Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Prior to becoming President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was head of the Governance Reform Commission of Liberia, Deputy Director of the United Nations Development Program, and an economist at the World Bank. She was the first Chairwoman of the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) and the first female Finance Minister of Liberia. She lives in Monrovia, Liberia.

'And So Liberia Was Born'

In an exclusive excerpt from the Liberian president’s memoir, she recounts the birth of her nation as a colony for freed slaves sent “back” from America.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | Published Apr 01, 2009