Liberia

My civic media pilot project (Liberia Daily Newsletter) on Substack is Hiring It may sound cliche but elections are a bedrock for any democracy and Liberia is no exception. The electoral process fosters a deep sense of civic participation and engagement, encouraging citizens to actively play a key role in…

I have travelled to Liberia six times since my first trip there at the age of 18. When I return in September, Africa’s First Republic will be entering its third democratic election after thirty years of violence and instability. Within the past half century, Liberians suffered a violent coup d’état…

The video below is part of recent attempt that I have been noticing to rehabilitate Liberia’s history and to present it in a more positive light; to present Liberia as something that African Americans should be proud of. …

Abstract Ebrima Conneh was orphaned from the age of eight, surviving the Liberian and Libyan civil wars, growing up in the poverty of the Gambian Serekunda, crossing the dangerous Sahara, kidnapped twice and escaped twice, embroiled for several years in the brutal Libyan and Italian criminal underworld, exposed to racial…

Who Will He Select to Defeat Ruling-CDC in October As the race for the Liberian Presidency gets closer, The Unity Party and former VP of Liberia Joseph N. Boakai have announced plans to reveal their vice standard bearer next Friday, April 28. …

In the history of Pan-Africanism, Liberia is a rather fascinating nation with a polarizing history. There are those who defend Liberia as a model of what Pan-African can be since it is a nation which was founded by African returnees from the Diaspora. …

Poems about struggles, rejections, and bad governance — from Liberian Emmanuel G G Yamba — A Thing About War & Survival wonder at times come with silence it teaches you how to express emptiness by making words foreign to your tongue. know this, when you see his foot wears what looks like nakedness & tries to push his body into another country something must be swallowing his country. but he won’t…

The best of my childhood in homemade dishes. — If you’ve yet to try Liberian or any other West African cuisine I highly recommend it. As a first-generation U.S. citizen, I grew up on both American and traditional dishes from my culture but never developed a true appreciate for them until I left home at 18.

The legacy of Liberia is a complex one. Within the Pan-African community Liberia is a nation which is typically criticized for being a American colony in which the returnees from the Diaspora established a society which was repressive and harsh towards the native population. …