History of Liberia

History of Liberia As the race to claim stake in Africa came underway in the late nineteenth century, European influence on the continent had long been felt by the indigenous people. Pre-colonial African Kingdoms had established trade with the early European explorers. As the trade relationships amongst tribes and the Europeans enhanced, the abundance of African resources such as agriculture, precious metals and more importantly slaves often left with the ships of the explorers. As time went on, the trading of slaves from places such as Angola and West Africa became one of the more profitable sources of revenue for the Europeans and eventually the Americas. European (& later American) influence swayed the creation of many African countries,…

student, in response to the Ebola outbreak has added to this metaphor by stating that “[Liberia] just finished fighting a war, and now we have another one.” In other words, he is agreeing that disease and war are one in the same. While war and disease have hidden similarities on an infected society such as the deconstruction of social order it also builds and puts legal and medical institutions front and center in response…

your mother, and your siblings get away, but your father stays to fight. You are urged to keep going and in 3 days end up in Guinea. You are completely lost in what has happened, but soon you figure out that an uprising has occurred, your village is burned to the ground, and your friends and father had been killed. That is the road to Present day Liberia. The indigenous people of Liberia migrated around the twelfth and fourteenth century. They were made up of 16 different groups which are:…

Kenneth, Etty Weah Liberia’s white clad Heroines. Gini Reticker’s documentary film ‘Pray the Devil back to Hell’ chronicles around a group of fearless women who come together, putting away religious differences to work tirelessly to end a bloody civil war and restore peace in their country of Liberia. It revolves around the inspiring story of Liberian women who took on the Warlords and the regime of Dictator Charles Taylor during the civil war and succeeded in bringing peace to a once war torn…

stop the spread of Ebola. It is very difficult for this virus to spread, but it is so dangerous if you have the Ebola virus. All it takes is one doctor or nurse to travel to Africa to help sick people. If the person is unaware of the virus in the area, they won’t know to take the necessary precautions to avoid getting Ebola. Once the doctor or nurse get the virus, the person will eventually travel back to their country. Whoever made contact with this person may now have the Ebola virus. Now…

Created in the 1820s by the American Colonization Society, Liberia is a country that was “founded,” by freed slaves and free Blacks from the United States. Several factors led to the initial support of colonization in this nation and clergy, merchants, and slaveholder’s established the national organization to send over four-thousand Blacks to the West Coast of Africa. In this essay I will delve into the economic, social, and political reasons for colonization in Liberia. Support for…

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf-This Child Will Be Great is a memoir and autobiography about Africa’s first woman president. Sirleaf was born in Liberia with parents who were apart of the common struggle that came from being part of a working class family in Africa. This memoir highlights the path it took from dealing with her parent’s hardship to becoming Africa’s first woman president. For Sirleaf it is important for all to know, that although she is from a lighter complexion her upbringing was no…

The author of Ebola outbreak in West Africa, Chernoh Alpha M.Bah, explanation of the outbreak in Sierra Leon and how it influences people’s perception and the response to Ebola from both the political and social perceptive, is one of my favourite reading as it correlates to the topics discuss in lectures so far. As he demonstrated, structural violence in this case must be understood in the context of a regional history and global economy that have cultivated inequalities. For instance, it is no…

They are biased perceptions maintain throughout history so that Racism can continue to exist and so that certain people especially whites can maintain power. After everything I learned I couldn’t just keep learning by staring at a screen and so when my mom told me about this really great summer program called Tyree Scott’s Freedom School at a local church I was more than eager to participate. I ended up falling in love with freedom school and I went on to become an intern with other youth who…

Blood Diamonds Conflict diamonds are a great concern in Africa especially with the bloodshed they cause. Blood diamonds, or conflict diamonds, are jewels mined in Africa and sold by rebels to gain military force. This has been a tremendous problem during the different civil wars in some countries in Africa. However, they are now being used in Liberia at rates never seen before. These diamonds are usually mined in northern and western regions of Africa. In some areas, diamonds would be placed on…