Why Liberia Was Not Colonized??
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
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The Liberian accent is the most unique in Africa. It is distinct, and unlike any of the regional accents even within West Africa.
@iamkrazybonez You self identify as Krazy, so I will leave it at that.
I’m very talented at imitating accents but the Liberian accent is the one I have failed to imitate. Maybe if I watch more Liberian videos
@iamkrazybonez you are really karzy no one cares if u agree or not Liberians accent is most unique in Africa ooh get over it
Lion Simba lol no one can get it unless u lived there
John Smith then try hard and don’t call it shit because you alone can’t understand it.
The colonization of the past is different from the colonization of the present.
The past was physical which everyone could feel and see
But
The present colonization is mental that one can not see it but feel it and money where people are volunteering into slavery in search of money to survive.
True
Very True!
You are 100% right today we are paying and spending too much money to go get colonized (it cost up to 160 dollars for European or American visas) and our leaders are begging for all this debt colonizing us and our unborn generations
Priscilla Asimonye Exactly
Don't forget they do not let African countries trade their natural resources at market value while these trade deals enriches as well as benefits Europe and America even though most of great natural resources of the world are on the African Continent.
Are these random people you're asking? If so, it's impressive that they know their history! I like this episode. 👏🏿 I wish it was longer.
Awwwwwww will make it longer next time!
Veronica, I agree. Very impressive, especially the varying opinions.
@@WODEMAYA But the capital is named after an American President who owned African slaves and seperated families by selling them to pay off debts.
They need to change the name of the capital....that is a disgrace. Do they not know?
I agree. It should be changed back to the original name.
@@anthonyowusu1319 i totally agree. it's a disgrace to think that we're living in freedom with the capital named after a slave owner.
Generation after us will read your History and value you more..!!
I love how the elders as well as the younger people know their history and can speak on it. Very good interviews!
Thanks for bringing Liberian history to the world at large. At the end of the day, we Liberian should be proud of our culture and heritage and work for the betterment of Liberia and our beloved continent Africa. It doesn't matter if we were colonized or not, we are all in this boat together as African trying to free our minds of mental slavery and unite our continent as one big United States of Africa. Thanks Wode Maya!
I learned something New today. I'm proud of the liberians for knowing their History so well....
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Damaris George Exactly right. And can you show us some support and love at BAG?
This was extremely interesting Maya. An Amazing Episode. You see the understanding of how Liberians see their identity. That's the power of the documentation of history and the narrative that is passed down through generations. This was powerful. So in other words an organization was formed to influence the people to accept the returnees. Very interesting. Dem Western Powers have not changed same tactics different styles according to the times, wow! This was a "light ball" moment for me. Very interesting. Thanks for this very interesting insight on Liberian National Identity 👌
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No influence was not used. The retunees segregated themselves and exploited the natives.
@@JojoSavice They are still playing the card till date. The Kongau don't see indigenous Liberian as anything.
@Baobab Afrikaner: stop your tribalism. That is why Liberia is a “shit hole” today. The so called “Konqua” are they not descendants of people who were taken from Africa as enslaved people?
There was no country called Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, or other Africa Countries with these present names or borders: the White people gave these names when they divided Africa at the Berlin Conference.
Blame the White Man for capturing your ancestors and returning them back to Liberia.
You all should learn to live together in peace . The “Konqua” as you called your fellow citizens are descendants of your lost cousins who came back to Africa specifically Liberia and Sierra Leone ( by the British).
Why is this comment allowed to stay? It is divisive and also INACCURATE.
African Americans came and BOUGHT the land from some of the chiefs in the area to start over in Africa after becoming free from slavery.... But then, for reasons unknown, they bought the land but then also had to share it with the people they bought it from? I don't understand that part of the history. If I buy a house from a family, that family doesn't get to stay in the house and live with me afterwards but that's a different discussion I guess.
When African Americans established Liberia they witnessed first hand, the local tribes still partaking in the illegal slave trade(they were taking Africans to the coast to sell to the Portuguese) This obviously offended Liberians(talking about newly settled African Americans in Liberia) and they took direct action to stop this trade. This upset the locals, as it was effecting their trade.
As a result, local tribes regularly attacked the small and fragile Liberian settlements for over a decade until the Liberians decisively defeated the local tribes and peace was established between the Liberian settlements and the local tribes.
As a result of these early interactions, the Liberians(so called americo Liberians) rightfully distrusted the local tribes and tried to keep them away from Liberia.
