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I’m an American photographer and journalist traipsing around Africa on the lookout for the ordinary and the extraordinary, using my camera as a pretext to enter worlds not otherwise available.

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I found the scarlett lion on the roof a friend’s house in Kampala back in 2006 when I went through a crate of discarded items he and a few other artists had gathered. On that day, I was looking for something and I found the lion: a discarded kid’s toy made in China on the cheap, that somehow found it’s way to East Africa. Something about the hollowed out, paint chipped figurine appealed to my understanding of this amazing continent: I’d never seen a real lion, after all.

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Jul 08
2009
11:48 AM

TRC news roundup

Former warlord and current Liberian Senator Prince Johnson. Copyright Glenna Gordon/AFP

It’s not often that Liberia is in the news, but this week, it is. Here’s a best of:

Myles Estey attends a press conference with the most warlords in one room EVER
Shelby Grossman figures out a few of the differences between the originally released TRC report and the revised version. Read more about this on VOA.
Ceasefire Liberia, a cool project that’s connecting Liberians in Staten Island with this side of the Atlantic, has a few posts on the TRC report
The Independent publishes a story called The plot to oust Liberia’s leading lady. I think this story makes this sound way more conspiracy-esque than it is, but it’s a good blow-by-blow read.
AFP runs a story, Liberian former warlords warn against arrest. I’m not sure how much is talk and how much will be action, but I’m hoping for the former.
Prince Johnson on Charles Taylor’s conversion to Judaism and how he’s not looking back because Jesus didn’t look back. An exclusive interview on Foreign Policy, straight to you from Scarlett Lion HQ. More on this later, but if you were wondering what I was waiting for, this is it.
Tim Hetherington showcases more amazing images from Liberia, this time of all too telling graffiti called the Walls Speak
Chris Blattman points out there are never just angles or demons in politics
Time.com runs a story that points out all of this will probably not dent President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s reputation. Also from Scarlett Lion HQ.