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Kenneth Y. Best (born 28 October 1938) is a Liberian journalist who founded ''The Daily Observer'' (in Liberia) and a paper of the same name in the Gambia.〔Michael Kudlak, (IPI World Press Freedom Heroes: Kenneth Best ), ''IPI Report'', June 2000〕 Best was the nephew of the Americo-Liberian and Caribbean journalist Albert Porte.〔Carl Patrick Burrowes, ''Power and Press Freedom in Liberia, 1830-1970'', 2004, (p.108 )〕 ==Career== In February 1981 Best founded the ''Daily Observer'', a daily newspaper.〔W. Joseph Campbell, ''The emergent independent press in Benin and Côte d'Ivoire'', Greenwood Publishing Group, 1998, (p.19-20 )〕 Under the Presidency of Samuel Doe, the ''Daily Observer'' was subject to sustained political harassment.〔Paul Gifford, ''Christianity and Politics in Doe's Liberia'', (pp.26-28 )〕 The First Liberian Civil War caused Best to relocate with his family to the Gambia.〔 There he founded Gambia's first daily newspaper, again called ''The Daily Observer''.〔Gabriel I. H. Williams, ''Liberia: The Heart of Darkness'', Trafford Publishing, 2002, p.333〕 In October 1994, following Yahya Jammeh's military coup, Best was expelled from Gambia,〔 although the newspaper was allowed to continue and is still published today.〔"(Contact Us )." ''The Daily Observer''. Retrieved on 28 February 2009.〕 He and his family moved to the United States.〔 In 2012, Best published ''The Evolution of Liberia's Democracy: A Brief look at Liberia’s Electoral History – 1847-2011''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kenneth Best」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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