Over time, though, more and more trust was established and Liberia began to integrate the local tribes into Liberia proper(making them Liberians as well) this included adopting children from local tribes, providing schooling, apprenticeship, training, and stable jobs in the government. Some were even sent to Europe and America to go to American colleges and universities and come back to help Liberia. This was a great system that was expanding more and more under Tolbert as he truly tried to integrate the natives into Liberia.
They were also allowed to join the military and over time became the majority of the military personnel (this was obviously a mistake)
So as you can see, Liberians WERE integrating the local tribes into Liberia but the native population decided that they just wanted to take over everything and killed most of the Liberian ran government in 1980.
Having taken over Liberian with all the infrastructure undamaged and ready for use, what did they do with it? They destroyed it all in stupid tribal wars and Liberia is still recovering from it.
Judging by the upvotes for the original comment it seems that anti African American(so called americo Liberians) feelings are still there which is sad because they were not the ones to actually destroy the country.
At this point(2019 going into 2020) there should be no more talk of natives vs Congo people(so called americo Liberians)... We should all just be Liberians from now on and follow the example set by Rwanda.
This was Liberia before the war - ruclips.net/video/Jhxoe8MI2U8/видео.html
Liberia in 1962 - ruclips.net/video/_i6CXqzmwsQ/видео.html
Sadly we have not regained these Glory days in Liberia. Africans from all over the continent used to vacation in Liberia it was so nice!
@@iTuber012 Wow thanks for educating us. Well the civic and history books or curriculum need to be reviewed and taught accuratly.
Oh please 🙄, look at the flag, the street names, the money, the language, oh please. Technicalities be gone, this tiny region is not a player on a global level. Unite Africa!!!
Sorry , but liberia is not a tiny place it's a big country with the population of almost 6 million people, and look up the past history of liberia before you start condemning negativity. Liberia was a big player in the world before it civil for 14 years, liberia was one of the founders of the united nation. liberia play huge part in the liberation of most african countries. Liberia is the biggest producer of nature rubber, fire stone is base in liberia. Liberia is an exporter of oil, gold diamond timber iron odd, and copper and it's was africa first developed country. So do some research before you comment negative comments thanks
Right why would a country not colonized need to celebrate an Independence Day.
Damn, how can you be this negative?...
@@prinzlib4581 she is not negative it is the right question
Unlike other colonized Africans these people had actually lived in the Americas for generations so it was what they most identified with and the US helped them to establish their own country.
It's a shame that other West Africans (especially Ghanians and Nigerians) hate on us so bad, but before our civil war a lot you all's ancestors were in our country enjoying the benefits, culture, and jobs. We welcomed you with ease. Please take several seats. Also, there were people living inland way before Americo Liberians got there, I know because am the descendant of some of them.
Thanks, I am similar to you.
Do you know how much Nigeria spent in stopping your Liberia war ??? Indomie generation
@@fesderi3933 do you know how much Liberia spent on the Nigerian war, that you all never talk about?
@@fesderi3933 do you know that when the British would not allow Namdi Azikiwe to attend their schools it was Liberia that offered him a scholarship to study in the US? He in turn wrote a book titled Liberia in World Politics thanking us for what we did for him. Do you know who your first president would’ve been if not for us? Do you know our role is helping stop the first Biafran War of Gowon? How arrogant for the little things you’ve done for your big brother? How daring?
If Liberia wasn't colonized where did it get it's name from
Learnt something new... thanks for the good work. AIya Maya
Colonization was not always done by Countries. Parts of America were colonized by the Hudson Bay Company. India was colonized by the East India Company. European countries gave charters to companies to establish "outposts" in the Americas, Caribbean, Africa, and Asia. These outpost is where they established trade and later started to push their cultural imperatives. It is important that people understand this part of history because it is happening again. A country does not have to be conquered to be colonized. It can be colonized by controlling its trade, commerce, official language, dominant religion, form of government, etc. It's 2019. Time to rid ourselves of the Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome and the Colonized Negro Mind Dysphoria. Peace!!
Shemra : you’re right. Look at the organization formed in America that took control of Liberia.
It was called the American Colonization Society. Why was it called Colonization Society if it wasn’t to colonize the Natives.
@@worldtraveler2417 It was not called the Colonization Society to colonize the natives. It was called the Colonization Society, because they were returning free Black Americans to colonies in the Africa. Black Americans were also associated with the creation of Sierra Leone, except that was the English rather than the American involvement.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Colonization_Society
When they say Liberia was never "colonized", they mean it was never part of a colonial empire. Look at any global map of colonial empires, and Liberia is never colored in, say, "blue" or whatever, indicating that it was part of a US colonial empire (unlike actual former and current US territories like Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico, etc).
