Liberia

Liberia be officially de Republic of Liberia, be country for de West African coast."Liberia country profile". BBC News. June 10, 2011. Retrieved October 30, 2024. Sierra Leone dey border am go ein northwest, Guinea go ein north, Ivory Coast go ein east, den de Atlantic Ocean go ein south den southwest. E get population of around 5 million wey edey cova area of 43,000 square miles (111,369 km2). De country ein official language be English; howeva, dem dey speak ova 20 indigenous languages, wey dey reflect de country ein ethnic den cultural diversity. De capital den largest city be Monrovia.

Liberia begin for de early 19th century insyd as project for de American Colonization Society (ACS), wey dem believe black people go face better chances give freedom den prosperity for Africa insyd den for de United States insyd."Background on conflict in Liberia" Archived February 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Friends Committee on National Legislation, July 30, 2003 Between 1822 den de outbreak of de American Civil War for 1861 insyd, more dan 15,000 freed den free-born African Americans, along plus 3,198 Afro-Caribbeans, relocate go Liberia."July 26, 1847 Liberian independence proclaimed" Archived June 14, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, This Day In History, History website. Gradually dey develop Americo-Liberian identity,Cooper, Helene, The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood (United States: Simon and Schuster, 2008), p. 6Liberia: History, Geography, Government, and Culture Archived May 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Infoplease.com de settlers carry dema culture den tradition plus them. Liberia declare independence for July 26, 1847, wey na de U.S. no recognize am til February 5, 1862.

Na Liberia be de first African republic make e proclaim ein independence wey ebe Africa ein first den oldest modern republic. Along plus Ethiopia, na ebe de one of de two African countries make e maintain ein sovereignty during de Scramble for Africa. During World War II, Liberia support de United States war effort against Germany, wey e receive considerable American investment insyd infrastructure, wey e aid de country ein wealth den development."Global Connections . Liberia . Timeline | PBS". www.pbs.org. Archived from the original on November 29, 2022. Retrieved July 12, 2023. Presido William Tubman encourage economic den political changes wey heighten de country ein prosperity den international profile; Liberia be founding member of de League of Nations, United Nations, den de Organisation of African Unity.

Na de Americo-Liberian settlers no dey relate well plus de indigenous peoples dem encounter. De Kru den Grebo dey raid colonial settlements from dema inland chiefdoms. Americo-Liberians form go small elite wey dey hold disproportionate political power; dem exclude indigenous Africans from birthright citizenship for dema own land til 1904.Nelson, Harold D.; American University (Washington, D. C. ) Foreign Area Studies (January 24, 1984). "Liberia, a country study". Washington, D.C. : The Studies : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O. – via Internet Archive."Constitutional history of Liberia". Constitutionnet.org. Archived from the original on April 28, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2020.

For 1980 insyd, political tensions from William R. Tolbert ein rule result in military coup wey dem kill Tolbert, wey dey mark de end of Americo-Liberian rule for de country insyd wey begin ova two decades of political instability. De First den Second Liberian Civil Wars follow five years of military rule by de People's Redemption Council den five years of civilian rule by de National Democratic Party of Liberia. Dis result for de deaths of 250,000 people (about 8% of de population) den de displacement of chaw more, plus Liberia ein economy shrink by 90%."Praise for the woman who put Liberia back on its feet". The Economist. October 5, 2017. Archived from the original on May 15, 2018. Retrieved October 6, 2017. Peace agreement for 2003 insyd lead go democratic elections for 2005 insyd.

