Likewise, I wanted to hear more about her complex relationship with the notorious ex-president Charles Taylor, who is now being tried at The Hague for war crimes for his role in atrocities against the citizens of Sierra Leone. Doe, she only dedicates a few pages to this time period. Although Sirleaf spent nine months in jail for defying the former warlord-president Samuel K. I am convinced that Sirleaf's life was remarkable, but I wish she had painted with a smaller brush instead of using such broad strokes. While I did learn about the trajectory of the Liberian president's life-from her days as a victim of spousal abuse to her election as Africa's first female leader-the book lacked much of the intensity I expected from a woman who was jailed, nearly killed on several occasions and forced to flee her country, only to come back and win an election that no one thought she could win.ĭon't get me wrong. Maybe it's the influence of reality television or the tell-all culture of Facebook and Twitter, but while reading President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's new memoir, This Child Will Be Great, I found myself wanting more drama.
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