I accept the explanation of most of the ones who commented in the video. The free black Americans who created Liberia through the American colonial society were already westernized. However, many aboriginals on the green coast (Liberia) were also westernized(more than those inland) because they were use to trading with Europeans for centuries. So it was easier for the free black Americans to integrate with some of the Native tribes on the coastline. The friction was mostly with the less westernized natives further inland who had an alliance with Great Britain in whom they traded with. There was also a culture conflict. When the black Americans arrived at the green coast they complained in their journal that some of the natives were selling slaves to the Portuguese. It should be obvious why freed black Americans would have a problem with that. However, with that said I also believe that black Americans went to far in making the Natives Assimilate. At the end of the day the conflict was about a difference in culture and not knowing how to live in harmony with such differences. This is a lesson for us to learn from! Black Americans will always be connected to Liberia but we need to learn from the mistakes our ancestors made. We also need to reconnect with the country and it's natives. All of its natives! We have to learn their languages and customs as they learn ours. This way we can overcome the cultural divide that caused the civil war.
jnorm888 greatly worded
African Americans..could of only at the time....carried out the system that they knew.
I would like to learn more about this, can you recommend a book
Nicely worded, Whats the name of the book you read?
@@djpioneer937 Rich Land Poor Country The "Paradox Of Poverty" In Liberia excellent book well documented.
We are talking about Control. And there are various levels of control. It was/is recognized as an independent nation. It was a member of the League of Nations during the height of Colonialism. It had/has Black political leaders. Colonialism's definition includes full or partial political control, occupying the land with settlers and exploiting it economically. I would say 2 out of 3 there. No white settlers, but if you call the freed slaves settlers, and agents of America then you could conclude yes all 3. I would say that Liberia has always existed in a state of Neo-Colonialism when most of the rest of Africa was in regular ol' Colonialism.
So powerfull. We have to stop listening to Europeans account of history.
MELSELECTA101 Exactly right. And can you show us some support and love at BAG?
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Our Liberian brothers who said "No" are attempting to explain colonization away by using semantics. They are in denial because it really doesn't matter whether an invading entity is a country or an organization... if outside forces take socio-economic control over another peoples skills, land, wealty and natural resources, they are colonizers. If Liberia wasn't colonized, they would never have had to reclaim their independence.
In reality every corner of Africa, including Liberia (who was occupied by American goverment forces) and Ethiopia (which was not formally colonized, but was definitely invaded and occupied by Portuguese and Italian forces) were colonized, or oppressed ( if thats what you want to call it) in some form or fashion. These European tyrants left no stone unturned...just terrible.
@jinnaluo Oriental Orthodox Christianity is Greek? Wtf. Ethiopia as a state embraced Christianity officially in 330 AD. They have their own independent church inside this branch of Christianity.
@@bodybags4allpalepukes988 No one is asking them to play victim, its just the reality of history....history that eventually led to civil conflicts within both countries.
@jinnaluo Who said they had to embrace it? Missionaries spread Christianity to Ethiopia. So if one ethnic group didn't create it's own religion it isn't theirs to follow? There isn't any European countrie that follows Oriental Orthodox Christianity. If someone in western Europe depicted some saints as a "white" it doesn't mean that Christianity is white. Orthodox churches depict their saints in "brownish" colours as it should be considering that many saints were Semitic people. You should have known that Catholicism isn't the only branch of Christianity. Don't make conclusions about topics you are not aware of.
UrbanAfrica Before 1822, there was no country called Liberia. So, Liberia was founded by the American Colonization Society in 1822. I understand the confusion behind the controversy because the folks who discovered Liberia described themselves as a colonization society. Would you say, America was colonized by Columbus? I don’t think so. Similarly, Liberia was not colonized by the ACS.
Bantze Hotep Thank you for saying that. I was thinking the same thing about the Ethiopian eunuch. Africa (Ethiopia)had Christianity before Europe.
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I am Ethiopian my brother and sisters. I have something to say! Let's focus how we can connect Africa !by means of Transportation, I always think of Train! Let us read about ,Liberia,Ethiopia Kenya ,Ghana and all the rest let us establish love and unity! Enough is Enough, ! Africans we have suffered due to Dictatorship,Tribalism,and foreign interference. Our future,is within us! My fear is up to now We have survived using our natural resources?If our natural resources deplete ,what do we have to pass for the coming generation of Africans.??? We have to push our dictators to invest in science and Technology,not war machines. Thank you.
Interesting topic. I'm glad to see that my Liberian brothers and sisters know their history and articulate in expressing their views.
This is so interesting Wode Maya! Well done!
