Henry Boimah Fahnbulleh

Henry Boimah Fahnbulleh, Jr.
Henry Boimah Fahnbulleh, Jr.
Born	July 16, 1949 (age 74); Monrovia, Liberia
Occupation(s)	Politician and diplomat
Relatives	Miatta Fahnbulleh (sister)

Henry Boimah Fahnbulleh, Jr. (born July 16, 1949)

Foreign Minister from 1981 to 1983 under President Samuel Doe

.

Fahnbulleh's father,

William R. Tolbert, Jr. recognised that Fahnbulleh had been the victim of trumped-up charges and pardoned him.^[6]

Biography

Born in Monrovia in 1949 to H. Boima Fahnbulleh, Sr

Washington, DC, and his doctorate from George Washington University

in political philosophy and international politics.

He was a political science lecturer at the University of Liberia and also served as Minister of Education and of Foreign Affairs in the Samuel Doe military government from 1980 to 1983. He was a "prominent" member of the Liberian NGO Movement for Justice in Africa (MOJA) in the 1970s.^[10] It was during this period that the decision was taken to change the Liberian university calendar from the calendar year (roughly February–November) to September–July/August.

He lived in exile in Europe, spending some time in

Charles Taylor claimed that because he did not join the MOJA/FPDL grouping in Accra, Fahnbulleh arranged his arrest by Ghanaian security forces.^[11] The FPDL has apparently been extinct since 1990.^{[clarification needed}

] Fahnbulleh was still in Accra in 1987.

Fahnbulleh has written and lectured extensively on Liberian politics, editing the book Voices of Protest: Liberia on the Edge 1974–1980, published by Universal Publishers in 2005.

Fahnbulleh's sister is singer and human rights activist Miatta Fahnbulleh.^[13]

References

^ ^a ^b Elwood D. Dunn, Amos J. Beyan, Carl Patrick Burrowes, Historical Dictionary of Liberia, The Scarecrow Press, 2001 (2nd edn), pp. 129–30.
^ White House, Guest List for the Luncheon in Honor on the Visit of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, March 21, 2006.
^ C. Emmanuel Johnson, "Liberia: Fahnbulleh, Carlor, Gen. Dubar Refuse to Apologize", AllAfrica, August 18, 2008.
^ "Treason Trial On". Liberian Star, June 11, 1968: 1/8.
^ "Fahnbulleh Asks for a New Trial". Liberian Star, July 9, 1968: 1/8.
^ "Miatta Fahnbulleh Ready To Make Liberia Proud at Nobel Peace Prize Concert", FrontPage Africa, November 21, 2011. Accessed June 29, 2012.
^ "Our Personality Of The Week Is Mother Mary Brownell; The Mother For All" Archived 2019-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, GNN Liberia, October 23, 2016.
^ Lindsay Barrett, "MA MARY PASSES ON | Liberian Peace and Civil Rights Heroine Dies At 88", The N Report.
^ Voices of Protest: Liberia on the Edge 1974-1980, author's biography
^ Women and Post-conflict Development: A Case Study on Liberia Archived June 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, p. 54.
^ ^a ^b Charles Taylor interview with Baffour Ankomah, Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra), 12–18 October 1992, Kwesi Yankah and Lazarus D. Maayang, "Charles Taylor: dark days in Ghana", Uhuru (Accra), 3 (1990), pp. 39–42, Mark Huband, "The Liberian Civil War", pp. 47–51, all cited in Stephen Ellis, The Mask of Anarchy, London: Hurst and Company, 1999, p. 68.
^ "Fahnbulleh Speaks". Monrovia Weekend, March 23/24, 1991: 1/7.
^ Barrett, Lindsay (April 15, 2017). "Adieu, Ma Mary Brownell". Daily Trust. Archived from the original on February 3, 2018. Retrieved February 2, 2018.

Preceded by Gabriel Baccus Matthews	Foreign Minister of Liberia 1981–83	Succeeded by Ernest Eastman

[Dictionary-1] Elwood D. Dunn, Amos J. Beyan, Carl Patrick Burrowes, Historical Dictionary of Liberia, The Scarecrow Press, 2001 (2nd edn), pp. 129–30.

[2] White House, Guest List for the Luncheon in Honor on the Visit of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, March 21, 2006.

[3] C. Emmanuel Johnson, "Liberia: Fahnbulleh, Carlor, Gen. Dubar Refuse to Apologize", AllAfrica, August 18, 2008.

[4] "Treason Trial On". Liberian Star, June 11, 1968: 1/8.

[5] "Fahnbulleh Asks for a New Trial". Liberian Star, July 9, 1968: 1/8.

[6] "Miatta Fahnbulleh Ready To Make Liberia Proud at Nobel Peace Prize Concert", FrontPage Africa, November 21, 2011. Accessed June 29, 2012.

[7] "Our Personality Of The Week Is Mother Mary Brownell; The Mother For All" Archived 2019-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, GNN Liberia, October 23, 2016.

[8] Lindsay Barrett, "MA MARY PASSES ON | Liberian Peace and Civil Rights Heroine Dies At 88", The N Report.

[9] Voices of Protest: Liberia on the Edge 1974-1980, author's biography

[10] Women and Post-conflict Development: A Case Study on Liberia Archived June 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, p. 54.

[interview-11] Charles Taylor interview with Baffour Ankomah, Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra), 12–18 October 1992, Kwesi Yankah and Lazarus D. Maayang, "Charles Taylor: dark days in Ghana", Uhuru (Accra), 3 (1990), pp. 39–42, Mark Huband, "The Liberian Civil War", pp. 47–51, all cited in Stephen Ellis, The Mask of Anarchy, London: Hurst and Company, 1999, p. 68.

[12] "Fahnbulleh Speaks". Monrovia Weekend, March 23/24, 1991: 1/7.

[:0-13] Barrett, Lindsay (April 15, 2017). "Adieu, Ma Mary Brownell". Daily Trust. Archived from the original on February 3, 2018. Retrieved February 2, 2018.

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