Academic

“I want to understand how my continent is being imagined in intellectual discourses across the globe so I can turn received wisdoms about Africa upside down.”

Activist

“Invoking Martin Luther King, Jr, Cornel West once said that an activist is someone who is ‘maladjusted to injustice’. We should all be activists; I certainly am.”

Author

“I wrote Gbagba and Jaadeh! with the intention of starting a bloodless, ethical ‘revolution from below’, using children as my allies.”

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Events & Appearances

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Past

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Africa’s ‘Negro’ Republics: How Race, Citizenship and Migration Impact Development in Liberia and Sierra Leone
Aug 5
OK FM
Africa’s ‘Negro’ Republics: How Race, Citizenship and Migration Impact Development in Liberia and Sierra Leone
OK FM
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OK FM
Focus on Liberia
Africa’s ‘Negro’ Republics: How Race, Citizenship and Migration Impact Development in Liberia and Sierra Leone
Focus on Liberia
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Focus on Liberia
Gbagba and Jaadeh!: Lessons in Ethics, Integrity and Accountability
Aug 22
Monrovia Reads and Forte & Kpoto Bookstore and Cafe
Gbagba and Jaadeh!: Lessons in Ethics, Integrity and Accountability
Monrovia Reads and Forte & Kpoto Bookstore and Cafe
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Monrovia Reads and Forte & Kpoto Bookstore and Cafe
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“A Radical Agenda for Re-imagining Liberia”: Two-Year Retrospective on the 177th Independence Day National Oration
Jul 23
231 Unfiltered
“A Radical Agenda for Re-imagining Liberia”: Two-Year Retrospective on the 177th Independence Day National Oration
231 Unfiltered
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231 Unfiltered
Africa’s ‘Negro’ Republics: How Race, Citizenship and Migration Impact Development in Liberia and Sierra Leone
Jul 16
OK FM
Africa’s ‘Negro’ Republics: How Race, Citizenship and Migration Impact Development in Liberia and Sierra Leone
OK FM
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OK FM
“Dignity Must Define Us”: Young Professionals Re-imagining Liberia
Jul 11
President's Young Professionals Programme (PYPP)
“Dignity Must Define Us”: Young Professionals Re-imagining Liberia
President's Young Professionals Programme (PYPP)
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President's Young Professionals Programme (PYPP)
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Latest Publications

In the Media

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Liberia's Electoral Exceptionalism as Democratic Consolidation and How West Africa Compares (Critical African Studies)
Liberia's Electoral Exceptionalism as Democratic Consolidation and How West Africa Compares (Critical African Studies)
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Founded as a Refuge from US Racism, Liberia Must Not Help Enforce It Now (Al Jazeera English)
Founded as a Refuge from US Racism, Liberia Must Not Help Enforce It Now (Al Jazeera English)
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Stopping Firestone and Starting a Citizen ‘Revolution from Below’ (Third World Quarterly)
Stopping Firestone and Starting a Citizen ‘Revolution from Below’ (Third World Quarterly)
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Dr. Pailey Challenges Negro Citizenship Clause - As House Debates Liberia’s 178-Year Citizenship Law (The Analyst-Liberia)
Dr. Pailey Challenges Negro Citizenship Clause - As House Debates Liberia’s 178-Year Citizenship Law (The Analyst-Liberia)
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Dr. Pailey Reignites Citizenship Reform, Land Security Debate (Daily Observer-Liberia)
Dr. Pailey Reignites Citizenship Reform, Land Security Debate (Daily Observer-Liberia)
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Dr. Pailey Wins LSE Rising Star Impact Prize (Daily Observer-Liberia)
Dr. Pailey Wins LSE Rising Star Impact Prize (Daily Observer-Liberia)
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I look forward to this two-year retrospective on my 2024 Independence Day National #Oration, happening #tomorrow in #Monrovia. Thanks to sistah-friend Korto Reeves Williams and #231Unfiltered for organising. Happy #InDefianceDay in advance, fellow #Liberians!

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— Robtel Neajai Pailey (@robtelneajai.bsky.social) 6:45 · Jul 22, 2026