Children in the Fight Against Corruption (International New York Times) →

I remember the first time I stared corruption in the face.

It was 2010, and I was chairwoman of a Liberian government committee responsible for reforming the awarding of international scholarships. We discovered that a group of 18-year-old boys had forged their national exam records to become eligible for a scholarship to Morocco.

One Man, Two Wars, One Guilty Verdict: Charles Taylor Verdict Reveals Selective International Justice (Pambazuka News)→

Much has changed since I covered the first day of Charles Taylor’s trial for Pambazuka News on June 4, 2007. That day, he failed to show up to court, calling the case against him a “farce.” Today, he was in full view, stoic, resolute and somber. As I sat in the public gallery of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon building at The Hague, peering at the man portrayed as the most notorious African warlord in contemporary history, Taylor’s fate was solidified by one word: “GUILTY.”

Nobel Peace Prize Could Not Have Come at a Better Time for Liberia (The Guardian, UK) →

Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and peace activist Leymah Gbowee, also from Liberia, became the second and third African women to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on 7 October.

Evaluating the Dual Citizenship/State-building/Nation-building Nexus in Liberia (Liberian Studies Journal)

(2011) “Evaluating the Dual Citizenship/State-building/Nation-building Nexus in Liberia.” Liberian Studies Journal (36) 1: 1-24.

Craft and Concerns in Helene Cooper’s The House at Sugar Beach (Verlag)

(2010) “Craft and Concerns in Helene Cooper’s The House at SugarBeach” in JKS Makokha, Remmy Barasa and Adeyemi Daramola (eds.) Tales, Tellers and Talemaking: Critical Studies on Literary Stylistics and Narrative Styles in Contemporary African Literature. Berlin, Germany: Verlag Dr. Mueller (VDM): 169-183.

A Diaspora Returns: Liberia Then and Now (Humanitas)

(2007) “A Diaspora Returns: Liberia Then and Now.” Humanitas 9 (1): 3-35.

Even Former Warlords Deserve a Fair Trial: Charles Taylor Rebuffs the ICC and the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone (Pambazuka News) →

The long awaited trial of fast-talking, charismatic warlord-turned-Liberian president Charles Ghankay Taylor was a dramatic tour de force in the complexities of international justice.

Slavery Ain’t Dead, It’s Manufactured in Liberia’s Rubber (Fahamu)→

(2007) “Slavery Ain’t Dead, It’s Manufactured in Liberia’s Rubber” in Patrick Bond and Firoze Manji (eds.) From the Slave Trade to ‘Free’ Trade: How Trade Undermines Democracy and Justice in Africa. Nairobi, Kenya and Oxford, UK: Fahamu, Networks for Social Justice: 77-83.