Taking a Look at Liberia

From its swampy beginnings to its present day status as capital of the free world, the area has been leading change in the world. Throughout its history there have been many grave conflicts which have not always led to the greater good. But as we learn from our past we look to the future with hope and the feeling of accomplishment through trials

Throughout the continent of Africa, a majority of the territories experienced colonization. Several nations, specifically Uganda, were placed under the rule of Great Britain. Uganda, an East African country surrounded by the Great Lakes of Africa, was one of the last parts of the continent to be reached by outsiders. THESIS STATEMENT HERE.

Do you think you’re life is hard? How would it be if civil wars, corrupt government officials, gunfire in the streets, extreme poverty, severe illness and no indoor plumbing were added? That is what most Liberians had to deal with on a daily basis, due to the problems forced upon them that they had to attempt to solve as individuals not as a country. But these problems were caused by an already weakening system that was waiting to be toppled, taken advantage of and destroyed. Many Liberians would die and many lives would be shaken before it would rise again, yet when its change comes it will be stronger than ever. But before any of this happened Liberia would first have to be established as a country.

“I pledge allegiance to the flag of Liberia, and to the Republic for which it stands,one nation indivisible with, liberty and justice for all.”Liberia is a country that has faced so many challenges that will help them in the future. Liberia Lies on the Atlantic in the southern part of West Africa and is bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Côte d'Ivoire. Its size is compared to Tennessee and is covered by tropical forests that thrives under an annual rainforest of about 160 in. per year. Liberia has grown and diminished through many challenges brought by poverty, from its founding by former U.S slaves, the first and second Civil War, and its corrupted and unstable government.

I am originally from Liberia which is located in West Africa. I grew up in a town called Yekepa in Nimba County. Growing up there was amazing because it wasn’t a very big town. People were kind and very friendly.

The Republic of Liberia was founded in 1847 by the descendants of former slaves in search of the freedoms and liberties unobtainable in the United States. Their relationship with the established indigenous population was contentious from the start. The settlers colonized their new home by dominating economic and political control over the indigenous for 133 years. Some historians perceive that it was these new settlers, exhibiting ethnocentric tendencies, that ultimately led to a failed republic and two bloody civil wars. These new settlers from the Americas reached the African west coast, created a society entrenched in classism, social segregation, and enslavement that resulted in Liberia becoming one of the poorest countries in the world.

I am now going to tell you about when we went to Ghana. We went the southern route. Along the way, we stopped at the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou. We saw Cape Coast Castle and

You have to check out Ghana! You’ll be amazed by the rich culture it has. Ghana is located in West Africa, between the Sahel and Sahara in the north and the highlands and tropical rain forest in the South. It is located

Uganda, a landlocked country located in the East-Central region of Africa has five neighbouring countries with Kenya to the east, South Sudan to the north, Tanzania and Rwanda to the south and Democratic Republic to the west. Uganda was a British Protectorate from 1894 to 1962. Colonialism greatly affected Uganda’s local economic systems mainly because the British’s primary concern was financial(Alexandra).

In the past when I would think of Kenya I would think of wild animals, African tribes, and AIDS. When I met Wanjiku an international student from Kenya she told me many things about the culture of her country. I know from talking and working with her that they value friendship and believe in hard work.

CHAPTER THREE: FOUNDING FACTORS TO LIBERIA’S PROBLEM Clench on Political Power The scholarly consensus is that the establishment of Liberia in 1822 by a philanthropic organization, the American Colonization Society and leadership structures that were put in place led to political confrontations in Liberia. Ironically, this conflict was an outcome of the same tensions and contradictions that existed in the United States between black slaves and their white masters. The country’s nineteen (19) presidents from 1947 to April 12,1980, military coup, were all Americo-Liberian and none was an indigenous Liberian.

Gambia is no doubt one of the smallest countries in the whole Africa and in the world at large. It’s a former British colony, gained its independence from the Great Britain in the eighteenth day of February in 1965. Gambia became a republic in 1970 and has since joined and signed treaties with various international organizations the likes of UN, WTO and IMF.

The Republic of Botswana is a country with a fairy tale success story. It began as an independent country that was one of the poorest in the world, and built itself up to be an African success story. It is a landlocked country, which most often means its fate is left in the hands of the surrounding countries. Botswana built a very successful diamond mining empire as well as a cattle industry, and has grown into a successful middle-income country.

Here I sum up of what I know (and think) of Ghana, again, as an Indonesian who was oblivious to how the Ghanaians live…

Ghana is a country of many firsts: the first to win a medal in the Olympics for football, first to be a sub- saharan country, and first to use seashells as money. Ghana is a West African country that boarders the Gulf of Guinea, Cote d’ Ivoire, and Togo. It’s comparable to the U.S state, Oregon at 92,100 square miles. Ghana, the richest country in West Africa, once used sea shells as money.