Kenneth Best

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Kenneth Y. Best (born October 28, 1938 , Harrisburg ) is an African journalist, a Liberian who founded the daily newspaper The Daily Observer in Monrovia (Liberia) and later a newspaper of the same name in Banjul (Gambia).

Life

Best was the nephew of the Americo-Liberian and Caribbean journalist Albert Porte .

In February 1981, Best founded the Daily Observer , one of the first daily newspapers in Liberia. Under the presidency of Samuel Doe was Daily Observer subject of ongoing political harassment.

The First Liberian Civil War prompted Best to go to Gambia with his family. There he founded Gambia's first daily newspaper and again called it The Daily Observer . In October 1994, after Yahya Jammeh's military coup , Best was expelled from Gambia. The newspaper continued to be printed and is published to this day. He moved to the United States with his family .

Awards

Best was named one of the 50 Heroes of World Press Freedom by the International Press Institute in 2000 .

Works

  • Cultural policy in Liberia (= Unesco. Studies and Documents on Cultural Policies. Volume 25, ISSN  0251-575X ). Unesco, Paris 1974
  • as editor: African Challenge. Transafrica, Nairobi 1975
  • My Fight for Press Freedom. In: New African , No. 287, August 1991, pp. 22-23

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Michael Kudlak, IPI World Press Freedom Heroes: Kenneth Best ( Memento June 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), IPI Report , June 2000
  2. ^ Carl Patrick Burrowes: Power and Press Freedom in Liberia, 1830-1970. Africa World Press, Trenton, NJ, etc. a. 2004, ISBN 1-59221-293-X , p. 108
  3. ^ A b W. Joseph Campbell: The emergent independent press in Benin and Côte d'Ivoire. From voice of the state to advocate of democracy. Praeger, Westport CT 1998, ISBN 0-275-96309-8 , pp. 19-20
  4. ^ Paul Gifford: Christianity and Politics in Doe's Liberia. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge u. a. 1993, ISBN 0-521-42029-6 , pp. 26-28
  5. ^ A b Gabriel IH Williams: Liberia The heart of darkness. Accounts of Liberia's civil war and its destabilizing effects in West Africa. Trafford Publishing, Victoria 2002, p. 333
  6. ↑ " Contact Us ( Memento of the original from July 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . " The Daily Observer , access September 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / observer.gm
personal data
SURNAME Best, Kenneth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Best, Kenneth Y.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Liberian journalist in Liberia and Gambia
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Harrisburg