About Emmanuel Clarke

A Short Biography of Emmanule Clarke

Emmanuel Clarke was born through the union of Moses J. Clarke and Twon-Bowo Clarke; against the backdrop of war and civil strife in Liberia. After his father’s death in 1979, Clarke moved to Monrovia to continue his elementary education he had started years ago. He was subsequently adopted by Mrs. Regina Wehtee Gaye, a devout Christian. Clarke grew up on the rough and busy streets of McDonald Street and Camp Johnson Road, in Monrovia, where his mother lived.

Living in a small and often crowded house surrounded by quarreling neighbors, Clarke often wondered what turns one neighbor against the other. Clarke's understanding of his surrounding led him not to believe that there was anyone to look up to as a role model. Instead, he chose then President; Samuel Kanyon Doe for a role model. "I love Doe, and I want to be just like him when I grow up." He once told his best friend, Rev. Tarkolo Miller.

His mother Regina Wehtee Gaye; hardworking and single, enrolled him at the Monrovia Demonstration Elementary School, located on Clay Street. After hearing his mother's words of advised to his siblings that "Education is the key to tomorrow" he quickly took those words and transformed them into results. Clarke excelled in school and he would always bring home good report cards at the end of every year. Upon graduating from elementary school, he was enrolled and graduated from the St. Peter's Lutheran Junior High School in Sinkor Monrovia. Mr. Clarke matriculated at the William V.S. Tubman High School in Sinkor, Monrovia, where he graduated in 1993. He attended the University of Liberia for several semesters before fleeing Liberia during one of the many fights that erupted in Monrovia.

During his early childhood educational years, he was interested in becoming a medical doctor. When the civil war erupted in the late1980s, his hope of becoming a medical doctor fumbled, as the educational system of the country collapsed. To keep his dream alive, he kept on reading during the height of the civil war in 1990. In 1991, Clarke enrolled at the Gbarnga United Methodist School. This was a Crisis school for internally displaced children. After a ceased fire between Charles Taylor's rebel forces and peacekeeping forces, Clarke reunited with his siblings that had also been displaced by the war. Upon his returned to Monrovia from Charles Taylor’s held territory, he reenrolled into his old-school, the William V.S. Tubman High School.

The ceased-fire that had brought some sort of calm to the citizens of Liberia was shattered on the morning of October 15, 1992; when Charles Taylor launched another attack on the peacekeeping forces in Monrovia. This time around, the West African peacekeeping forces were ready, as they swiftly repelled Taylor and his men; pushing them about 50 miles away from the capital, Monrovia. This attack disrupted schools, as many people were forced into displaced and refugee camps in Liberia and around the West African sub-regions. During those intermittent fights between peacekeepers and rebel forces, Clarke fled for safety into neighboring Sierra Leone, although there was another rebel war going on in that country.

During his stays in neighboring Sierra Leone, Clarke began his writing career in the late 1990s as a reporter for "Footprints' newspaper in Freetown. When the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council coup ousted the Sierra Leonean government in 1997, he again fled that country for neighboring Republic of Guinea.

In 1998, he came to the United States to join his mother who had emigrated to Hightstown, N.J., a few years earlier. He continued to write short stories while pursuing a college degree, and ultimately earned an AAS in Computer Programming along with a certificate in Project Management from Mercer County College and a BS in Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Clarke is currently taking classed toward his MS/PhD.

Currently residing in Lawrenceville, N.J., is employed as a Data Analyst for a Financial firm in Hamilton, N.J., does business consulting in IT and is an adjunct professor at Mercer County Community College.



		A Short Biography of Emmanule Clarke Emmanuel Clarke was born through the union of Moses J. Clarke and Twon-Bowo Clarke; against the backdrop of war and civil strife in Liberia. After his father’s death in 1979, Clarke moved to Monrovia to continue his elementary education he had started years ago. He was subsequently adopted by Mrs. Regina Wehtee Gaye, a devout Christian. Clarke grew up on the rough and busy streets of McDonald Street and Camp Johnson Road, in Monrovia, where his mother lived. Living in a small and often crowded house surrounded by quarreling neighbors, Clarke often wondered what turns one neighbor against the other. Clarke's understanding of his surrounding led him not to believe that there was anyone to look up to as a role model. Instead, he chose then President; Samuel Kanyon Doe for a role model. "I love Doe, and I want to be just like him when I grow up." He once told his best friend, Rev. Tarkolo Miller. His mother Regina Wehtee Gaye; hardworking and single, enrolled him at the Monrovia Demonstration Elementary School, located on Clay Street. After hearing his mother's words of advised to his siblings that "Education is the key to tomorrow" he quickly took those words and transformed them into results. Clarke excelled in school and he would always bring home good report cards at the end of every year. Upon graduating from elementary school, he was enrolled and graduated from the St. Peter's Lutheran Junior High School in Sinkor Monrovia. Mr. Clarke matriculated at the William V.S. Tubman High School in Sinkor, Monrovia, where he graduated in 1993. He attended the University of Liberia for several semesters before fleeing Liberia during one of the many fights that erupted in Monrovia. During his early childhood educational years, he was interested in becoming a medical doctor. When the civil war erupted in the late1980s, his hope of becoming a medical doctor fumbled, as the educational system of the country collapsed. To keep his dream alive, he kept on reading during the height of the civil war in 1990. In 1991, Clarke enrolled at the Gbarnga United Methodist School. This was a Crisis school for internally displaced children. After a ceased fire between Charles Taylor's rebel forces and peacekeeping forces, Clarke reunited with his siblings that had also been displaced by the war. Upon his returned to Monrovia from Charles Taylor’s held territory, he reenrolled into his old-school, the William V.S. Tubman High School. The ceased-fire that had brought some sort of calm to the citizens of Liberia was shattered on the morning of October 15, 1992; when Charles Taylor launched another attack on the peacekeeping forces in Monrovia. This time around, the West African peacekeeping forces were ready, as they swiftly repelled Taylor and his men; pushing them about 50 miles away from the capital, Monrovia. This attack disrupted schools, as many people were forced into displaced and refugee camps in Liberia and around the West African sub-regions. During those intermittent fights between peacekeepers and rebel forces, Clarke fled for safety into neighboring Sierra Leone, although there was another rebel war going on in that country. During his stays in neighboring Sierra Leone, Clarke began his writing career in the late 1990s as a reporter for "Footprints' newspaper in Freetown. When the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council coup ousted the Sierra Leonean government in 1997, he again fled that country for neighboring Republic of Guinea. In 1998, he came to the United States to join his mother who had emigrated to Hightstown, N.J., a few years earlier. He continued to write short stories while pursuing a college degree, and ultimately earned an AAS in Computer Programming along with a certificate in Project Management from Mercer County College and a BS in Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Clarke is currently taking classed toward his MS/PhD. Currently residing in Lawrenceville, N.J., is employed as a Data Analyst for a Financial firm in Hamilton, N.J., does business consulting in IT and is an adjunct professor at Mercer County Community College.