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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: People from Monrovia, Charles Taylor, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, George Weah, Joseph Jenkins Roberts, William R. Tolbert, Jr., Tamba Hali, George Henry Andrews, Alex Nimo, George Fraska, Christopher Wreh, Sekou Oliseh, Dulee Johnson, Matee Ajavon, William D. Coleman, Bhawoh Jue, James Debbah, Arthur Barclay, Hilary R. W. Johnson, Lawrence Doe, Ansu Toure, Melvin Tarley, Leo Gibson, Amadaiya Rennie, Willis Forko, Edwin Snowe, Ziad Fazah, Zizi Roberts, Kirat Bhattal, Togba-Nah Tipoteh, Johnny Menyongar, Alex Nimely, Ashton Youboty, Helene Cooper, Arthur Farh, Nuzohn Zidenmaro Kulala, Michael Butler, Musa Shannon, Mary Broh, Adam Smarte, Christian Essel, Theo Lewis Weeks, McColm Cephas, Thomas Kojo, Worteh Sampson, Anthony Laffor, Thomas Tapeh, Nathaniel Barnes, Monie Captan, Ophelia Hoff Saytumah, Antoinette Sayeh, George Johnson. Excerpt: Charles McArthur Ghankay Taylor (born 28 January 1948) was the 22nd President of Liberia, serving from 2 August 1997 until his resignation on 11 August 2003. Born in Arthington, Montserrado County, Liberia, Taylor earned a degree at Bentley College in the United States before returning to Liberia to work in the government of Samuel Doe. After being removed for embezzlement, he eventually arrived in Libya, where he was trained as a guerilla fighter. He returned to Liberia in 1989 as the head of a Libyan-backed resistance group, the National Patriotic Front of Liberia, to overthrow the Doe regime, initiating the First Liberian Civil War. Following Doe's execution, he gained control of a large portion of the country and became one of the most prominent warlords in Africa. Following a peace deal that ended the war, Taylor terrorized the population into electing him president in the 1997 general election. During his term of office, Taylor was accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity...