I always smile anytime i see ur comment
Eve Mason Exactly right. And can you show us some support and love at BAG in The Gambia?
@@WODEMAYA Now I am smiling!
Liberia is an integrated country in which the Indigenous Africans and the repatriated American born Africans assimilated.
The accurate answer to this question is NO. The ACS established colonies in what we call Liberia today. Other similar colonies were also set-up in what we call Liberia today(e. G. The Maryland settlement) eventually, all the separate settlements came together and decided to become one and declared independence from ACS. Thus Liberia was THEN established. So again, Liberia was not colonized.
African Americans came and BOUGHT the land from some of the chiefs in the area to start over in Africa after becoming free from slavery.... But then, for reasons unknown, they bought the land but then also had to share it with the people they bought it from? I don't understand that part of the history. If I buy a house from a family, that family doesn't get to stay in the house and live with me afterwards but that's a different discussion I guess.
When African Americans established Liberia they witnessed first hand, the local tribes still partaking in the illegal slave trade(they were taking Africans to the coast to sell to the Portuguese) This obviously offended Liberians(talking about newly settled African Americans in Liberia) and they took direct action to stop this trade. This upset the locals, as it was effecting their trade.
As a result, local tribes regularly attacked the small and fragile Liberian settlements for over a decade until the Liberians decisively defeated the local tribes and peace was established between the Liberian settlements and the local tribes.
As a result of these early interactions, the Liberians(so called americo Liberians) rightfully distrusted the local tribes and tried to keep them away from Liberia.
Over time, though, more and more trust was established and Liberia began to integrate the local tribes into Liberia proper(making them Liberians as well) this included adopting children from local tribes, providing schooling, apprenticeship, training, and stable jobs in the government. Some were even sent to Europe and America to go to American colleges and universities and come back to help Liberia. This was a great system that was expanding more and more under Tolbert as he truly tried to integrate the natives into Liberia.
They were also allowed to join the military and over time became the majority of the military personnel (this was obviously a mistake)
So as you can see, Liberians WERE integrating the local tribes into Liberia but the native population decided that they just wanted to take over everything and killed most of the Liberian ran government in 1980.
Having taken over Liberian with all the infrastructure undamaged and ready for use, what did they do with it? They destroyed it all in stupid tribal wars and Liberia is still recovering from it.
Judging by the upvotes for the original comment it seems that anti African American(so called americo Liberians) feelings are still there which is sad because they were not the ones to actually destroy the country.
At this point(2019 going into 2020) there should be no more talk of natives vs Congo people(so called americo Liberians)... We should all just be Liberians from now on and follow the example set by Rwanda.
This was Liberia before the war - ruclips.net/video/Jhxoe8MI2U8/видео.html
Liberia in 1962 - ruclips.net/video/_i6CXqzmwsQ/видео.html
Sadly we have not regained these Glory days in Liberia. Africans from all over the continent used to vacation in Liberia it was so nice
This was such a great read! Thank you! Can you be found on social media?
Wrong
Thanks Maya! I have been to Liberia. Founded by Black Americans. We love your work. Support Maya Black Diaspora.
In Africa Ethiopia 🇪🇹 and liberia 🇱🇷 was not colonized
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I am so impressed by the knowledge of the people of Liberia
Liberians know their history.
Yes im so proud of us
Not really. They know a little. Just enough to confuse themselves.
Trevor Prime Liberian history is taught in Liberians schools from kindergarten thru out. That’s y we kno our history.
Hello Wode Maya. This was a very insightful video. It is so good to hear the thoughts of the Liberians that you interviewed. I will do my own research on the history of Liberia. Thanks for the excellent content, and congratulations.
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Liberia was founded by Free African American returnees.
ruclips.net/video/fdUCynOxMQU/видео.html
@@williamfusine5175 exactly true. I think Sierra Leone is kinda like that also, I stand to be corrected
Yep. Colonized by freed black slaves. Had color based minority rule apartheid before South Africa .
Most “colonies” in Africa were the property of private interests.
Indeed Liberians were involved in the shipment of African indigenes as slaves to Equatorial Guinea well after slavery had been abolished in the West.
Wode Maya opened a pandora Box. Never tell a Liberian that Liberia was colonized. Lol
Depends who you ask. I'd like to hear from the descendants of the returnees.
@@kofisachey3782 exactly
The ACS American Colonise Society is no different from the Berlin Conference participants.They both came to Africa to colonise and they did. It says it in the name
But one organization can't officially colonize a country. It needs to be colonized by another nation. They even ran out of money and said do what yall want and that's how Liberia became a country.
