Liberia Research Library: Liberia 1989-1994: A Study of Ethnic and Spiritual Violence

Year:

1995

Organization / Publisher / Reference:

African Affairs. 94. 375 (1995): 165-197

Authors:

Stephen Ellis

Areas:

Governance

Sub-topic:

self-perception

Publicly available?:

yes

Method:

Sample size (n):

1 979

Main findings:

Briefing suggests that there still remains a sense of Liberian identity expressed in language ('Liberian English') and in culture. It also suggests that healing lies in the spiritual field at least as much as in the political one, and at the local level rather than the national one.

Further research recommendations:

Tags:

governance