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On the Subject of Kings and Queens: “Traditional” African Leadership and the Diasporal Imagination

by Al-Yasha Ilhaam Williams Abstract “Then you will die indeed, Chila Kintasi!  Your own mouth pronounced judgment.  Die and deliver the land from the abominations of drunkenness and gluttony.  (She used a bunch of soft feather [sic] attached on a bamboo stick on the Fon [King].  The Fon begins to reel until he collapses.)  Die!  […]

The Transformation of the US-based Liberian Diaspora from Hard Power to Soft Power Agents

by Osman Antwi-Boateng Abstract As a result of a “hurting stalemate” and the failure to capture power through coercion, moderate elements within the US-based Liberian diaspora resorted to soft power in order to have a greater impact on homeland affairs. The effectiveness of the diaspora is aided by the attractiveness of diaspora success and US culture, the […]