Mighty Be Our Powers - How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War - A Memoir

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Empowering memoir of sisterhood transforming war-torn Liberia.

You might find "Mighty Be Our Powers" to be an eye-opening memoir that embodies the strength of women's unity in the face of adversity. Leymah Gbowee's story is not just her own but a testament to the collective power women can wield for peace and change. The personal and political interweave in a narrative that's as inspiring as it is harrowing, offering a perspective that could change your view on the role of grassroots movements in conflict resolution.

  • Dayton Literary Peace Prize Nominee for Nonfiction (2012)
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Mighty Be Our Powers - How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War - A Memoir

Regular price ₱490.05
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ISBN: 9780732294083
Authors: Leymah Gbowee
Publisher: HarperCollins - AU
Date of Publication: 2011-10-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs, Politics, History
Goodreads rating: 4.17
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Defy a dictator. Unite your people. End a war. As a young woman, Leymah Gbowee was broken by the Liberian civil war, a brutal conflict that tore apart her life and claimed the lives of countless relatives and friends. Years of fighting destroyed her country - and shattered Gbowee's girlhood hopes and dreams. As a young mother trapped in a nightmare of domestic abuse, she found the courage to turn her bitterness into action, propelled by her realization that it is women who suffer most during conflicts - and that the power of women working together can create an unstoppable force. In 2003, Gbowee helped organize and then led the Liberian Mass Action for Peace, a coalition of Christian and Muslim women who sat in public protest, confronting Liberia's ruthless president and rebel warlords, and even held a sex strike. Mighty Be Our Powers is a gripping chronicle of Gbowee's journey from hopelessness to empowerment and how, together with the women of Liberia, she delivered peace to a nation. 'Mighty Be Our Powers reminds us that even in the worst of times, humanity's best can shine through' - ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
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Empowering memoir of sisterhood transforming war-torn Liberia.

You might find "Mighty Be Our Powers" to be an eye-opening memoir that embodies the strength of women's unity in the face of adversity. Leymah Gbowee's story is not just her own but a testament to the collective power women can wield for peace and change. The personal and political interweave in a narrative that's as inspiring as it is harrowing, offering a perspective that could change your view on the role of grassroots movements in conflict resolution.

  • Dayton Literary Peace Prize Nominee for Nonfiction (2012)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.