Ithaca College

Faith Sternstein (Class of 1990, H&S Anthropology) and Martin Sternstein (Professor Emeritus, Dept of Mathematics) have coauthored a non-fiction book, Ten African-American Presidents.

Barack Obama was not the first African-American to become president of a country. Ten men, born as slaves or to freed slave families in the United States, immigrated to Liberia and in turn served as nineteenth century presidents of Liberia. Their stories are a fascinating chapter in the histories of both Liberia and of America.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578662817/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=faith+sternstein&qid=1588349101&sr=8-1

Faith “Zanweah” Sternstein grew up in Tappita, Nimba County, Liberia. Her heritage and cultural background is that of the Dan (Gio) ethnic group, where her lineage comes directly through Chiefs Tarpeh, Snagon, and Vonleh. She went to high school at Konola Academy located outside Kakata, Liberia, began her college studies at the University of Liberia in Monrovia, and received an anthropology degree from Ithaca College. She met her future husband, Martin Sternstein, when he served as Fulbright Professor at the University of Liberia.