For years Liberian officials felt that America was their home. They felt that anything that was African was savage, barbaric or heathenic and uncivilized. Because of this feeling, Liberia did not embrace her African brothers and sisters when they were fighting for independence during the throes of nationalism in Africa. Our country is undeveloped because of our un-nationalistic and selfish nature. Let us eject ourselves out of this mold and start making progress.
Education is the best way to develop the middle class of any society.
Our present day educational system is substandard and inadequate. The other day a friend e-mailed me a speech delivered by one of the Americos. In the speech he mentioned that the Americo-Liberian dynasty built schools throughout Liberia, during Tubman's administration, to enable all Liberians to have access to education. I began to wonder what did he smoke before he took the podium. Of course, there were some private schools.