A Woman You Can Trust: Ellen-Johnson Sirleaf and Political Leadership in Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Gwendolyn Mikell

Summary

This journal article explores the leadership of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia’s first female president. Women were largely separated from discredited political elites during the years of civil year, and they are have achieved political legitimacy by virtue of their non-involvement with those actors. Johnson-Sirleaf embodies this newly-gained legitimacy. Her election and governance has empowered women’s movements in Liberia.

Citation

Mikell, Gwendolyn. “A Woman You Can Trust: Ellen-Johnson Sirleaf and Political Leadership in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Georgetown Journal of International Affairs 10 (2009): 17-25.

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