Liberia, Aug. 31 -- The Historical Society of Liberia has launched a 24-volume Presidents Biography Series - one book for every Liberian head of state since 1848. The first volume, on Edwin Barclay, is out now, with a dozen more presidents already assigned to Liberian authors and manuscripts due through 2028.BOOK REVIEW: The Presidents Biography Series (Historical Society of Liberia)Volume One: Edwin Barclay, by Anthony Barclay

Rodney D. Sieh, rodney.sieh@frontpageafricaonline.com

Monrovia - For a country that has produced twenty-four heads of state since 1848 - more, by the Historical Society of Liberia's own reckoning, than any other African nation can claim - it is a strange fact that so few of them have ever had a book written about...