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

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In January 2006, after the Republic of Liberia had been racked by fourteen years of brutal civil conflict, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Africa s Iron Lady was sworn in as president, an event that marked a tremendous turning point in the history of the West African nation.In this stirring memoir, Sirleaf shares the inside story of her rise to power, including her early childhood her experiences with abuse, imprisonment, and exile and her fight for democracy and social justice This compelling tale of survival reveals Sirleaf s determination to succeed in multiple worlds from her studies in the United States to her work as an international bank executive to her election campaigning in some of Liberia s most desperate and war torn villages and neighborhoods It is also the story of an outspoken political and social reformer who, despite danger, fought the oppression of dictators and championed change By sharing her story, Sirleaf encourages women everywhere to pursue leadership roles at the highest levels of power, and gives us all hope that, with perseverance, we can change the world. Download This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President By Ellen Johnson Sirleaf – kino-fada.fr I first saw Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on the Jon Stewart show and knew I had to read her book I was not disappointed Truth is often so much better than fiction She became the first woman president in Africa through sheer determination, great intelligence and a belief that she was needed to help her country I learned so much about the history of Liberia We ... The root cause of conflict is not simply poverty but poverty brought on by exclusion Exclusion in its broadest context exclusion from resources, from power, from education and information, from the opportunity to better one s life. p 305 This is a hard review to write I m a little bit floored by this complicated, powerful woman I am awed by what she has done with the adversity she overcame, and her simple but unshakeable commitment to sound, ethical governance But I m struck by her The root cause of conflict is not simply poverty but poverty brought on by exclusion Exclusion in its broadest context exclusion from resources, from power, from education and information, from the opportunity to better one s life. p 305 This is a hard review to write I m a little bit floored by this complicated, powerful woman I am awed by what she has done with the adversity she overcame, and her simple but unshakeable commitment to sound, ethical governance But I m struck by her politicking, her profession banker , and her equally unshakeable strategic drive I don t mean to posit these striking traits as bad things in contrast to the awe inspiring just to suggest that this woman commands deep respect but not necessarily sympathy She s a powerhouse.This book is worth reading Thoughtfully I learned much too much ...I have so many reactions to Sirleaf s memoir, it s hard to know where to begin What a complex, thought provoking book.First I learned a great deal about my own ignorance It had never occurred to me, until reading the beginning of This Child Will be Great, that the African Americans who settled in Liberia in the early nineteenth century were imperialists My sense of what colonialism is not unreasonably tied to whiteness, particularly when I think about the development of the American I have so many reactions to Sirleaf s memoir, it s hard to know where to begin What a complex, thought provoking book.First I learned a great deal about my own ignorance It had never occurred to me, until reading the beginning of This Child Will be Great, that the African Americans who settled...Don t get fooled by the word memoir in the title This is not a memoir but an essay about the history and financial and administrative issues of Liberia in the recent past Ellen Sirleaf s book is not about herself but about Liberia While it is detailed, there is such a thing as being too detailed and most readers aren t looking for debt figures and how much financing is given to each sector in Liberia The last part of the book reads like an essay on political promotion.So Liberia If asked Don t get fooled by the word memoir in the title This is not a memoir but an essay about the history and financial and administrative issues of Liberia in the recent past Ellen Sirleaf s book is not about herself but about Liberia While it is detailed, there is such a thing as being too detailed and most readers aren t looking for debt figures and how much financing is given to each sector in Liberia The last part of the book reads like an essay on political promotion.So Liberia...This was a rather interesting read, but it had certain considerable disadvantages which hurt it Primarily, the style of the writing was rather flat and problematic I suppose Madame Sirleaf is an excellent economist, but I m afraid she s an indifferent writer The topic was fascinating, but it was hurt badly by her writing an economics paper, instead of a book.Secondly, I felt sometimes that she was, perhaps entirely subconsciously, writing a propaganda manifesto It wasn t blatant, or terribly This was a rather interesting read, but it had certain considerable disadvantages which hurt it Primarily, the style of the writing was rather flat and problematic I suppose Madame Sirleaf is an excellent economist, but I m afraid she s an indifferent writer The topic was fascinating, but it was hurt badly by her writing an economics paper, instead of a book.Secondly, I felt sometimes that she was, perhaps entirely subconsciously, writing a propaganda manifesto It wa...I saw President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf speak at the institution where I work a few years ago, and found her story to be incredibly inspiring I was hoping the book would beof the same While inspiration can be found here, it is often bogged down with tedious economic detail Sirleaf was in banking and economics and ac...This is not so much a memoir or even a biography of Sirleaf as it is a history of Liberia Sirleaf s telling of her homeland s bloody past is informative, fair, insightful It will be interesting for me to follow Liberia s progress now Sirleaf becoming president is probably one of those times when a ray of light shines down from the heavens I rated this 4 stars only because I was hoping forof a personal account something along the line of Left to Tell or Life Death in This is not so much a memoir or even a biography of Sirleaf as it is a history of Liberia Sirleaf s telling of her homeland s bloody past is informative, fair, insightful It will be interesting for me to follow Liberia s progress now Sirleaf becoming president is probably one of those times when a ray of light shines down from the heavens I rated this 4 stars only because I was hoping forof a personal account something along the line of Left to Tell or Life Death in Shanghai,...A profound political memoir that captures the rich history of Liberia and its ties to America, the history of the political and social unrest that led to civil war, and the economic climate President Sirleaf was an outspoken career woman who was often shunned by her male counterparts and at one point, jailed and forced into exile Though she grew up with the privileged few in Liberia and had German lineage, her family also extended to the indigenous Liberian ethnic groups and in this book, she A profound political memoir that captures the rich history of Liberia and its ties to America, the history of the political and social unrest that led to civil war, and the economic climate President Sirleaf was an outspoken career woman who was often shunned by her male counterparts and at one point, jailed and forced into exile Though she grew up with the privileged few in Liberia and had German li...From Publishers Weekly Forbes lists Sirleaf, the 23rd president of Liberia and the first elected female president on the African continent, among the 100 Most Powerful Women in 2008 In and out of government, in and out of exile, but consistent in her commitment to Liberia, Sirleaf in her memoir reveals herself to be among the most resilient, determined and courageous as well She writes with modesty in a calm and measured tone While her account includes a happy childhood and an unhappy From Publishers Weekly Forbes lists Sirleaf, the 23rd president of Liberia and the first elected female president on the African continent, among the 100 Most Powerful Women in 2008 In and out of government, in and out of exile, but consistent in her commitment to Liberia, Sirleaf in her memoir reveals herself to be among the most resilient, determined and courageous as well She writes with modesty in a calm and measured tone While her account includes a happy childhood and an unhappy marriage, the book is politically, not personally, focused as she and Liberia go through the disastro... I knew vaguely of Liberia before reading This Child Will Be Great Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa s First Woman President I had a distant memory of reading that it was established as a home for resettled slaves, and then I remembered reading of its violent civil war and its government s horrible support for the devastating war in Sierra Leone Other than that, as with most of the African continent, I was woefully ignorant I definitely would have had trouble identifying it on a map or I knew vaguely of Liberia before reading This Child Will Be Great Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa s First Woman President I had a distant memory of reading ...

This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President
  • English
  • 14 October 2019
  • Hardcover
  • 315 pages
  • 0061353477
  • Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
  • This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President