Author: Robtel Neajai Pailey
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Legal invisibility was the best thing to happen to me
I became an undocumented migrant at age six and it changed my life. For the millions of undocumented migrants across the globe, life unfolds above ground, ... -
Where is the ‘African’ in African Studies?
We need to put the ‘African’ in African Studies, not as a token gesture, but as an affirmation that Africans have always produced knowledge about their continent. ... -
In a World Obsessed with Passport Tiers, Citizenship Is Personal and Political – By Robtel Neajai Pailey
Late last week, I was informed that I would not be able to travel to Dubai for an important meeting scheduled months ago. Like other countries ... -
Liberia: Children in the Fight Against Corruption – By Robtel Neajai Pailey
MONROVIA, Liberia – I remember the first time I stared corruption in the face. It was 2010, and I was chairwoman of a Liberian government committee ... -
Why Liberia’s Proposed Dual Citizenship Legislation Should Be Based on Evidence, Not Sentiments – By Robtel Neajai Pailey
Cecil Frank is an unassuming man, but he’s got some firebrand politics. His is a story that typifies the peculiar migratory history of Liberia””a country “˜founded’ ... -
Liberians Approach Oil Finds with Caution – By Robtel Neajai Pailey
News released at the end of February that Liberia was on the cusp of an unprecedented oil discovery garnered much more than just praise and adulation. ... -
Charles Taylor a CIA Informant “” Liberia’s Relationship with the US needs to be retooled – By Robtel Neajai Pailey
This op-ed was written based on a front page Boston Globe article on Jan. 17, which asserted that Charles Taylor was a CIA informant. However, the ... -
‘Pray the Devil Back to Hell’ and the making of Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Laureate – By Robtel Neajai Pailey
In 2009 I screened the film Pray the Devil Back to Hell in Monrovia, Liberia, with a group of Liberian women “” young and old “” ... -
Liberia 2011 Elections Will Determine Its Political Maturity – By Robtel Neajai Pailey
I came back to Liberia to vote in our general and presidential elections for the first time in my life, and discovered a politically charged milieu. ...
