Africa Trip Preparation

We recommend reading Memoirs of a Reluctant Servant by Jerome Cabeen to help prepare for Teach Peace Foundation trips to Liberia.

 

The picture below shows how the Berlin Conference that ended in 1885 carved up Africa. The widespread poverty in Africa is by design made possible by the artificial boundaries that split peaceful communities and combined them with historical rivals. Only Liberia and Ethiopia were left unchanged by the Berlin Conference. Click here to learn how Africa was literally carved up during the Berlin Conference.

 

BOOKS and ARTICLES

Carving up Africa...125 years of the Berlin Conference

United States Policy Towards Liberia, 1822 to 2003: Unintended Consequences?
by Lester S. Hyman

The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood
by Helene Cooper

This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President
by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

The High Cost of Low Prices

by David Dionisi

Redemption Road: The Quest for Peace and Justice in Liberia (A Novel)
by Elma Shaw

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
by Sierra Leonean Ishmael Beah

Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Liberia

Confessions of an Economic Hitman
by John Perkins

Liberia History Timeline with Selected Reading

Africa Book Centre, Online Catalogue of Books by Country and Region


FILMS
The Great African Scandal (this film examines Ghana but many of the same issues are applicable throughout Africa)

Liberia: An Uncivil War

Pray the Devil Back to Hell

Iron Ladies of Liberia
 

Ethiopia Ark of the Covenant Videos
Digging for the Truth    Part 2    Part 3

Ark of the Covenant

Searching for the Ark of the Covenant    2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12

Ark of the Covenant -- Lost or Hidden Away

Other Resources
Eyes of Liberia by Mercer Island High School student Renee Chiang

Be the Change - Economic Justice by Dave Dionisi

Teach Peace child protection policy

Liberia Mission Documentary

Vulture funds

Liberian Embassy

BBC News, Country Profiles

The World Factbook - Ethiopia

The World Factbook - Liberia

World Heritage Sites in Africa


If you have suggestions for books, articles, films or other resources, please send an email to contact@teachpeace.com.
 

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