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Mighty Be Our Powers

How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War; a Memoir

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Leymah Gbowee was one of three women to receive the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize

As a young woman growing up in Africa, seventeen-year-old Leymah Gbowee was crushed by a savage war when violence reached her native Monrovia, depriving her of the education she yearned for and claiming the lives of relatives and friends. As war continued to ravage Liberia, Gbowee's bitterness turned to rage-fueled action as she realized that women bear the greatest burden in prolonged conflicts. Passionate and charismatic, Gbowee was instrumental in galvanizing hundreds, if not thousands of women in Liberia in 2002 to force a peace in the region after twelve years of war. She began organizing Christian and Muslim women to demonstrate together, founding Liberian Mass Action for Peace, launching protests and even a sex strike.

Gbowee's memoir, Mighty Be Our Powers, chronicles the unthinkable violence she's faced throughout her life and the peace she has helped broker by empowering hundreds of her countrywomen and others around the world to take action and takes listeners along on her continuing journey as she harnesses the power of women to bring her country peace, saves herself, and changes history.

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    • AudioFile Magazine
      Kimberly Scott's narration is steady, purposeful, and confident--attributes that keep sadness at bay while listening to this story of the war in Liberia that disrupted author Leymah Gbowee's life when she was a teen. Scott's moderate pace may be tedious to those used to a more varied delivery, but those who are fascinated by the author's story may not mind. Family drama and the histories of several generations are recounted in restrained tones that help underscore the author's painful loss of a privileged life. As an adult, the author found herself living a nightmare of domestic abuse. The experiences she recounts inspired her to organize the Liberian Mass Action for Peace, which brought women together to fight for their rights and for an end to the war. M.R. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine

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