June 5, 2008

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's Kennedy School Class Day address

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, M.P.A. '71, of Liberia, Africa's first elected female president, delivers the 2008 graduation address at the Harvard Kennedy School...

Listen to the live audio recording.

1. Kennedy School dean David Ellwood introduces President Sirleaf.

2. Graduation Address

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, M.P.A. '71, of Liberia, Africa's first elected female president, delivers the 2008 graduation address at the Harvard Kennedy School.

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