http://togetherliberia.org We're a platform for Liberian storytellers using text, audio and visual media. Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:25:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://togetherliberia.org/the-radio-is-coming-to-you/ http://togetherliberia.org/the-radio-is-coming-to-you/#comments Sat, 18 Jun 2011 20:50:47 +0000 Cameron Zohoori http://togetherliberia.org/?p=1274 http://togetherliberia.org/the-radio-is-coming-to-you/feed/ 0 During our sojourn to the seaside town of Cestos, capital of Rivercess County, we launched the Soundbooth, an audio documentary project modeled on NPR’s StoryCorps. The idea is to have two people very familiar with each other – a mother and a daughter, a teacher and a student, a pair of friends – interview each [...] http://togetherliberia.org/after-echo/ http://togetherliberia.org/after-echo/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:28:39 +0000 Cameron Zohoori http://togetherliberia.org/?p=1337 http://togetherliberia.org/after-echo/feed/ 0   Situated next to a monument of Liberia’s first President, Joseph J. Roberts, the ruins of the Ducor Hotel is one of Monrovia’s haunting relics of civil war. Like many of the city’s buildings its skeleton stands charred and gutted, looking over the water. Along the periphery the afternoon continues with a sense of normalcy. [...] http://togetherliberia.org/on-the-road-to-rivercess/ http://togetherliberia.org/on-the-road-to-rivercess/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:01:36 +0000 Bruce Strong http://togetherliberia.org/?p=1156 http://togetherliberia.org/on-the-road-to-rivercess/feed/ 1 We were told the drive to Cestos, in Rivercess County, should only take about three hours. It’s roughly 180 miles. But I should have know better. Always double times and add some more. In the end, it took close to seven hours to travel to Cestos. The road was paved for half the distance. The [...] http://togetherliberia.org/hungry-to-vote/ http://togetherliberia.org/hungry-to-vote/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:43:56 +0000 Steve Davis http://togetherliberia.org/?p=1137 http://togetherliberia.org/hungry-to-vote/feed/ 0 “Mark,” my cab driver around town Saturday, didn’t hesitate when I asked him who would get his vote for president in October or November. “Ellen,” he said, as President Ellen Sirleaf-Johnson is called. Mark then produced a shiny card from his ash try — his voter registration card. He said he was going out of [...]