Introduction To Liberia

Author : Gilad James, PhD
Publisher : Gilad James Mystery School
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9783550340222

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Introduction to Liberia by Gilad James, PhD Pdf

Liberia is a small country located on the western coast of Africa. The country was founded in 1847 by freed slaves from the United States, and it was the first African nation to gain its independence in the 20th century. The country is rich in natural resources such as timber, diamonds, and iron ore, but it has suffered from political instability and civil war. The official language of Liberia is English, which is a result of the country's ties to the United States. The religion is predominantly Christian, with around 85% of the population practicing Christianity. Liberia has a unique and diverse culture, with strong emphasis on traditional beliefs and practices. The country is known for its vibrant music scene, which includes genres such as Afro-pop and Gospel. Despite its troubled past, Liberia has made significant strides towards political stability and economic growth in recent years.

Author : Frank Sherman
Publisher : New Africa Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9789987160259

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Liberia by Frank Sherman Pdf

This work is a general introduction to Liberia. It is comprehensive in scope covering a wide range of subjects from a historical and contemporary perspective. It is intended for members of the general public. But some members of the academic community may also find this work to be useful in their fields. Subjects covered include an overview of the country and its geography including all the regions - known as counties - and the different ethnic groups who live there. The work is also a historical study of Liberia since the founding of the country by freed black American slaves. One of the subjects covered in the book is the conflicts - including wars - the new black American settlers had with the indigenous people. The freed slaves who, together with their descendants, came to be known as Americo-Liberians, dominated the country and excluded the indigenous people from the government and other areas of national life for almost 160 years until the Americo-Liberian rulers were overthrown in a military coup in 1980. It was one of the bloodiest military coups in modern African history. The soldiers who overthrew the government were members of native tribes and were hailed as liberators by the indigenous people who had been dominated and had suffered discrimination at the hands of Americo-Liberians throughout the nation's history. Some of them were even sold into slavery in Panama by the Americo-Liberian rulers in the 1930s, prompting an investigation of the labour scandal by the League of Nations. Others were forced to work on various projects within Liberia itself and became virtual slaves in their own country. Americo-Liberians saw the natives as inferior to them and treated them that way. The mistreatment of the members of native tribes by the Americo-Liberians was one of the main reasons native soldiers of the Liberian army decided to overthrow the government. The book also covers the Liberian civil war which destroyed the country in the 1990s and early 2000s, a conflict which also had historical roots. The conflict is attributed to the inequalities between Americo-Liberians and the indigenous people which existed throughout the nation's history. But its immediate cause was the brutalities Liberians suffered under the military rulers who overthrew the Americo-Liberian-dominated government. Another major subject covered in the book is the ethnic composition of Liberia. The work looks at all the ethnic groups in the country and their home regions - counties - as well as their cultures, providing a comprehensive picture of life in contemporary times in Africa's oldest republic. The national culture of Liberia in general is also another subject addressed in the book. The author has also addressed another very important subject: indigenous forms of writing invented by the members of different tribes or ethnic groups in Liberia. The indigenous scripts are a major contribution to civilisation and Liberia stands out among all the countries on the African continent as the country which has the largest number of these forms of writing. People going to Liberia for the first time, and anybody else who wants to learn about this African country, may find this work to be useful.

Author : Joseph Saye Guannu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Liberia
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081716255

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An Introduction to Liberian Government by Joseph Saye Guannu Pdf

Author : Charles Henry Huberich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 918 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : African Americans
ISBN : STANFORD:36105120875872

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The Political and Legislative History of Liberia by Charles Henry Huberich Pdf

Author : Muriel L. Dubois
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0736837558

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Liberia by Muriel L. Dubois Pdf

Provides an introduction to Liberia, using a question-and-answer format that discusses land features, government, housing, transportation, industries, education, sports, art forms, holidays, food, and family life. Includes a map, facts, and charts.

Author : Gilad James, PhD
Publisher : Gilad James Mystery School
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781585566051

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Introduction to Liberia by Gilad James, PhD Pdf

Liberia is a small country located on the western coast of Africa. The country was founded in 1847 by freed slaves from the United States, and it was the first African nation to gain its independence in the 20th century. The country is rich in natural resources such as timber, diamonds, and iron ore, but it has suffered from political instability and civil war. The official language of Liberia is English, which is a result of the country's ties to the United States. The religion is predominantly Christian, with around 85% of the population practicing Christianity. Liberia has a unique and diverse culture, with strong emphasis on traditional beliefs and practices. The country is known for its vibrant music scene, which includes genres such as Afro-pop and Gospel. Despite its troubled past, Liberia has made significant strides towards political stability and economic growth in recent years.

Author : Robtel Neajai Pailey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108836548

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Development, (Dual) Citizenship and Its Discontents in Africa by Robtel Neajai Pailey Pdf

Based on rich oral histories, this is an engaging study of citizenship construction and practice in Liberia, Africa's first black republic.

Author : Monie R. Captan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9988214413

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Introduction to Liberian Government and Political System by Monie R. Captan Pdf

Author : Mary H. Moran
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780812202847

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Liberia by Mary H. Moran Pdf

Liberia, a small West African country that has been wracked by violence and civil war since 1989, seems a paradoxical place in which to examine questions of democracy and popular participation. Yet Liberia is also the oldest republic in Africa, having become independent in 1847 after colonization by an American philanthropic organization as a refuge for "Free People of Color" from the United States. Many analysts have attributed the violent upheaval and state collapse Liberia experienced in the 1980s and 1990s to a lack of democratic institutions and long-standing patterns of autocracy, secrecy, and lack of transparency. Liberia: The Violence of Democracy is a response, from an anthropological perspective, to the literature on neopatrimonialism in Africa. Mary H. Moran argues that democracy is not a foreign import into Africa but that essential aspects of what we in the West consider democratic values are part of the indigenous African traditions of legitimacy and political process. In the case of Liberia, these democratic traditions include institutionalized checks and balances operating at the local level that allow for the voices of structural subordinates (women and younger men) to be heard and be effective in making claims. Moran maintains that the violence and state collapse that have beset Liberia and the surrounding region in the past two decades cannot be attributed to ancient tribal hatreds or neopatrimonial leaders who are simply a modern version of traditional chiefs. Rather, democracy and violence are intersecting themes in Liberian history that have manifested themselves in numerous contexts over the years. Moran challenges many assumptions about Africa as a continent and speaks in an impassioned voice about the meanings of democracy and violence within Liberia.