@@gemjewelle2687 facts 💯 plz tell them again
Monrovia is named in honor of U.S. President James Monroe, a prominent supporter of the colonization of Liberia and the American Colonization Society.
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I've Been Subscribed For A While & Never Commented. You've Surely Piqued My Interest In Liberia w/This One. I'm Going To Focus On This Country Now❣️ This One Country In Africa Makes Me Consider Going There To Visit. TY🕊️
Liberia awaits you and am glad u finally commented on my video
@@WODEMAYA TY Wode🕊️. I'm Researching The Country Now. I Want To Leave America. But, I Didn't Consider Africa Until Now & I'm A Descendant Of Slavery. Please Do Another Vlog In Liberia.
Powerful information very informative
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The love of liberty unit us here.
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Yes Liberia was colonized.by the ACS (American Colonization Society).
The American Society was not called Colonization for nothing.
More like repatriation
Such an awesome video Maya. So much detail and passion from the people who are obviously proud of their country. Thank you dear.
Aya Maya! I can see that you are enjoying your stay in L I B
Liberia was colonized. That's the fact Black people's
I learned in the University here in the United States that Liberia and Zimbabwe are both colonized and gangs in Liberia eat people alive in the public there🤷...but whites could be telling old news to us to make us have fear of moving to Africa.
@@coronavirus5738 lies
Indirect they were by America
My husband is Liberian and they were colonized hence the name Liberia and the capital being named Monrovia after an American at the time and they speak English!!!!! Wake up people. Yes there were Aboriginals there already but free blacks Aboriginal to America helped with the colonization whether knowing/unknowingly which is one of the main reasons my husband and a lot of his family are back in America bc of wars with the blacks vs blacks and too many families dying for the colonizers greed to take over the natural resources. A good way to know if a place is colonized look at the language they speak and you'll know who the colonizers are. Denial is real amongst melanated people worldwide.
Learned something new on this One Wode Maya. Thanks
This video was informative and filled with unknown facts. I plan to visit Liberia one day
I'm so glad my beautiful Liberian do know their history. I have just been educated about my history. Thanks guys
Interesting. Do this type of videos more to expose the mentality of the people and perception of identity.
Accents are the most unique in Africa in my opinion.
I love Liberia 🇱🇷♥️
U r making history my brother!! I am an African n i have always declared Liberia as never colonized but..... I'll have to revisit that decision!!!!! Thank u bro!!!!
Liberia you had such an amazing and beautiful country 40 years ago into the so called natives took over and that country has yet to come out of hell with all that beauty surrounding it. Wode Maya not fooling me on this one i know what know.
Are you from Liberia ?
Another idiot
True. It was native rebels that destroyed Liberia.
African Americans came and BOUGHT the land from some of the chiefs in the area to start over in Africa after becoming free from slavery.... But then, for reasons unknown, they bought the land but then also had to share it with the people they bought it from? I don't understand that part of the history. If I buy a house from a family, that family doesn't get to stay in the house and live with me afterwards but that's a different discussion I guess.
When African Americans established Liberia they witnessed first hand, the local tribes still partaking in the illegal slave trade(they were taking Africans to the coast to sell to the Portuguese) This obviously offended Liberians(talking about newly settled African Americans in Liberia) and they took direct action to stop this trade. This upset the locals, as it was effecting their trade.
As a result, local tribes regularly attacked the small and fragile Liberian settlements for over a decade until the Liberians decisively defeated the local tribes and peace was established between the Liberian settlements and the local tribes.
As a result of these early interactions, the Liberians(so called americo Liberians) rightfully distrusted the local tribes and tried to keep them away from Liberia.
Over time, though, more and more trust was established and Liberia began to integrate the local tribes into Liberia proper(making them Liberians as well) this included adopting children from local tribes, providing schooling, apprenticeship, training, and stable jobs in the government. Some were even sent to Europe and America to go to American colleges and universities and come back to help Liberia. This was a great system that was expanding more and more under Tolbert as he truly tried to integrate the natives into Liberia.
They were also allowed to join the military and over time became the majority of the military personnel (this was obviously a mistake)
So as you can see, Liberians WERE integrating the local tribes into Liberia but the native population decided that they just wanted to take over everything and killed most of the Liberian ran government in 1980.
Having taken over Liberian with all the infrastructure undamaged and ready for use, what did they do with it? They destroyed it all in stupid tribal wars and Liberia is still recovering from it.
Judging by the upvotes for the original comment it seems that anti African American(so called americo Liberians) feelings are still there which is sad because they were not the ones to actually destroy the country.
