IRRC No. 910
Declining ethnic relations in post-war Liberia: The transmission of violent memories
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Abstract
More than ten years after the Liberia Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
released its Final Report, there has been no implementation of the recommendations
proffered. This article focuses on post-conflict memorialization, the TRC’s strategy to
engender collective remembering, and a set of State-led actions designed to teach
future generations about the past violence with a view to preventing relapse into
violent conflict. Both the constructive and destructive patterns of remembering that
have evolved in the wake of the government’s silence since the release of the
recommendations will be analyzed.