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Madame President: The Extraordinary Journey Of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
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Madame President: The Extraordinary Journey Of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Madame President: The Extraordinary Journey Of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf by Helene Cooper appears in NPR’s 2017 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around staff picks, biography & memoir, nonfiction, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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