Book Review: Gbagba Is Simultaneously African and Universal (Daily Observer)→
/Robtel Neajai Pailey’s Gbagba is definitely a Liberian story. Equally so, it is African and universal simultaneously because it addresses corruption, the enemy of economic progress and social development everywhere. For children, particularly in developing countries, Gbagba is a compulsory read. Pailey skillfully unmasks corruption through the focused eyes of twin characters, Sundaymah and Sundaygar.
Kids Learn How to Crack Corruption (ENCA Television) →
/Liberian author and Tutu Fellow Robtel Pailey was inspired to tackle corruption after experiencing it first-hand in the country’s scholarships programme.
Radio 4: Does BandAid Reinforce Stereotypes about Africa? (BBC)→
/The new Band Aid song will raise a lot of money to help the victims of Ebola in west Africa. There's not much doubt about that. So why do some people object to it? We hear from Robtel Neajai Pailey, who is from Liberia and works as a researcher at the School of Oriental and African Studies, as well as Harvey Goldsmith, one of the world's great producers and concert promoters.
Sunday Morning Live: Is BandAid Bad for Africa? (BBC)→
/Another much needed intervention by celebrity fund raisers, or does it – as some critics argue – perpetuate the image of Africa as a land of disease and famine?
[Full episode: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04sncx3]
The Listening Post: Covering Ebola: Facts, Fears and Failures (Al Jazeera)→
/Sorting out the science from the scare tactics - we examine the Ebola stories coming out of Africa.
Ebola Fans Public Anger Against Liberian Leader (Bloomberg News) →
/Martha McGill was already losing faith in Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf before Ebola started its rampage across the West African nation.
Ebola Fears Spark Claims of Racism in Europe (USA Today)→
/BERLIN — Italian mothers in suburban Rome recently organized a petition drive to keep a 3-year-old black girl from attending kindergarten after her family traveled to Uganda — a country thousands of miles away from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
Ebola Brings West African Economies to an ‘Alarming’ Standstill’ (New Economy)→
/The New Economy speaks to Robtel Neajai Pailey, PhD candidate at SOAS, University of London and Liberian native, about how the impact of the Ebola crisis in West Africa is stretching beyond the humanitarian field and into economic territory.
A Review of Gbagba (Daily Observer)→
/Robtel Neajai Pailey’s children’s book Gbagba is populated with characters bound to the changing meanings of ethics in post-war Liberia. The story touches on the role of traditional values to transform social thinking.
Gbagba: Anti-Corruption Song Takes Children’s Reader to Another Level (Daily Observer)→
/Hip-Co King Takun J is headlining a new track hitting the airwaves this week that is pushing the envelope and tapping the consciousness of Liberian youth with the anti-corruption message. The song “Gbagba Is Corruption” is based on the children’s book Gbagba written by Robtel Neajai Pailey, illustrated by Chase Walker, and published by One Moore Book (OMB).
Impact Interview: Robtel Neajai Pailey (Academics Stand Against Poverty)→
/While still a doctoral student, Robtel Neajai Pailey has emerged as a globally influential voice on poverty, corruption and related issues. In a career that already spans work as a practitioner, journalist, government staff member and academic, she has published articles or comment pieces in The New York Times, Africa Today, The Guardian and many other outlets. She has also covered news out of Africa as an assistant editor of the Washington Informer Newspaper, worked in capacity building for the Foundation for International Dignity (a refugee rights organisation), taught and developed curriculum at the Robben Island Museum in Cape Town, South Africa and the Buduburam Refugee Camp School in Ghana, and has collaborated with or consulted for a range of NGOs and philanthropic agencies.
Somalia, N. Korea, Afghanistan Lead Corruption State Index (Voice of America) →
/Robtel Pailey wrote a children’s book about corruption titled Gbagba, or "Trickery." She's a Liberian national and a scholar at London University’s School of Oriental and African Studies, and said that the younger generations must be made aware that corruption should not be tolerated.
