IMPORTANT NOTE TO READERS: The article on populism begins my “Democracy at Last” series. In Liberia, its protracted slow transition to democracy has invited various efforts to mobilize constituencies from the non-privileged classes and academic/political left. The poorer segments of the population and their allies assessed that governance was skewed toward the dominant political class. Populism in contemporary Liberia is associated with the Congress/Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), which brands itself as representing the marginalized populations. CDC is a grassroots movement turned populist political party.

Source: Daily Observer January 16, 2017 00:36 UTC