Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen, 1938-

This child will be great : memoir of a remarkable life by Africa's first woman president / Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. - 1st ed. - New York : Harper, c2009. - 353 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references 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.

978006135482

2009017220

GBA922291 bnb

014920420 Uk


Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen, 1938-


Presidents--Liberia--Biography.
Women presidents--Liberia--Biography.


Liberia--Politics and government--1980-
Liberia--Biography.

DT636.53.J64 / A3 2009