This child will be great : memoir of a remarkable life by Africa's first woman president
by Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen, 1938-
Summary
In this stirring memoir, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf--Africa's "Iron Lady" and first woman president--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. Full description
- 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.