Author : Syrulwa L. Somah
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 0819196541

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Historical Settlement of Liberia and Its Environmental Impact by Syrulwa L. Somah Pdf

This powerful book argues persistently that the historical settlement of liberated Americans of African descent had a destabilizing impact on the geography, politics, social and economic structure, environment, and culture of Liberia. The author also draws attention to the environmental consciousness of indigenous Liberians and delves into the historical roots of the principle health problems and industrial activities threatening Liberia's environment. Contents: Glossary; Liberia Historical Roots; Geographical Description of Liberia; The Arrival of New Settlers; Historical Review; Environmental Devastation; Introduction; Principle Health Problems Which Have Historical Roots; Building of Monrovia: A Case Study; Impact of Foreign Capital on National Decision; Deforestation and Ecological Impact; The Impact of Iron Ore on Aquatic Biomass; Proposal of a New Environmental Policy in Liberia, Summary and Recommendations; Endnotes; Bibliography.

Author : Raymond Leslie Buell
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Museum Publications
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105001995567

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Liberia by Raymond Leslie Buell Pdf

Published jointly with the Committee on African Affairs under the editorship of H. A. Wieschhoff, this volume from the series African Handbooks describes the conditions and significant issues facing the continent during and immediately following World War II.

Author : Clinton Caldwell Boone
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015002367194

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Liberia as I Know it by Clinton Caldwell Boone Pdf

Author : John-Peter Pham
Publisher : Reed Press(NY)
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:49015002997998

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Liberia by John-Peter Pham Pdf

"In this utterly depressing account of the west African nation's history and politics, scholar and diplomat Pham offers a cautionary tale regarding Western intervention in Africa. Colonized by free American blacks in the early 19th century, Liberia has long been beset by tensions, not only among its native populations but between natives and the descendants of its Western colonizers. But Pham is no knee-jerk blame-the-West critic- far from it. As he points out, Western investment, by Firestone and other rubber companies, "served as the principal catalyst for Liberia's infrastructure." The author does, however, acknowledge that the workers were paid little for the labor that enriched the rubber companies, and that tribal chiefs were given a cut for the toil of their villagers. Liberia's worst times have come in the past two decades, with rampant corruption and civil war. In Pham's eyes, nation-states have failed, in Liberia and elsewhere in Africa, for a variety of reasons: tribal and ethnic tensions and the end of the Cold War, which allowed weak states propped up by the superpowers to tumble. Pham argues that these states must take responsibility for their own reconstruction and reconstitution as democratic nations, without Western intervention, if they are ever to emerge from their current struggle"--from Publisher's Weekly, quoted on amazon.com.

Author : Claude Andrew Clegg III
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780807895580

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The Price of Liberty by Claude Andrew Clegg III Pdf

In nineteenth-century America, the belief that blacks and whites could not live in social harmony and political equality in the same country led to a movement to relocate African Americans to Liberia, a West African colony established by the United States government and the American Colonization Society in 1822. In The Price of Liberty, Claude Clegg accounts for 2,030 North Carolina blacks who left the state and took up residence in Liberia between 1825 and 1893. By examining both the American and African sides of this experience, Clegg produces a textured account of an important chapter in the historical evolution of the Atlantic world. For almost a century, Liberian emigration connected African Americans to the broader cultures, commerce, communication networks, and epidemiological patterns of the Afro-Atlantic region. But for many individuals, dreams of a Pan-African utopia in Liberia were tempered by complicated relationships with the Africans, whom they dispossessed of land. Liberia soon became a politically unstable mix of newcomers, indigenous peoples, and "recaptured" Africans from westbound slave ships. Ultimately, Clegg argues, in the process of forging the world's second black-ruled republic, the emigrants constructed a settler society marred by many of the same exclusionary, oppressive characteristics common to modern colonial regimes.

Author : George Klay Kieh, Jr.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1536150347

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Liberia in the Twenty-first Century by George Klay Kieh, Jr. Pdf

Since the founding of the Liberian state in 1847, the country has faced several frontier issues, such as ethnic pluralism and inclusion, the elusive quest for democracy, decentralization, and socio-economic development. Cumulatively, the failure by the various state managers to address these and other major challenges occasioned an enduring civil conflict that imploded into mass insurrection on April 14, 1979, a military coup détat on April 12, 1980, and two civil wars from 1989-1997, and 1999-2003, respectively. Significantly, these major conflict events had profound ramifications, including the deaths of thousands of people, massive internal displacement, refugee crises, the destruction of the already underdeveloped physical infrastructure and the productive sectors of the economy, and the collapse of governance. Against this background, this book explores some of these frontier issuesthe travails of the peripheral state, ethnic pluralism and inclusion, the quest for democracy, decentralization and governance, the monocrop economy and its resulting implications for the crises of underdevelopment, public health, security sector reform, and post-conflict reconstructionthat have and continue to face Liberia in the twenty-first century. This book then makes policy-relevant recommendations for addressing these challenges, as the country strives to address its seemingly unending cycle of missed opportunities and false starts.