 Geography 

 Administrative divisions 
Map #CountyCapitalPopulation
(2022 Census)Area
(mi2)Number of
DistrictsDate
Created1BomiTubmanburg133,668749 sq mi (1,940 km2)419842BongGbarnga467,5023,386 sq mi (8,770 km2)1219643GbarpoluBopolu95,9953,740 sq mi (9,700 km2)620014Grand BassaBuchanan293,5573,064 sq mi (7,940 km2)818395Grand Cape MountRobertsport178,7981,993 sq mi (5,160 km2)518446Grand GedehZwedru216,6924,047 sq mi (10,480 km2)319647Grand KruBarclayville109,3421,503 sq mi (3,890 km2)1819848LofaVoinjama367,3763,854 sq mi (9,980 km2)619649MargibiKakata304,9461,010 sq mi (2,600 km2)4198510MarylandHarper172,202886 sq mi (2,290 km2)2185711MontserradoBensonville1,920,914737 sq mi (1,910 km2)17183912NimbaSanniquellie621,8414,459 sq mi (11,550 km2)6196413RivercessRiver Cess90,7772,159 sq mi (5,590 km2)7198514River GeeFish Town124,6531,974 sq mi (5,110 km2)6200015SinoeGreenville150,3583,913 sq mi (10,130 km2)171843

 Demographics 
Largest cities anaa towns insyd Liberia

According to de 2008 CensusRankNameCountyPop.Monrovia1MonroviaMontserrado1,021,762Ganta2GbarngaBong56,9863BuchananGrand Bassa50,2454GantaNimba42,0775KakataMargibi34,6086ZwedruGrand Gedeh25,3497HarbelMargibi25,3098HarperMaryland23,5179PleeboMaryland23,46410FoyaLofa20,569

 Ethnic groups 
Ethnic Groups in LiberiaEthnic GroupspercentKpelle 20.3%Bassa 13.4%Grebo 10%Gio 8%Mano 7.9%Kru 6%Lorma 5.1%Kissi 4.8%Gola 4.4%Krahn 4%Vai 4%Mandinka 3.2%Gbandi 3%Mende 1.3%Sapo 1.2%Belle 0.8%Dey 0.3%Other Liberian 0.6%Other African 1.4%Non African 0.1%
De population dey include 16 indigenous ethnic groups den various foreign minorities. Indigenous peoples dey comprise about 95 percent of de population. De 16 officially recognize ethnic groups dey include de Kpelle, Bassa, Mano, Gio or Dan, Kru, Grebo, Krahn, Vai, Gola, Mandingo anaa Mandinka, Mende, Kissi, Gbandi, Loma, Dei anaa Dewoin, Belleh, den Americo-Liberians (anaa Congo people).

 Languages 
English be de official language wey dey serve as de lingua franca of Liberia.Moore, Jina (October 19, 2009). "Liberia: Ma Ellen talk plenty plenty Liberian English". Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011. As of 2022, na dem dey speak 27 indigenous languages insyd Liberia, buh each be first language for a small percentage per of de population.Liberia in Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2022). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (25th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Liberians sanso dey speak a variety of creolized dialects dem collectively know as Liberian English.

 Further reading 
 Cooper, Helene, House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood (Simon & Schuster, 2008, )





 Lang, Victoria, To Liberia: Destiny's Timing (Publish America, Baltimore, 2004, ). Novel of the journey of a young Black couple fleeing America to settle in the African motherland of Liberia.
 Maksik, Alexander, A Marker to Measure Drift (John Murray 2013; Paperback 2014; ). A novel about a young woman's experience of and escape from the Liberian civil war.

 Mwakikagile, Godfrey, Military Coups in West Africa Since The Sixties, Chapter Eight: Liberia: 'The Love of Liberty Brought Us Here,' pp. 85–110, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Huntington, New York, 2001; Godfrey Mwakikagile, The Modern African State: Quest for Transformation, Chapter One: The Collapse of A Modern African State: Death and Rebirth of Liberia, pp. 1–18, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2001.

 Sankawulo, Wilton, Great Tales of Liberia. Dr. Sankawulo is the compiler of these tales from Liberia and about Liberian culture. Editura Universității "Lucian Blaga", Sibiu, Romania, 2004. .
 Sankawulo, Wilton, Sundown at Dawn: A Liberian Odyssey. Recommended by the Cultural Resource Center, Center for Applied Linguistics for its content concerning Liberian culture. 
 Shaw, Elma, Redemption Road: The Quest for Peace and Justice in Liberia (a novel), with a foreword by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Cotton Tree Press, 2008, )

 References 

 External links 

 Chief of State and Cabinet Members Archived October 17, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
 Liberia Archived March 19, 2021, at the Wayback Machine. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.
 Liberia from UCB Libraries GovPubs.

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