The Library of Congress > LCCN Permalink

View this record in:  MARCXML | LC Authorities & Vocabularies | VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)External Link

Sawyer, Amos

LC control no.n 91106282
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingSawyer, Amos
    Browse this term in  LC Authorities  or the  LC Catalog
Variant(s)Sawyer, Amos C.
Sawyer, Amos Claudius
Sawyerr, Amos
Associated countryLiberia United States
Birth date1945-06-15
Death date2022-02-16
Place of deathBaltimore (Md.)
Field of activityLiberia--Politics and government--1980- Democratization Conflict management
AffiliationLiberia. Governance Reform Commission
Liberia. Governance Commission
University of Liberia. Institute of Research
University of Liberia. College of Social Science and Humanities
Center for Democratic Empowerment
United People's Party (Liberia)
Movement for Justice in Africa
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)
Indiana University
Profession or occupationPoliticians Presidents Political scientists
Found inHis The emergence of autocracy in Liberia, 1992: CIP t.p. (Amos Sawyer) galley (Ph. D, Northwestern Univ., USA; Pres. of Liberia)
Dynamics of conflict management in Liberia, c1997: t.p. (Amos Sawyerr)
Sharing the kola nut, 2000: t.p. (Amos C. Sawyer, Ph.D.) p. 2 (former president of the interim government of National Unity of Liberia, 1990-1994; Chairman, Board of Directors, CEDE)
Pieces of the mind, 2013, viewed online Nov. 11, 2013: p. 30 (Dr. Amos Sawyer; b. 1945; of the Sarpo ethnic group, Sinoe County; obtained his PhD in 1973 from Northwestern University, USA; drafted Liberia's national constitution in 1981; headed the Liberian People's Party 1983-1985 prior to his departure to the U.S. in 1986; returned to Liberia in 1990, named president of the interim govt. of National Unity Oct. 1990, served in that role Nov. 22, 1990-Mar. 7, 1994)
AllAfrica website, Liberia: Prof Amos Sawyer's life as a Liberian, Aug. 1, 2008, viewed Nov. 11, 2013 (Professor Amos Claudius Sawyer; B.A. in history and government, Univ. of Liberia, Monrovia; doctoral degree in political science, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, Ill.; became prof. of political science in the 1970s; at the University of Liberia, served as director of the Institute of Research and dean, College of Social Science and Humanities; currently chairman, Governance Reform Commission, Liberia; has been active in conflict resolution and democratisation initiatives in many African countries)
Program of African Studies, News and events (Northwestern University), volume 32, number 3, Spring 2022, viewed online February 19, 2023: page 2 (Amos Claudius Sawyer (1945-2022); interim president of Liberia from 1990-1994; died February 16th in Baltimore, Maryland; a founder of the Movement for Justice in Africa in 1973; when forced to leave Liberia, he found refuge at Indiana University's Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis; chairman of the Governance Commission of Liberia 2007-2018; awarded honorary degree from Indiana University in 2018, where he had maintained strong ties)
Wikipedia, February 19, 2023 (Amos Sawyer; Amos Claudius Sawyer; born 15 June 1945)
Associated languageeng