The 2014 Ebola Epidemic in Liberia
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About This Project
I created this exhibition for my final project in
Dr. Daniel Domingues's course African History
Through the Digital Medium during my senior year at
the Univeristy of Missouri, Columbia. Creating a
digital exhibit allowed me to write the history of the
2014 Ebola epidemic in Liberia through analysis of
editorial cartoons. By doing so, I hoped to provide
my readers with a different experience of learning
about the 2014 outbreak in Liberia as well as
highlighting the importance of using editorial cartoons to write history. Typically, as readers, we do not see history written through the use of editorial cartoons, but hopefully this exhibit will draw attention to how significant to history they are.
Cartoons
Chappatee, Patrick. (2014, August 26). Dealing with ebola. [Cartoon] International New York Times. Retrieved from
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/26/opinion/patrick-chappatte- the-ebola-epidemic.html
Johansson, Olle. (2014, August 8). Ebola: A global threat. [Cartoon] The Cage Post. Retrieved from
http://www.cagle.com/tag/deadly/page/6/
Lumeh, A. Leslie. (2014a, October 2). Cartoon: October 3, 2014. [Cartoon] Liberian Observer. Retrieved from
http://www.liberianobserver.com/cartoon/cartoon-october-3-2014
Lumeh, A. Leslie. (2014b, October 5.) Cartoon: October 6, 2014. [Cartoon] Liberian Observer. Retrieved from http://www.liberianobserver.com/cartoon/cartoon-october-6-2014
Lumeh, A. Leslie. (2014c, October 6). Cartoon: October 7, 2014. [Cartoon] Liberian Observer. Retrieved from http://www.liberianobserver.com /cartoon/cartoon-october-7-2014
Lumeh, A. Leslie. (2014d, October 7). Cartoon: October 8, 2014. [Cartoon] Liberian Observer. Retrieved from http://www.liberianobserver.com/cartoon/cartoon-october-8-2014
Ngubane, Nathi. (2014, August 21). [Cartoon] The Daily Vox. Retrieved from
http://www.thedailyvox.co.za/ebola-in-west-africa-international-co mmunity-stops-flights-not-the-virus/
Wuerker, Matt. (2014, August 8). Ebola. [Cartoon] Politico. Retrieved from
http://www.politico.com/wuerker/2014/08/august-2014 /001973-028 486.html
Charts/Maps
United Nations. (N/A). Map of liberia. [Map] UN. Retrieved from
http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/liberia.pdf
Vox. (2014, October 9). The 2014 ebola epidemic is unprecedented. [Chart] Vox. Retrieved from http://www.vox.com/2014/10/6/6889037/ reporting-ebola-epidemic-virus-outbreak
Vox. (2014, October 9). Leading causes of death in africa. [Chart] Vox. Retrieved from
http://www.vox.com/2014/10/6/6889037/reporting-ebola-epidemic-vi rus-outbreak
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Photographs
Faget, Dominique. (2014, September 8). Raising awareness in liberia [Photograph] Getty Images. Retrieved from
http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx? contract Url =2&language=en-US&family=editorial&assetType=image&p= symptoms+of+ebola%2c+wall
Opprann, K. (2014). President ellen johnson sirleaf. [Photograph] Nobel Prize. Retrieved from
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2011/ johnson_sirleaf-facts.html
Paye-Layleh, Jonathan. (2014, July 31). The Daily Talk Blackboard [Photograph] Daily Mail.
Retrieved from
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-2712354/W-Africa- Ebola-outbreak-tops-700-deaths.html