This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President

Author:Sirleaf, Ellen Johnson [Sirleaf, Ellen Johnson]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Autobiography, Social Science, Liberia, Presidents & Heads of State, Presidents, Africa, General, Women Presidents, West, Biography & Autobiography, History, Women's Studies, Biography, Women
ISBN: 9780061353482
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2009-01-02T06:00:00+00:00

“THIS TOTAL disregard for human life so evidenced in this act is not an aberration. Liberian troops under the direct leadership of Sergeant Doe have demonstrated their cruelty time and time again. You and I know that those six hundred were not the first to die. We have closed our eyes and pretended not to see.

In 1980, Doe killed dozens, including the president. Some cheered. Some looked the other way. Most ignored and went on about their daily lives. In 1981, Doe killed again, this time six of his own colleagues. The other colleagues and the rest of us shrugged, pretending this savagery was in the interest of the nation. Between 1981 and 1984, several others accused of plotting to overthrow the government were killed. We did not blink, believing it to be within their own family. As we say, John’s palm oil on John’s rice.

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