of economic progress and social development everywhere. For children, particularly in developing countries, Gbagba is a compulsory read. Pailey skillfully unmasks corruption through the focused eyes of twin characters, Sundaymah and Sundaygar.

Radio 4: Does BandAid Reinforce Stereotypes about Africa? (BBC)

The new Band Aid song will raise a lot of money to help the victims of Ebola in west Africa. There's not much doubt about that. So why do some people object to it? We hear from Robtel Neajai Pailey, who is from Liberia and works as a researcher at the School of Oriental and African Studies, as well as Harvey Goldsmith, one of the world's great producers and concert promoters.

Gbagba: Anti-Corruption Song Takes Children’s Reader to Another Level (Daily Observer)

Hip-Co King Takun J is headlining a new track hitting the airwaves this week that is pushing the envelope and tapping the consciousness of Liberian youth with the anti-corruption message. The song “Gbagba Is Corruption” is based on the children’s book Gbagba written by Robtel Neajai Pailey, illustrated by Chase Walker, and published by One Moore Book (OMB). 

Impact Interview: Robtel Neajai Pailey (Academics Stand Against Poverty)

While still a doctoral student, Robtel Neajai Pailey has emerged as a globally influential voice on poverty, corruption and related issues. In a career that already spans work as a practitioner, journalist, government staff member and academic, she has published articles or comment pieces in The New York Times, Africa Today, The Guardian and many other outlets. She has also covered news out of Africa as an assistant editor of the Washington Informer Newspaper, worked in capacity building for the Foundation for International Dignity (a refugee rights organisation), taught and developed curriculum at the Robben Island Museum in Cape Town, South Africa and the Buduburam Refugee Camp School in Ghana, and has collaborated with or consulted for a range of NGOs and philanthropic agencies.

Somalia, N. Korea, Afghanistan Lead Corruption State Index (Voice of America)

Robtel Pailey wrote a children’s book about corruption titled Gbagba, or "Trickery." She's a Liberian national and a scholar at London University’s School of Oriental and African Studies, and said that the younger generations must be made aware that corruption should not be tolerated.