A Liberian life : : memoir of an academic and former Minister of State for Presidential Affairs / / D. Elwood Dunn.

• Superior document: Afrika-Studiecentrum series ; 41
• VerfasserIn: Dunn, D. Elwood,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Afrika-Studiecentrum series ; 41.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (321 pages)
• Notes: Includes index.

An account of the author’s triple careers in academia, and services to two distinct governments of Liberia – William R. Tolbert’s and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s (consultant). Situated between the crisis years of the True Whig Party (TWP) regime, and the hopeful years of the first post-civil war governm...

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Early Years  My Ancestors
• 3 Early Education
• 4 Post-secondary Education Formation
• 5 Career Initiation  One Year at Department of State/1965
• 6 Student in France
• 7 From Lyon to Washington, D.C.
• 8 Graduate Student in USA  American University
• 9 Seton Hall, 1970–1974  Academic Career Launched
• 10 Marriage in 1971
• 11 Government Service  Foreign Ministry, 1974–1977
• 12 Government Service  Executive Mansion, 1977–1980
• 1 The April 14 Crisis
• 2 The Brownell Commission
• 3 Cabinet and the Report
• 4 Appointment Minister of State for Presidential Affairs
• 5 Some Policy Issues and Me
• 6 Sole Report as Chairman of the Cabinet
• 7 Envoy to Zimbabwe
• 13 Return Home, April 22, 1980
• 14 Uncertainty & Consultancy at Foreign Ministry
• 15 Stint at University of Liberia (June – Dec. 1980)
• 16 Transition back to USA
• 17 Back in the USA – Seeking Permanent Residency
• 18 Sewanee Materialized Summer 1981
• 19 Highlights of My Sewanee Career
• 20 Return to Academia
• 21 My Scholarship
• 22 Liberia Engagement, 1981–2012 (and beyond)
• 23 Summary of Academic Career
• 24 Focus on Rebuilding Post Civil War Liberia
• 1 Looking toward Liberia’s Post-Conflict Future
• 2 Rescuing and Preserving Priceless Liberian Records
• 3 Investigating Corruption
• 4 Delivering the National Oration in 2012
• 5 The Constitution Review Committee
• 6 National Symbols Review
• 7 Liberia National History Project
• 8 Governance Reform and Vision 2030
• 25 The Center for Policy Studies
• 26 Reflections on the Consultancy
• 27 Final Reflections/Epilogue
• Appendices
• Appendix 1 Chronology of Key Events
• Appendix 2 Defining the National Purpose of Liberia, a National Oration by D. Elwood Dunn on the 132nd Independence Anniversary of Liberia, July 26, 1979
• Appendix 3 The University of the South Resolution of Appreciation
• Appendix 4 Renewing Our National Promise an Address Delivered by D. Elwood Dunn on the Occasion of the One Hundred and Sixty-fifth Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Liberia, Centennail Memorial Pavilion, Monrovia, Republic of Liberia July 26, 2012
• Appendix 5 Reflections on Research Challenges as the Liberian Studies Association Turns Fifty
• Appendix 6 Partial List of Articles and Other Publications
• Illustrations
• Index.