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A review by torneoluna
Another America: The Story of Liberia and the Former Slaves Who Ruled It by James Ciment
4.0
Very interesting book about the Americo-Liberians and the nation they founded but the book quickly drags to a close after the 1980 coup, when they were deposed. Make no mistake, this is a book specifically about this particular group. After all, it's on the title of the book.
Little information is given about modern, post-1980 Liberia (Ex: Charles Taylor, civil wars, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, ebola). Instead, this book is almost purely dedicated to the origins of Liberia as a state and the American-descended Liberians that ran it until that fateful coup in 1980. If you enjoy a premise as interesting as freed slaves creating their own country, I'd recommend this book. If you are perhaps going to Liberia or are interesting in the MODERN politics of the country, I'd recommend you look for something else.
Little information is given about modern, post-1980 Liberia (Ex: Charles Taylor, civil wars, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, ebola). Instead, this book is almost purely dedicated to the origins of Liberia as a state and the American-descended Liberians that ran it until that fateful coup in 1980. If you enjoy a premise as interesting as freed slaves creating their own country, I'd recommend this book. If you are perhaps going to Liberia or are interesting in the MODERN politics of the country, I'd recommend you look for something else.