Yei Ruth Gausi Wuor was born in Lei-ghen, Nimba County, Liberia to parents Sei Cooper Zennahgbian Gausi and Yei Gonyonor Gausi. Mrs. Yei Wuor received her primary education from Kindergarten through the eighth grade at the Ganta United Methodist Mission School from 1954 to 1962. Her High School education was obtained from the College of West Africa, a United Methodist School in Monrovia, Liberia. Yei then matriculated at Cuttington College, (now known as Cuttington University) an Episcopal university in Suakoko, Bong County, from 1967 to 1970, where she obtained her B. Sc. Degree in secondary education. Fifteen years after college, she studied at the George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville, Tennessee, and received her Master’s Degree in Educational Administration in 1985.
Yei has served as a teacher, vice principal, and then principal of the Joseph Jenkins Roberts United Methodist School in Monrovia. She also worked as Registrar (Principal) Supervisor of the Monrovia Consolidated School System (MCSS) at night. In the United States, Yei worked at Circuit City, Tutor Time, the Home Depot, Sharon Daycare, and with the financial assistance of brother, Saye McDonald Demann, she started her own business, a convenience store that she operated along with her husband, Mr. Roland Wuor, who died in 2016. They had many children and were married for thirty-seven years. Her hobbies include assisting her family and other people, reading, singing, and writing. Yei is a devout Christian.
Yei's Authorship
Yei is an author of two books. Her two additional books will be coming off the press soon. One is a book of poems and the other is children coloring book especially for Liberian Children.
Celebration of Life in Lei-ghen, Nimba County, Liberia. (2016). Providence, Rhode Island, USA. Kiiton Press.
[The New KP Liberian Writers Series No. 11]
About this book, Eleanor Such Badio wrote the following:
"Yei's book reminds me so much of my own childhood days growing up in Dingamo, a town in the same clan and political subdivision as that of Lei-ghen. Celebration of Life in Lei-ghen is fascinating and breathtaking. Yei, thank you for the job well done."
Eleanor Such Badio
From Dingamo, Gar Clan, Nimba County, Liberia
Mr. Fredrick N. Meniboon was also impressed with the book. Here is what he wrote:
"Mrs. Wuor's book, Celebration of Life in Lei-ghan, vividly describes the way of life of the people in Lei-ghen. It details the similarities of the cultures, traditions and customs of the Man people of Gar Clan, and other ethnic peoples of Nimba County and elsewhere in Liberia. This book is a MUST READ for those who want to fully understand and appreciate the traditional culture of the Man people."
Fredrick N. Meniboon
From Gbedin, Gar Clan, Nimba County, Liberia
The Publisher’s note about this book. “Yei’s book is one of the few Ethnographic books we have published at Kiiton Press. There are about 16 languages spoken in Liberia. Each language group brings with it, its own culture, history, tradition, language, and lifestyle. Many of these ethnic groups share many cultural, and traditional identities. Many of the Liberian Languages share similar cognates.
Celebration of Life in Lei-ghen demonstrates many of those collective lifestyles, cultures and traditions. We hope readers everywhere will appreciate the valuable educational pieces Yei presents in her book.
(Dr. Nya Kwiawon Taryor, Sr.)
Publisher, CEO; and owner of Kiiton Press
From Gban, Nimba County, Liberia
Yei's second book
My Journey Through the Liberian Civil War and Beyond. (2017). Providence, Rhode Island, USA. Kiiton Press
[The New KP Liberian Writers Series No. 18]
This book was written by Mrs. Yei Ruth Gausi Wuor in 2016, published by Kiiton Press in Providence, Rhode Island USA. This was Mrs. Wuor's first book. This was number 11 in the New Liberian Writers' Series.
Yei's second book
My Journey Through the Liberian Civil War and Beyond. (2017). Providence, Rhode Island, USA. Kiiton Press
[The New KP Liberian Writers Series No. 18]
"I found out the details of this incredible journey that spanned two continents from the pages I typed for Yei for this book, whose fascinating pages you will soon read. They held my attention from start to finish, as they will most certainly hold yours."
"Civil war is never pleasant. I learned from Yei's account of the war in Liberia in the 1990's that those fighting had, by that time, grown intertwined in relationships, family connections, intermarriages, and business contacts. The fights were, in some ways, by then between members of the same family. In this respect, America's own Civil War brought brother against brother in a blood bath that will never be forgotten. If you could know Yei first-hand, you, like me, would be amazed at how this quiet, gentle woman could have endured the trials of war in Liberia and survived to live and create her own dream in this new land. She is certainly fabricated of steel and a person to be admired..."
From the Foreward
Chaplain Lisa Rudisill
Western North Carolina United Methodist Church
March 2015
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