An examination of Russwurm's intellectual accomplishments and contribution to the black civil rights movement in America from 1826-1829, and more significantly explores the essential characteristics that distinguished his thoughts and endeavours from other black leaders in America, Liberia and Maryland. BNS, 256pp, UK. PALGRAVE/MACMILLAN.

The vivid story of how the mythic Africa of the African American imagination ran into the realities of Africa the place during the interwar years. Based on extensive archival research in the United States and Liberia, the author examines the paradoxes at the core of DuBois's emigration movement and the class and ethnic divisons in Liberia that marred the country. Index, bib, notes, b/w illus, 442pp, USA. DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 0822332477

A study of the intersection of cultural constructions of gender and other systems of ranking among the Glebo people of Cape Palmas, south-western Liberia. Index, bib, gloss, xv, 189pp, USA. CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS, 0801495547

Liberia has a strong connection to the United States in that it was founded by former slaves in 1822. Although Liberia had existed as an independent African nation and a symbol of hope to the African peoples under the rule of various colonial powers, its recent history has been bedevilled by a prolonged upheaval following a military coup d'etat in 1980. In this context, the narrative highlights the distinctiveness of Liberians in their negotiation of traditional indigenous and modern practices, and the changes wrought by Christianity and Western influences. Index, gloss, b/w photos, 154pp, USA. GREENWOOD PUBLISHING GROUP.

Now in paperback. Hannah Musgrave has always been on the run: from her adoring parents, her many lovers, even from herself. As a young woman, she dropped out of her privileged Boston world to work for the terrorist group the Weathermen. Put on the FBIs most wanted list, she flees to Liberia. There she marries an ambitious, young politician and settles down to being a wife and mother. Liberia is a country waiting to explode. A century of American exploitation has created a corrupt elite and a fragile military state where the threat of civil war is ever present. The violent events that follow touch everyone close to Hannah and once again she has to escape. This time though the past won't disappear. 392pp, UK. BLOOMSBURY.

First published in 1891, this short history describes the moves to colonise Liberia, the formation of the Maryland State Colonisation Society, the missionary effort and efforts to repatriate African Americans to West Africa. 42pp, USA. KESSINGER PUBLISHING.

An account of the work of Liberian women trying to achieve peace during the protracted civil war, presenting a case study of the critical role women can play in building peace. Part one offers a brief history of Liberia and the civil war and the early contributions made by women to peace. Part 2 describes reconciliation, reconstruction and peace initiatives. Also includes interviews with sixteen people who describe their experiences in peace and conflict. Map, b/w illus, xix, 100pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS, 1592212522

Tells the rich and sometimes heroic story of the press in Liberia, from 1830 when the first newspaper was established, to 1970, the nadir of government control of the media. Early newspapers were infused with a broad race consciousness, reflected in names like Africa's Luminary, the African Watchman, and New Africa, which gave way to a specific nationalism at the turn of the last century, as the curtain of European colonization separated Liberians from the rest of the continent. Initially, newspapers featured biting social commentary and enjoyed wide latitude to criticize officials. But increased foreign investments in the 1940s brought stringent restrictions and a rise in government ownership of the media. Index, bib, b/w illustrations, 312pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

An account of the 2,030 African Americans from North Carolina who left the state and took up residence in Liberia between 1825 and 1893 examining both the American and African side of this experience. The author describes how the dream of an American Pan African utopia was tempered by complicated relationships with the Africans whom they dispossessed of land. Illustrated with b/w photographs and images. Index, bib, notes, graphs, tables, xii, 330pp, USA. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS, 0807855162

An examination of the relationship between Liberia and the United States looking in detail at policies and their consequences in the Twentieth Century. The author deals in particular with the causes of the civil war and its long term effects on the civilian population. Also presented is a general case study of how the US treats post conflict societies. Index, bib, notes, map, xiv, 282pp, USA. AFRICANA HOMESTEAD LEGACY PUBLISHING.

2003 0965330885 Hardback

Novel set in Liberia. A story where the local and the national and the rural and the urban come into conflict. 138pp, GHANA. SEDCO.

2001 9964721773 Paperback