"Only old people write their memoirs"

I talked to Leymah Gbowee
about the writing of her memoir of the Liberian Women's Mass Action for Peace,
Mighty Be Our Powers. Read my feature
article on Gbowee in the current issue of the Century.

How did writing the
book come about?

After the film [Pray
the Devil Back to Hell], Abby Disney said to me, "You need to write a
book." I said, "I am too young. Only old people write their memoirs." She said,
"Well I think you should." So Abby decided to send Carol Mithers to me.

When I was six months pregnant, in 2009, Carol and I started
writing. We did it at our own pace. I came to New York, and we worked. Carol
came to Liberia and to Ghana, and we worked.