The Redemption of an African Warlord
| Author | Joshua Blahyi |
|---|---|
| Format | Book |
TL;DR — The conversion memoir of Joshua Blahyi, the Liberian warlord known as “General Butt Naked”, told as a Saul-to-Paul story of a tribal priest turned evangelist.
The subtitle is The Joshua Blahyi Story: A Modern Day Conversion from Saul to Paul. Blahyi led a militia in Liberia’s civil war under the name General Butt Naked; the book’s own “About the Author” page says he takes responsibility for 20,000 deaths during those years. He dedicates it to the people he victimised and to the children left orphaned.
Six chapters follow his life in order: the Sarpo-Krahn tribe he was born into, his family, his initiation into a tribal priesthood, his transformation into the warlord, his conversion to Christianity (“trading tribal priesthood for a God-honoring priesthood”), and the restoration that followed. A foreword and an endorsement frame the story as evidence that no one is beyond redemption, and an “author’s special charge” asks Christians to press for reform of imprisonment laws.
What it is: a first-person evangelical testimony, published as a book, by a man who has admitted to atrocities. It is a repentance narrative, not a manifesto. Its account of his own past is self-reported and written for a religious purpose, so it should not be read as a historical record of the Liberian war.
Where this came from
- A copy saved in October 2026.
147 pages. A PDF copy is held in Kyle’s private archive; it is not linked or shared here.