Liberia has been one of Africa's most violent trouble spots. In 1990, when thousands of teenage fighters, including young men wearing women's clothing and bizarre objects of decoration, laid siege to the capital, the world took notice. Since then Liberia has been through devastating...
Ellis has written a very honest and brave book about a ghastly human experience which has, one learns, much less to do with the primordial past than about the future.--Ecclesiastical HistoryOutstanding.... A fascinating and profound exploration of what Ellis sees as Liberians'...
For the last decade Liberia has been one of Africa's most violent trouble spots. In 1990, when thousands of teenage fighters, including young men wearing women's clothing and bizarre objects of decoration, laid siege to the capital, the world took notice. Since then Liberia has...