Liberia Reading List

In my ongoing research and creative work reflecting on Liberia, I have found these resources to offer nuanced and generative critical perspectives -


Between the Kola Forest and the Salty Sea: A History of the Liberian People Before 1800
by C. Patrick Burrowes

She Would Be King
The Dragons, the Giant, the Women
by Wayétu Moore

Land of My Fathers
by Vamba Sherif

An African Republic: Black and White Virginians in the Making of Liberia
by Marie Tyler-McGraw

Empire of Rubber: Firestone’s Scramble for Land and Power in Liberia
by Gregg Mitman

A Liberian Journey: History, Memory, and the Making of a Nation

Jellemoh: A Story of the Life and Times of Victoria Elizabeth Jellemoh Grimes, A Liberian Wife & Mother
by Mary Antoinette Brown Sherman