People/Characters Samuel Doe
Works (5)
- Allah Is Not Obliged by Ahmadou Kourouma
- Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War by Leymah Gbowee
- Madame President: The Extraordinary Journey of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf by Helene Cooper
- Africa Unchained: The Blueprint for Africa's Future by George B. N. Ayittey
- When the Wanderers Come Home by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley
Description
| Description | Samuel Kanyon Doe (May 6, 1951 – September 9, 1990), is no relation to Liberian activist Samuel Gbaydee Doe. Samuel Kanyon Doe was a Liberian politician who served as the Liberian leader from 1980 to 1990, first as a military leader and later as a politician. Then Master Sergeant Doe served as chairman of the People's Redemption Council and de facto head of state after staging a violent coup d'etat in 1980; he killed President William R. Tolbert, Jr., and executed much of the True Whig Party leadership. Samuel Doe in turn was brutally murdered by his conqueror, Prince Johnson, one time ally of Charles Taylor, in an internationally televised display. Samuel Doe in Wikipedia |