Leymah Gbowee
Congratulations to Leymah Gbowee, the Liberian peace activist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize announced today. She shares the award with two other women, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of Liberia and Tawakkul Karman, a Yemeni activist.
We interviewed Miss Gbowee last year at the Daily Beast’s Women in the World Summit. Take a listen below and read more about Leymah Gbowee and her fellow Nobel Laureates here.
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Gbowee also has a new book, Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War. You can read an excerpt here.
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Yay, Leymah! I loved spending time with this interview. Love to y’all at Kitchen Central!
Lacy
Lacy
10/14/2011
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