At this point(2019 going into 2020) there should be no more talk of natives vs Congo people(so called americo Liberians)... We should all just be Liberians from now on and follow the example set by Rwanda.
This was Liberia before the war - ruclips.net/video/Jhxoe8MI2U8/видео.html
Liberia in 1962 - ruclips.net/video/_i6CXqzmwsQ/видео.html
Sadly we have not regained these Glory days in Liberia. Africans from all over the continent used to vacation in Liberia it was so nice
@Ewarton Charlton natives fucked it up, dumb fuck. The country was a middle income nation and was THE player in Africa until natives with their tribalism destroyed the nation.
Maya thinks so mush for coming to my country Liberia let God continue to bless you my dearest brother
No, Liberia was not colonized in terms of how colonization is defined. Liberia nor Ethiopia fell victim to the “Scramble for Africa.” But if you want to say Liberia was colonized because of ACS’ presence than add Ethiopia due to Italy’s.
And can we stop saying freed slaves? Not all those who returned were former slaves; many were born free.
The Bridge Affect but the fact that many people don’t know is that the slaves was mean for Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 but was forced to go Liberia 🇱🇷 because of sickness ok back in 1822 the was till July 26 1847 before they made peace and declared their independent
Ewarton Charlton lol you less busy. Argue with yourself
Ewarton Charlton I’m actually not. The process of “colonization” was the not the same in the Pepper Coast that became Liberia as it was else where hence why we will not agree with you. If you can’t agree to that, then you truly just want to make unnecessary noise.
Ewarton Charlton 🤦🏾♀️enjoy the rest of your day
That’s interesting. Wasn’t Liberia created by the United States, thus making it a colony. I know that Ethiopia was invaded by Italy later in the scramble, the president was depose and placed in exile.
Whatever we call it politically, foreign interference has inhibited African nations from developing social and commercially, or building infrastructure.
Liberia wasn't traditionally colonized like other African countries. America established it under the ACS (American Colonization Society 1817). 1847 Liberia became independent from America. Liberia technically was colonized by America from 1817 to 1847. America established Liberia for freed African American Slaves to return to Africa. These people were called Americo-Liberians. Liberia is the most American place in Africa. As an African American, I am blessed to be African. Liberian learn American English in school. Americo-Liberians ruled from 1847-1980. During this time America had their hand in Liberia until the coup was done and the Americo-Liberians were overthrown. Charles Doe was the first indigenous Liberian to rule 1980-1986. He was of Krahn ethnic group. Thanks, Wode Maya for this video. Here are a few references regarding the History of Liberia the American colony 1817-1847 that was founded by African American freed slaves.
ruclips.net/video/H-vwDkRtKDU/видео.html
www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam002.html
ruclips.net/video/94j2DMWCErg/видео.html
I love this. Wode Maya is LEADING! Great content! Green Coast!
I am certain the freed slaves are unhappy of what Liberia and Sierra Leone turned out to be..
Well...Liberia is LITERALLY a country first established by slaves from America that went back to Africa! The ONLY country in Africa never really completely colonized is Ethiopia! Facts
mambojazz1 Agreed. And can you show us some support and love at BAG in The Gambia?
@Ewarton Charlton Brother, Ghana did not exist at the time of Marcus Garvey. Garvey Negotiated one million acres of land with President Charles D.B. King. (A sellout) However, the British and French strong armed President King into arresting and deporting Garvey's people when they arrived in Monrovia. They didn't want Garvey's rhetoric of Africa for Africans in the backyard of their Colonies. After this, the Americans conspired to have Garvey arrested, sent him to prison and deported him back to Jamaica. Liberia is the manifestation of Pan-Africanism. Black people from all over the world can become Citizens of Liberia.
I knew a lot of the history, but I love to hear from the Liberians brothers and sisters. Liberian food is very delicious.
PEACE BRO WODE, THANKS FO SHARING THIS PART OF OUR AFRICAN STORY
You are the BEST!
So after seeing the video I did my own research, interesting history, I've learn some of us return home from america to Liberia and settled in. Hopefully we will all return home one day, Africa needs all her branches on the same tree.
Wode Maya you help me to know my continent AFRICA! THANK YOU!
