The Pan African Writers Association (PAWA) has sent a congratulatory message to the members of the Liberia Association of Writers (LAW) for the successful and seamless transfer of power from the previous executive to a new one on February 14 2026.
According to the immediate past President of LAW, Ms Ade Wede Wee-Wee Kekuleh, the peaceful and transparent election of February 14 2026 produced a new executive council under the leadership of Mr James Dwalu, a children’s book author.
The Liberia Association of Writers (LAW) is a leading literary organization on the African continent devoted to nurturing creative talent, preserving the Liberian experience, and promoting a vibrant culture of reading and writing across the country.
Founded on July 17, 1982, on the campus of the University of Liberia at Capitol Hill, Monrovia, LAW emerged from the collective vision of distinguished writers and academics, including K. Moses Nagbe, Keith Neville Best, Althea Romeo Mark, C. William Allen, and Patricia Jabbeh Wesley. These pioneers recognized the urgent need for a national platform where Liberians could articulate their own stories and perspectives.
The establishment of LAW was rooted in a clear purpose: to ensure that Liberian narratives are told by Liberians themselves, rather than being shaped primarily through foreign lenses. In doing so, the Association sought to reclaim and affirm the country’s literary voice.
Historically, LAW stepped in to fill the void left by the Society of Liberian Authors, which disappeared from the literary landscape following the 1980 military coup. Since then, LAW has remained a steady and unifying force for writers throughout Liberia and Africa at large.
While wishing the new LAW executive a successful and productive stay in office, PAWA expressed its delight that Liberian writers are part of the league of African writers who practice the tenets of democracy through regular and transparent change of officers of their Writers Associations.
PAWA therefore enjoined other National Writers Associations to take a cue from LAW and other democratically minded African Writers’ Associations by making sure that they organize regular elections for the change of their executive councils as enshrined in the constitutions of their Associations.
