Emmanuel Orlind Cooper
Joined June 2025
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Journalist | Storyteller | Advocate
West African journalist sharing stories on justice, identity, and healing. I hold power accountable and amplify unheard voices across Liberia and beyond. Follow for insights on truth, history, and change.
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Beyond the Coffin. Content Warning.
On June 27, 2025, Liberia buried former President Samuel Kanyon Doe in a long-delayed state funeral—thirty-five years after his assassination plunged the nation into chaos. The ceremony, held in his native Zwedru, was draped in military protocol and symbolism. Yet for many of us who lived through the war, who carry its scars not just on our bodies but deep in our memories, it wasn’t closure. It was confusion. And pain. Again.
By Emmanuel Orlind Cooper7 months ago in Writers