God bless Liberia
The Americo-Liberians only made up 5% of the population when they first arrived to Liberia which was called the Grain Coast by the Portuguese who were engaged in trade and commerce with Aboriginals dating back to the 13th-14th century. Today the Americo-Liberians probably only make up 1-2% of the Liberian population. The indigenous Liberians or Abrorginals/Native Liberians make up 95% of the population and have 17 tribes which include the Loma, Kru, Kpelle, Krahn, Grebo, Mende, Gio, Mandingo, Sapo, Vai, Kissi, Dey, Gola, Bassa, Bella, Gbandi and the Fula(Fulani). 16 to 17 African dialects are spoken in Liberia with English as the national language and you do have the Colloquial which is Liberian Patwa English spoken by local Liberians.🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷
Wow Liberia have seven (7) tribes which are also in SierraLeone:Mende,kru,fula,Gola,kissi,vai and madingo
@@talii.fromthewest7059 wow I never knew that. We are all brother's and sisters in that West African region. It makes alot of sense, before the British and French arrived to West Africa, we were all part of kingdoms and moved around the various parts of the continent just looking for suitable land to live in. It's when the Europeans came and started cutting and making artificial borders we all got separated.
@@jackdscholar88 Yeah man that's true as well
I understood the first girl accent perfectly well because I use to live in Liberia from 1986 - 1992. Am old taxi 🚕 driver in Monrovia. Am old gbana men.
The history Liberia did not begin in 1822. We should not forget the Natives. the indigenous Liberians were not under the control of European powers when the Americo- Liberians arrived. The Americans originally landed in Sierra Leone but were rejected because Sierra Leone was under British control. They were forced to go further down the coast to Liberia where the Natives controlled their own affairs. The natives told them they can "sit down" here. And the rest is history. The question should why was Liberia never colonized? My theory is, Liberia is unique. Most of the natives tribes belong to the same secret societies regardless of tribal affiliations. In those days the "Zoe Bush " is were decision were made. In more modern times, President Tolbert, Doe and Taylor all had to join in order to gain the respect of the natives. It makes it more challenging to exert control if you are not a member. The French, British and Portuguese did not think it was worth the effort. The most overlooked group in the history of Liberia is the Natives. When the whole continent was learning to speak English, French and Portuguese, the Americo-Liberians arrived and didn't find anybody speaking any of those European languages. The Americo-Liberians in my view were also brave. Many of them died from Malaria. Their story is one of heroism. However, more study needs to be done to understand how 350 miles of Sea coast was left under the control of Natives when on one side of them, you had French and on the other side you had British. Without Indigenous control prior to 1822, the story of is not possible.
@Ewarton Charlton You Say, "No People On History Of Earth Willingly Give Themselves Over To Foreigners To Rule Them"?
@Ewarton Charlton You sound like a hater. Liberia was never colonized. "British and Portuguese gave that track of land to the American" RUBBISH. No foreign country has ever claimed Liberia as territory. Liberia remains the only country in Africa where you have to be black to become a citizen or own land.
@Ewarton Charlton Continue.. However You need deeper studies. You claimed on a previous thread Garvey took Pan-Africanism to Ghana and not Liberia. Ghana didn't exist when Garvey was alive. Do I need to continue about your understand of African History?
@Ewarton Charleton, you think you know our history better than we know it? You definitely sound like a hater! Find something else to research because your information is very wrong. And yes, I am a Liberian.
Understand this...if we (Liberia) had not experience 14 years of civil war in Liberia, I don't think the comparison you made about Liberia with Ghana would hold. Know this, Liberia played a major rule in the independence of alot of African countries and many left their countries and obtained naturalization in Liberia in the 40's, 50's, 60's and early 70's. We trail blazed as the first and best in alot of things during that era and time period. You even mentioned Rwanda, their war and genocide did not last for 14 years. Ours did and lives were also lost. Now, the difference is the people who are put in offices to rule and what they do with the resources.
Please, don't speak from emotions or what you think. Do a "thorough" research before you start trying to debate about Liberia.
Try to listen and learn instead of going in everyone's post trying to argue about Liberia. Liberia and Ethiopia are the only countries that were not colonize by any other country in Africa. It's a fact, take it or leave it! "Remember, all history is not written. There is oral history, passed down from generation to generation." Our forefathers were able to account for that time period and they would know if Liberia was colonize or not to pass it down to generations. We know our history, good, bad and ugly.
@@liztubs3838 exactly! Enough said!
Thanks for that lesson , AFRICA TO THE WORLD....Rocks Bro.
Liberia was an Ameican colony
No it was not. It was a free independent black republic.
So if a group Ghanaians moved to Togo and set up a government and start ruling over the Togolese people, wouldn't you say Togo is colonized by Ghana? Same thing happened in Liberia. The freed slaves came with their plantation mindset and enslaved the local people with American backing. This was a colony
@@annebanda9797 no they did not oppress the natives. It was an open society to all blacks across the continent and world, but they were right to banish and punish slave traders and witchcraft clowns who did evil shit to African kids and folks.
