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Little Liberia: An African Odyssey ..., Steinberg, Jonn

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Title
Little Liberia: An African Odyssey in New York City
Book Title
Little Liberia: An African Odyssey in New York City
ISBN
0224085662
EAN
9780224085663
Binding
Hardback
Date of Publication
20110113
Release Title
Little Liberia: An African Odyssey in New York City
Artist
Steinberg, Jonny
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Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Name
Little Liberia: an African Odyssey in New York City
Item Height
222mm
Author
Jonny Steinberg
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Item Width
143mm
Subject
Social Sciences
Item Weight
434g
Number of Pages
304 Pages

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Liberia is a country built on the promise of freedom, and Africa s first republic- founded and colonised by freed slaves with the aid of America in 1847. In 1980 a military coup led by Samuel Doe ended Americo-Liberian rule, marking the beginning of a period of dictatorship and instability that would lead to years of brutal civil war and human rights abuses, dividing communities along tribal lines, and pitting neighbour against neighbour. Hundreds of thousands were killed in the internecine battles, and millions displaced. From the chaos a growing number of survivors have implanted themselves in communities on the east coast of America. Here Jonny Steinberg meets two men from Monrovia with very separate experiences of the war, but with similar ambitions in their new home. He lives and works with the two men- in their social groups, business ventures and the community initiatives they have established, eventually visiting the homes that they have fled. Through them, and the network of connections and rivalries that span the two countries, he is able to document the trauma that many Liberians have lived through in the past thirty years, and explore its continuing impact on their l

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Vintage Publishing
ISBN-13
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Author
Jonny Steinberg
Publication Name
Little Liberia: an African Odyssey in New York City
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Social Sciences
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
304 Pages

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Item Height
222mm
Item Width
143mm
Item Weight
434g

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Jonny Steinberg
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United Kingdom

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