Episode
Part One: General Butt-Naked and the Liberian Civil War
1:27:38
Published: Tue May 24 2022
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Robert is joined by Shereen Lani Younes to discuss the Liberian Civil War. Footnotes: https://abcnews.go.com/International/penitent-warlord-atoning-20000-war-crimes/story?id=20749940 https://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/africa/The-chilling-story-of-a-Liberian-warlord-turned-preacher-1388905 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/03/14/general-butt-naked-the-repentant-warlord https://www.thoughtco.com/brief-history-of-liberia-4019127 https://thegrio.com/2010/02/01/former-american-slaves-played-oppressive-role-in-liberias-past/ https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/12/the-bizarre-case-of-general-butt-naked-and-his-demon-powered-warriors/ http://www.thepatrioticvanguard.com/liberia-rampant-ritual-killings-or-gboyo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRuSS0iiFyo&vl=en https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/bitstream/handle/10822/1040650/Wyszomierski%20Final%20Thesis.pdf?sequence=1 https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/lsj/article/download/4138/3765/13244 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H3B87RR/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Behind the Bastards is once again raising money to fund the Portland Diaper Bank! We've done this the last two years running and in 2021 your donations helped buy 1 million+ diapers for low income families! https://www.gofundme.com/f/btb-fundraiser-for-pdx-diaper-bankSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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