No Land, No Vote The Story of the 1979 Sawyer Campaign for Mayor of Monrovia and the Fight for Voting Rights in Liberia |
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| Author:
| Sawyer, Amos |
| ISBN: | 979-8-9874633-1-4 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2023 |
| Publisher: | Wahala Publishing House, Ltd.
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $40.00 |
Book Description:
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"No Land, No Vote" is Prof. Amos C. Sawyer's personal account of the Monrovia Mayoral Contest of 1979-1980, a historic electoral event that led to opening up participation in Liberia elections to all Liberians of eighteen years of age and above and the removal of the property qualification for voting in election. Many commentators and scholars have identified the 1979-1980 Monrovia mayoral contest as an important event that took the Liberian electoral process of late twentieth century...
More Description"No Land, No Vote" is Prof. Amos C. Sawyer's personal account of the Monrovia Mayoral Contest of 1979-1980, a historic electoral event that led to opening up participation in Liberia elections to all Liberians of eighteen years of age and above and the removal of the property qualification for voting in election. Many commentators and scholars have identified the 1979-1980 Monrovia mayoral contest as an important event that took the Liberian electoral process of late twentieth century beyond being a perfunctory exercise controlled by the dominant True Whig Party. This book is constructed from the diary he kept during the campaign, his and colleagues' recollections, and campaign and newspaper materials. It includes analyses of the politics, constituencies, and impact of the campaign.