Liberia, May 15 -- Harrison C. Jidueh, popularly known as Black Baby, BB, or Blackie, emerged on the national scene as a cartoonist and social commentator, weaving stories of husband and wife drama, games of boys and girls in love play, and political schemes unfolding in the country during the military regime led by Head of State Samuel K. Doe. The platform was simple: the pages of the Daily Observer newspaper, published by the Liberian Observer Corporation since 1981, where he worked as Layout Editor before its closure in 1985.

By The Observer Family

Before becoming a part of the Daily Observer Family, he worked for the Curriculum Materials Center at the Ministry of Education as art illustrator for posters, textbooks and banners.

At D...