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October 01, 2019

De-centring the 'White Gaze' of Development (Development and Change)→

October 01, 2019/ Robtel Neajai Pailey

(2020) “De-centring the ‘White Gaze’ of Development.” Development and Change 51 (3): 729-745.

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Robtel Neajai Pailey

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

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Liberia's Electoral Exceptionalism as Democratic Consolidation and How West Africa Compares (Critical African Studies)
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Liberia's Electoral Exceptionalism as Democratic Consolidation and How West Africa Compares (Critical African Studies)
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July 9, 2026
Founded as a Refuge from US Racism, Liberia Must Not Help Enforce It Now (Al Jazeera English)
November 7, 2025
Founded as a Refuge from US Racism, Liberia Must Not Help Enforce It Now (Al Jazeera English)
November 7, 2025
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November 7, 2025
Stopping Firestone and Starting a Citizen ‘Revolution from Below’ (Third World Quarterly)
January 2, 2024
Stopping Firestone and Starting a Citizen ‘Revolution from Below’ (Third World Quarterly)
January 2, 2024
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January 2, 2024
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#Children are warmly invited to join me and other #Liberian #authors on Saturday, 22 August, for this #readathon sponsored by Monrovia Reads and Forte & Kpoto Bookstore. I’ll be workshopping my #anticorruption #children’s #books #Gbagba and #Jaadeh!. www.robtelneajaipailey.com/events/2026/...

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— Robtel Neajai Pailey (@robtelneajai.bsky.social) 7:47 · Aug 19, 2026

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