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LIBERIA:
A Momentary
Glimpse at
Leadership and a Call for Transformational
Change
January 2014
By: Isaac Dadah Wolofar
An article that captures a momentary look at the status quo of underlying leadership in Africa’s oldest
Independent Republic. The article supplementarily transcends the glimpse and gazes at the vision for transformational change against the prevailing paradigm of a nation with extraordinary promise.
1|Page ell, in due course President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is nearing the brink of ending her two-term service to Liberia. Even as the seventy-five-year-old leader will forever take personal pride in becoming the first elected female president on the continent,
Liberia should much more take pride in embracing the daring and unprecedented act of offering the highest office of her war-ravaged state onto the command of a female leadership.
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Prior to the 2005 Presidential elections, there were symphonies of optimisms sung by countless political pundits across the globe regarding the significant chance for institutional and economic reform and nation building for Liberia if Sirleaf were elected president. Given her education, pedigree, rapport with the international community, and the passionate affection she has demonstrated for Liberia, there were beliefs that Sirleaf’s leadership could bring revival and hope for Africa’s oldest independent Republic. Hopes were held high that Madam Sirleaf leadership could help inspire rebuilding and revitalization effort for a nation whose image has been stained by years of civil wars, poverty, and lawlessness.
Following eight years of the presidency, some of these expectations have been attempted if we must be honest. There is no misconception that instituting change for a country that has been severely wounded in every way would be easy for any leader of any time in the history of government. President Sirleaf probably took over one of the most difficult presidential jobs
LIBERIA:
A Momentary
Glimpse at
Leadership and a Call for Transformational
Change
January 2014
By: Isaac Dadah Wolofar
An article that captures a momentary look at the status quo of underlying leadership in Africa’s oldest
Independent Republic. The article supplementarily transcends the glimpse and gazes at the vision for transformational change against the prevailing paradigm of a nation with extraordinary promise.
1|Page ell, in due course President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is nearing the brink of ending her two-term service to Liberia. Even as the seventy-five-year-old leader will forever take personal pride in becoming the first elected female president on the continent,
Liberia should much more take pride in embracing the daring and unprecedented act of offering the highest office of her war-ravaged state onto the command of a female leadership.
W
Prior to the 2005 Presidential elections, there were symphonies of optimisms sung by countless political pundits across the globe regarding the significant chance for institutional and economic reform and nation building for Liberia if Sirleaf were elected president. Given her education, pedigree, rapport with the international community, and the passionate affection she has demonstrated for Liberia, there were beliefs that Sirleaf’s leadership could bring revival and hope for Africa’s oldest independent Republic. Hopes were held high that Madam Sirleaf leadership could help inspire rebuilding and revitalization effort for a nation whose image has been stained by years of civil wars, poverty, and lawlessness.
Following eight years of the presidency, some of these expectations have been attempted if we must be honest. There is no misconception that instituting change for a country that has been severely wounded in every way would be easy for any leader of any time in the history of government. President Sirleaf probably took over one of the most difficult presidential jobs