This Child Will Be Great
Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President

I first saw Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on the Jon Stewart show and knew I had to read her book. I was not disappointed. Truth is often so much better than fiction. She became the first woman president in Africa through sheer determination, great intelligence and a belief that she was needed to help her c......more

The root cause of conflict is not simply poverty but poverty brought on by exclusion. Exclusion in its broadest context: exclusion from resources, from power, from education and information, from the opportunity to better one's life. (p. 305) This is a hard review to write! I'm a little bit floored b......more

Don't get fooled by the word "memoir" in the title. This is not a memoir but an essay about the history and financial and administrative issues of Liberia in the recent past. Ellen Sirleaf's book is not about herself but about Liberia. While it is detailed, there is such a thing as being too detaile......more