Talking with National Geographic's Peter Gwin about reporting on the aftermath of the Central African Republic’s civil war. Last week, NationalGeographic.com published Peter Gwin’s account of ...

Glenna Gordon The Masonic Lodge in Monrovia, Liberia. Before the civil war, the descents of American slaves who mainly controlled the government often made official decisions at the lodge ...

Help us further the reach of innovative ideas. Donate today. Read more stories by Clair MacDougall. Clair MacDougall is a writer who has lived and reported on Liberia, its history, and the legacy of ...

Dr. Yolanda Covington-Ward delivered the second lecture in the Black Studies Program’s Sankofa Lecture Series at Suffolk ...

Despite the cessation of hostilities, the wounds inflicted during the civil wars persist, as many victims and survivors feel ...

By the outbreak of the Civil War, in April 1861, he was one of the largest coffee farmers in Liberia—and he hoped that this new country, to which several thousand Black Americans had fled to ...

Ganta — Haunted by the scars of Liberia's brutal civil war, 100 women from Nimba County have broken their silence, demanding justice for the atrocities they endured. With a unified voice ...

Given the background of a brutal seven-year civil war, Liberia's transition process ... and politically motivated criminal charges. In the aftermath of the Lofa County incursions in 1999, security ...

A new release out this spring from Liberian-American singer-songwriter Mon Rovia focuses on his journey to finding empathy from grief, and making peace with the fact that he escaped Liberia’s civil ...

Cole's work on the effects of civil war in Liberia won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography. She is also two-time winner of the Robert Capa Gold Medal for war photography from the ...