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Her Story Made History: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

The DocumentaryHer Story Made History

Lyse Doucet travels to Liberia to talk to former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf who was the first elected female head of state in Africa.

(Photo: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia, 2006-2018. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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27 minutes

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Thu 8 Mar 201802:32GMT
BBC World Service except News Internet

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Broadcasts

  • Wed 7 Mar 201811:32GMT
    BBC World Service except News Internet
  • Wed 7 Mar 201821:32GMT
    BBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
  • Wed 7 Mar 201823:32GMT
    BBC World Service Australasia, Online, Americas and the Caribbean, UK DAB/Freeview & Europe and the Middle East only
  • Thu 8 Mar 201802:32GMT
    BBC World Service except News Internet