@@annebanda9797 America was the enemy of Liberia. The best Western allies Liberia had was Germany and the Netherlands.
@@annebanda9797 the land bought by the settlers from the tribal leaders was fair and just. Nobody oppressed or exterminated the natives.
Maya I really enjoyed this short but super insightful video plz bring us more history such as this; it was very thought provoking Afrika to the World... Aiya Maya
This is the smart ones. They know they cannot be colonized by an organization. I pause the video to write my first comment and then they said it.
My dear thank you lol people in the comments section needs to read ...now the wanna make we liberians look stupid about our history ...
Am Sierraleonian and we were colonized by France. I always thought Liberia was colonized by the U.S. and Ethiopia was the only country not colonized. Because in Ethiopia their time, year and alot of stuff is different than everyone one... I have to do some research after watching this. Great video
You’re a Sierra Leonean not a Sierraleonian you spelt it wrong my sister. And also Sierra Leone was colonised by Britain not France.
Ms. Isha Hmm Sierra Leonian? Anyways Sierra Leone was colonized by Britain. The French and the Portuguese tried and step their feet there tho, but it was colonized by Britain. That’s why queen Elizabeth was in Sierra Leone April 27, 1961 to handover power
Great job well done
I disagree , Liberia was purchased by the USA for freed American slaves to go to by choice . Liberia is highly influenced by American politics and they have also gotten money from America . In other words America owns Liberia in my opinion. America named the land Liberia.I was told I have roots in Liberia.
Africa to the world.
Mama li Agreed. And can you show us some support and love at BAG in The Gambia?
Though Liberia was founded by freed American slaves, it was still considered as America’s only Colony and Protectorate in Africa.
Liberia was never colonized by America. America does not recognize Liberia as a colony therefore it’s not colonized. America was just afraid of the creed slaves and decided to send them back to Africa. We were influenced by the freed American slaves but we were never a colony of America.
Both wasn’t colonized but they were oppressed
They were not.
You had an organization that came with the name colonize in it, but yet you say you wasn't colonized
They were not.
WADA, ethiopian here, and yes I knew Liberia was not colonized. I am sure ghana tought this in school. It's one over thouthends great story you covered, not an issue in my part. Keep it up my brother!
ACS was an Organization that took upon itself to repatriate slaves back to Africa. When the slaves arrived, there were indigenous Liberians in Liberia. This is why The slaves called “Americo Liberians don’t have a specific county because they came late. Liberia was not colonized by the USA. Liberia was only used as a receiving country or region for free slaves.
Nice one bro
Liberia was indirectly colonized by USA unlike Ethiopia which was fully independent. There was oppression of the locals in Liberia.
Veronica Maliki- Ndlovu Agreed. And can you show us some support and love at BAG in The Gambia?
The opinions about colonisation seem to be divided among the people.
".....I could have freed hundreds more, if they only knew they was slaves"
----Harriet Tubman
If you can't recognize colonization, you'll never be able to overcome it.
Very educative!!
Countries are organizations. They do business, they budget, they invest and do a lot of similar activities outside of "war". The United states is an origination and it does business through the fed which prints its "money"
What about mental colonisation?!!
This was very informative thanks Brudda
They say Ethiopia was not colonized but Italy surely tried
In reality that was brief and does not amount to full blown colonization in comparison majority of African countries that adopted aspects of colonist cultural from language, religion and governmental structure which is not the case with Ethiopia. But a tough pill to swallow for the majority of African countries.
Yesssssss Ethiopia was not colonized
R u bitter?
Tried but failed!
So.....
Hell ya she tried to colonize us twice but we win the war twice we ashamed Italy twice
they know their history ,afro americans really don't " we've been told so many lies we are confused "
But I think also in other countries the organisations partly played a part like the Missionary organisations. I loved Liberian they seems all literate about their history
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There were already people there before the freed slaves came. So what is the story of the original inhabitants of the “GREEN COAST”?
@Ewarton Charlton the kru fought slavery
*Grain coast. Also Pepper coast
Thank you. They always leave that part out. They history of this country was written by the settlers and A.C.S. They never really include the indigenous when it come to history of t this land, what they were doing before the settlers and the so call A.C.S came.
Love you wode maye keep doing wat you do best my dear
We must not let Liberian history be repeated on the continent
I respect every person speaking but......they ALL speak English a European language....But I understand noone wants to SAY they are colonized if they feel free
mambojazz1 Loool they only speak English beaver freed slaves from America brought their African American English and evolved into what they have today.