Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and peace activist Leymah Gbowee, also from Liberia, became the second and third African women to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on 7 October.
Evaluating the Dual Citizenship/State-building/Nation-building Nexus in Liberia (Liberian Studies Journal)
/(2011) “Evaluating the Dual Citizenship/State-building/Nation-building Nexus in Liberia.” Liberian Studies Journal (36) 1: 1-24.
Craft and Concerns in Helene Cooper’s The House at Sugar Beach (Verlag)
/(2010) “Craft and Concerns in Helene Cooper’s The House at SugarBeach” in JKS Makokha, Remmy Barasa and Adeyemi Daramola (eds.) Tales, Tellers and Talemaking: Critical Studies on Literary Stylistics and Narrative Styles in Contemporary African Literature. Berlin, Germany: Verlag Dr. Mueller (VDM): 169-183.
A Diaspora Returns: Liberia Then and Now (Humanitas)
/(2007) “A Diaspora Returns: Liberia Then and Now.” Humanitas 9 (1): 3-35.
Even Former Warlords Deserve a Fair Trial: Charles Taylor Rebuffs the ICC and the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone (Pambazuka News) →
/The long awaited trial of fast-talking, charismatic warlord-turned-Liberian president Charles Ghankay Taylor was a dramatic tour de force in the complexities of international justice.
Slavery Ain’t Dead, It’s Manufactured in Liberia’s Rubber (Fahamu)→
/(2007) “Slavery Ain’t Dead, It’s Manufactured in Liberia’s Rubber” in Patrick Bond and Firoze Manji (eds.) From the Slave Trade to ‘Free’ Trade: How Trade Undermines Democracy and Justice in Africa. Nairobi, Kenya and Oxford, UK: Fahamu, Networks for Social Justice: 77-83.