May 31, 2017

Liberia, Ebola and the Pitfalls of State-building: Reimagining Domestic and Diasporic Public Authority (African Affairs)→

May 31, 2017/ Robtel Neajai Pailey

(2017) “Liberia, Ebola and the Pitfalls of State-building: Reimagining Domestic and Diasporic Public Authority.” African Affairs 116 (465): 648-670.

Robtel Neajai Pailey

Robtel Neajai Pailey is an award-winning Liberian academic, activist and author.

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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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