Kenneth Best

Kenneth Best

Kenneth Y. Best (* 28. Oktober 1938, Harrisburg) ist ein afrikanischer Journalist, ein Liberianer der in Monrovia (Liberia) die Tageszeitung The Daily Observer und später eine Zeitung gleichen Namens in Banjul (Gambia) gründete.[1]

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Best war der Neffe des Americo-Liberianer und karibischen Journalisten Albert Porte.[2]

Im Februar 1981 gründete Best den Daily Observer, einer der ersten Tageszeitungen in Liberia.[3] Unter der Präsidentschaft von Samuel Doe war der Daily Observer Gegenstand anhaltender politischer Schikanierenden.[4]

Der Erster Liberianischer Bürgerkrieg veranlasste Best mit seiner Familie nach Gambia zu gehen.[5] Dort gründete er Gambias erste täglich erscheinende Zeitung und nannte sie erneut The Daily Observer.[5] Im Oktober 1994, nach Militärputsch Yahya Jammehs, wurde Best aus Gambia vertrieben.[3] Das Zeitung wurde weiterhin gedruckt und wird bis heute veröffentlicht.[6] Er zog mit seiner Familie in die Vereinigten Staaten.[1]

Auszeichnungen

Best wurde im Jahr 2000 von dem International Press Institute mit der Nennung unter den 50 Heroes of World Press Freedom ausgezeichnet.[1]

Werke

  • Cultural policy in Liberia, 1974
  • African Challenge, 1975
  • 'My Fight for Press Freedom', New African, August 1991

Einzelnachweise

  1. a b c Michael Kudlak, IPI World Press Freedom Heroes: Kenneth Best, IPI Report, Juni 2000
  2. Carl Patrick Burrowes, Power and Press Freedom in Liberia, 1830-1970, 2004, p.108
  3. a b W. Joseph Campbell, The emergent independent press in Benin and Côte d'Ivoire, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1998, p.19-20
  4. Paul Gifford, Christianity and Politics in Doe's Liberia, pp.26-28
  5. a b Gabriel I. H. Williams, Liberia: the heart of darkness, Trafford Publishing, 2002, p.333
  6. "Contact Us." The Daily Observer, Zugriff September 2011.

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