Leymah Gbowee Speech Analysis
Leymah Gbowee
Unlock the intelligence, passion, greatness of girls Liberia's second civil war, 1999-2003, brought an unimaginable level of violence to a country still recovering from its first civil war (1989-96). And much of that violence was directed at women. During this speech by the Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee, she tells us powerful stories to tell of her own life’s transformation and of the untapped potential of girls around the world. During my analyzation of the speech, I started off by looking at Leymah’s projection, clarity, and charisma. Leymah project’s herself amazingly, by have an amazing personality and passion behind her voice; which translated into a strong and clear voice. Even while facing the obstacle of not being a native speaker of English. Leymah is a charismatic person; she has a warm presence and you just can’t not like her. But I felt as if the speech was a bit dry and didn’t engage the audience as much as I would have liked. While analyzing the speech, I was a bit critical of her …show more content…
First, what’s going on in west Africa is a social injustice and I strongly believe that first world countries and the U.N should step in and help, and organization like No Child Left Behind and others should help on a globe scale not just local. Second Leymah Gbowee; other than being awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work. Leymah Roberta Gbowee is a Liberian peace activist responsible for leading a women's peace movement, Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace that helped bring an end to the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003. Her efforts to end the war, along with her collaborator Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, helped usher in a period of peace and enabled a free election in 2005.She’s a great inspiration to me, and embodies the characters I see in
Unlock the intelligence, passion, greatness of girls Liberia's second civil war, 1999-2003, brought an unimaginable level of violence to a country still recovering from its first civil war (1989-96). And much of that violence was directed at women. During this speech by the Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee, she tells us powerful stories to tell of her own life’s transformation and of the untapped potential of girls around the world. During my analyzation of the speech, I started off by looking at Leymah’s projection, clarity, and charisma. Leymah project’s herself amazingly, by have an amazing personality and passion behind her voice; which translated into a strong and clear voice. Even while facing the obstacle of not being a native speaker of English. Leymah is a charismatic person; she has a warm presence and you just can’t not like her. But I felt as if the speech was a bit dry and didn’t engage the audience as much as I would have liked. While analyzing the speech, I was a bit critical of her …show more content…
First, what’s going on in west Africa is a social injustice and I strongly believe that first world countries and the U.N should step in and help, and organization like No Child Left Behind and others should help on a globe scale not just local. Second Leymah Gbowee; other than being awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work. Leymah Roberta Gbowee is a Liberian peace activist responsible for leading a women's peace movement, Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace that helped bring an end to the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003. Her efforts to end the war, along with her collaborator Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, helped usher in a period of peace and enabled a free election in 2005.She’s a great inspiration to me, and embodies the characters I see in