Visit https://www.facebook.com/RobtelNeajaiPailey/posts/2289124077850589 for the full interview.
Anti-Corruption Children's Book Jaadeh! Translated into Bassa Language (Daily Observer)→
/Monrovia, Liberia—Renowned Liberian academician and author Robtel Neajai Pailey has done it again. This time around with the translation of the Pan-African anti-corruption children’s book Jaadeh! into one of Liberia’s most spoken local languages, Bassa.
Pre-Jaadeh! Launch Interview (Prime FM)
/Monrovia, Liberia—Dr. Robtel Neajai Pailey, author of the critically acclaimed anti-corruption children’s book Gbagba, talks about the forthcoming launch on 10 May 2019 of her sequel, Jaadeh!, as part of the University of Liberia LUK TALK series.
Episode 3: Robtel Neajai Pailey (KickBack: The Global Anti-Corruption Podcast)
/In this episode of the KickBack Global Anti-Corruption podcast, we are very happy to welcome Robtel Neajai Pailey – a Liberian academic, activist and author who is “maladjusted to injustice” – a quote from Cornel West.
Visit https://soundcloud.com/kickback-gap/3-episode-robtel-neajai-pailey-nils-kobis for more information.
Fighting Corruption Early for the Good of the Country (Free Malaysia Today)→
/Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia—Malaysia is no longer among the top 50 least corrupt nations globally, and experts recently debated how to stop the slide.
Corruption fighter Robtel Neajai Pailey grew up in the US and studied at Oxford University before coming home to her native Liberia as an idealistic 25-year-old, determined to do something about the endemic corruption plaguing her country.
Qatar Ruler, Dr. Mahathir Present Anti-Corruption Awards to Outstanding Individuals (The Sun Daily)→
/PUTRAJAYA, MALAYSIA—Former Nigerian anti-corruption official Nuhu Ribadu and the World Bank Group’s vice president of integrity Leonard F. McCarthy of South Africa have been named as the recipients of the Anti-Corruption Lifetime/Outstanding Achievement Award at the Sheikh Tamim Hamad Al Thani International Anti-Corruption Excellence Award here today…
Other recipients for awards are Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey of Liberia and Prof. Jason Sharman of Australia for Anti-Corruption Academic Research and Education; Accountability Lab (America) and Fernanda Angelica Flores Aguirre (Mexico) for Anti-Corruption Youth Creativity and Engagement; and PNG Phones Against Corruption (Papua New Guinea) and Dr. Roger Oppong Koranteng (Ghana) for Anti-Corruption Innovation.
Fight against Corruption (Joy News-Ghana)
/Joseph Ackah-Blay, Joy FM/Joy News TV court and political correspondent, interviews Robtel Neajai Pailey about her anti-corruption children’s books, Gbagba and Jaadeh!, on the sidelines of the 2018 High Level Dialogue on Democracy, Human Rights and Governance in Africa held in Gaborone, Botswana, on 29 November 2018.
Decolonisation and Social Media (Nordic Africa Institute)→
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A Nordic Africa Days 2018 Roundtable discussion entitled ‘Decolonisation and Social Media’ was held 21 September 2018 and featured a panel comprising Patience Mususa, Francis Nyamnjoh, Henning Melber, and Robtel Neajai Pailey.
Global academia and African Studies in particular are in the midst of a new wave of debates and interventions calling for the decolonisation of academic disciplines, school curricula and university structures. South Africa's #RhodesMustFall movement was not only one of the trailblazers in this most recent mobilisation against persistent inequalities and prejudices in African and Africanist higher education, but it also demonstrated the power and potential of social media as a platform for social and political mobilisation.
After Charity Sex-Abuse Scandal in Liberia, a Storm of Anger, Guilt and Grief (Christian Science Monitor)→
/…beneath the upbeat story that More than Me told about itself – and that news outlets like ours told about More Than Me – was a darker story. Over a period of several years, one of the charity’s key founding staff members, Macintosh Johnson, allegedly had raped or assaulted as many as dozens of girls in its care. Meanwhile, Meyler and the nongovernmental organization had distanced themselves from the scandal, going on to take over 18 schools across Liberia and draw accolades from the world’s most influential philanthropists, according to an exposé published last week by Time magazine and the investigative news nonprofit Propublica.
Where to put the blame for what happened, indeed, remains a major question here. For some, the scandal is a warning against the often unchecked power of foreign charities in Africa. It “reveals our warped tendencies to glorify foreigners for swooping into poor countries under the guise of doing good,” wrote the political commentator Robtel Neajai Pailey in Al Jazeera this week.
The Newsmakers: Does Aid Harm or Help? (TRT World)
/Monrovia, Liberia—Aid is strategic, not altruistic: Robtel Neajai Pailey’s hardline stance during an interview with Turkish television on 31 August 2018.
Raising the Next Generation of Anti-Corruption Advocates (Daily Observer)→
/Since the founding of Liberia, corruption has been the order of the day. From one generation to another, the situation has become worse and as the national population continues to increase with high levels of unemployment, the stability of the country is at stake due to persistent corruption.
Nevertheless, such a situation might be circumvented by looking at the success story of renowned academic and activist Robtel Neajai Pailey’s anti-corruption crusade which focuses on children between the ages of 8 and 10 years.
She said: “My generation doesn’t value honesty, integrity, accountability. So we need to groom a new generation of young people who will be anti-corruption crusaders. From my interactions with adolescents and young adults in Liberia in particular, I discovered they are already schooled in the ways of corruption. They know how to find their way out of a situation through dubious means and get what they want.”
Gbagba and Jaadeh! Special Feature (West Africa Democracy Radio)
/For the full special feature on 20 August 2018, visit https://audiomack.com/song/wadr/gbagba-program
Jaadeh Is Integrity (Power TV, HOTT TV)
/"Jaadeh Is Integrity" was written and produced by Liberia's premier Hip-Co musician Takun J and features vocalist Ella Mankon Pailey. It is based on the forthcoming anti-corruption children's sequel, Jaadeh!, written by Robtel Neajai Pailey, illustrated by Chase Walker and published by One Moore Book. The song and music video were made possible through a grant from the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA).
"Jaadeh Is Integrity" has aired on Power TV and HOTT TV.
