This child will be great : memoir of a remarkable life by Africa's first woman president

This child will be great memoir of a remarkable life by Africa's first woman president

From Liberian President Sirleaf--Africa's first elected female president--comes an inspirational memoir about her improbable rise to international prominence, her fight for political freedom, and her unwavering determination to rebuild Liberia in the wake of civil war.

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1. Verfasser: Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY HarperCollins 2009
Ausgabe:1. ed.
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Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen / 1938- > Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen <1938-> > Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen > Women presidents / Liberia / Biography > Presidents / Liberia / Biography > Politik > Presidents > Women presidents > Liberia > Politics and government > Biografie
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Zusammenfassung:From Liberian President Sirleaf--Africa's first elected female president--comes an inspirational memoir about her improbable rise to international prominence, her fight for political freedom, and her unwavering determination to rebuild Liberia in the wake of civil war.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-338) and index
The beginning -- Childhood ends -- America again -- The Tolbert years -- The 1980 coup -- Climbing the corporate ladder -- The 1985 elections -- The attempted coup -- Escape -- Equator bank and the Charles Taylor war -- ECOMOG -- UNDP and Rwanda -- War some more/1997 elections -- Self-imposed exile, or exile again -- Accra and the transition -- Becoming President -- Inauguration day -- The first hundred days -- Some challenges ahead -- The future -- Appendix: Inaugural speech by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Beschreibung:353 S., [8] S. of plates
ill.
ISBN:9780061353475
978-0-06-135347-5