Towards a Political Economy of Liberia
| Review of African Political Economy - Vol. 5 No. 12 Towards a Political Economy of Liberia |
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| Abstract of Briefing |
| Title: | Towards a Political Economy of Liberia |
| Author: | Kadallah Khafre |
| Location: | Vol.5 No.12 (Summer 1978), pp105-113 |
| bourgeois; Death of William V S Tublin; present president William R Tolbert (Mesurdo Group of Companies); history; Edward Wilmot Blyden, father of Pan-Africanism; UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement Association); MOJA (Movement for Justice in Africa); APFA (All-Peoples Freedom Alliance); CAPRIL (Committee Against Political Repression in Liberia); SUSUKUU; LAMCO, Bong Mines, Firestone As Frantz Fanon pointed out: 'The bourgeoisie dictatorship of underdeveloped countries draws its strength from the existence of a leader' . Thus, the death in 1971 of William V S Tubman, Liberia's leader for 27 unbroken years, was an important turning point in the country's 130 years' history. |
See also... | |
 | Organisation: UNIA Abbreviation of Universal Negro Improvement Association. |
| Organisation: MOJA Abbreviation of Movement for Justice in Africa. |
| Organisation: APFA Abbreviation of All-Peoples Freedom Alliance. |
| Organisation: CAPRIL Abbreviation of Committee Against Political Repression in Liberia. |
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