Again, excellent work. You've helped this American gain an interest in African politics and leaders, whereas I was mainly interested in the political events in Eastern and Western Europe.
@@L-Ahrairahdoes it make sense for illiterate, backward people to lead a country? It would have made sense to have the Africans gradually raise themselves up.
No it is just we are saying that we had nothing to do with it.Did Tolbert,Tubman or any of them know Martin Luther King,Malcom X or any other Black or Colored African American leaders or citizens.Malcolm X did visit Liberia an at least 11 other Africa countries in 1965 and 1965.Those Liberians of the American Colonization Society keep very little contract with the descendants of those that stayed over here in the USA.Samuel Doe`s government was very corrupt and he was forced out in a violent military coup.To me as a black American it is not so much about denial but it is about we had nothing to do with it.Also why have Liberia not progressed much since 1980 ?They had a chance to do like Paul Kagami has done in Rwanda.
Why don’t they read ? Dismal attention span ? No real interest ? Whenever you mention countries they’ve never heard of ( = almost all of Africa ), ethnic groups, languages, their are either mute or immediately grow bored & frustrated.
@@albertarthurparsnips5141 It's because they have the collective IQ of string cheese. And not the nice high quality stuff, I'm talking about the off brand yellow label stuff that tastes like rubber.
@@aped The black settlers brought nothing but misery to the indigenous black Africa; what outstanding achievement can you identify in their almost 150 years of presence in Liberia beyond light skin vs dark prejudice. Do you know that the Americo-Liberians sold indigenous blacks to the Portuguese in Sao Tome for forced labour in the sugar cane plantations
@@aped Many of the black settlers are doing what in America? They had a prosperous country and couldn't even hack it, so they had to run back to White Massa.
This was very well done and I learned a lot. I knew some of this, but my information was wrong in parts. I really dig this channel, so please keep up the awesome work! Cheers from a White dude in Detroit!
Absolutely agree. The USA is a white-founded republic it was never meant for Blacks that’s why Liberia was created. Unfortunately figures like Frederick Douglass thought Blacks were entitled to America just because their labor made a small percentage of Whites wealthy and thus doomed his people to forever be in struggle with the Whites.
Free Slaves emigrating to Liberia diminished at the end of the civil war in 1865. However, many Blacks from the Caribbean and other parts of Colonial Africa, mostly West and Central Africa like Congo and Angola settled in Liberia.
The Honourable Mr W. Tubman deserves to be forever recognised , & celebrated, as a decent, conservative, civilised gentleman. Who did his utmost to deliver the light of progress to the darkest & most savage & depraved corners of the jungles of west Africa…
Liberia hasn’t been the same ever since doe did that. You can’t win with violence look what happened after he did. He could have gotten natives power in another way
Great video dude! Your Liberia coverage is pretty excellent. Can you link the clips you use in the video? Not all of it, but specifically links to the full length docs you use clips of at 2:21, 5:08, and 19:11. I'm working on my own Liberia project.
A very unique story of internal tension. With virtually every other African colony, the colonizers were white, but with Liberia they were freed slaves from America. It’s interesting to see how a system of first and second class citizens still developed even though there were no racial differences between the classes.
@@oladimejiemma9636Not the ones in charge of Israel, they're thousands of years removed and are very much more European genetically 😂. Imagine me, a Caribbean showing up and claiming devine right to take away land away from my West African cousins who haven't gone anywhere. The arrogance that would take.
Just goes to show, a lot of people that supposedly hate inequality just want to be the ones on top. Nothing wrong with feeling that way, that's normal, but at least be honest about it.
@@thelonewanderer2550 Thank you, it was played in our radio as a sport jingle in the 80s while growing up, so hearing it again took me in my teen years
One Predominant Fact Is that During the Rice Protest In 1979,Tolbert Required the Military Assistance From Guinea!Sekou Ture sent 50 Soldiers But Liberians Never Gave UP!
Point of correction: Samuel Doe never overthrown President Tolbert. He never knew nothing about the coup but he was at the Executive Mansion when the President was killed by 5 white men from overseas. The President was killed in his residence of the Executive Mansion overnight and Doe was the only highest ranking officer at the Executive Mansion at the time b'cuz other higher ranking officers went to lay ambush at Tolbert main residence. There4, the coup plotters from overseas decided to install Doe as President of Liberia.
What is read on the internet is not what happened. Samuel Doe did not staged a coup to killed former president Tolbert. Tolbert was killed by Israel missionaries. The Israel nation was angry with Liberia because of Tolbert speech against Israel when they attacked palestines killing dozens of people. At that time, Israel was a good friend to Liberia and the USA 🇺🇸 was an allied to Israel 🇮🇱. When Liberia Tolbert made that speech at the UNGA against the white imperialist and condemning Israel aggressive violence against other states in the Middle East, Israel called the USA 🇺🇸 government to remove the rice donation she was providing to Liberia so that the country could suffer. When the president found another way to get things moving for the country, he was making moves to expel Israeli National from the country. This did not go down well for the west. They organized a useless propaganda against Liberia president and cited the people against their country president. The American and Israeli later on organized a coup against the Liberian leader. The president was killed and the white imperialist looked to the military to get someone seizing power and the only person willing was Samuel Doe. You don’t know the history well and you don’t need to speak on it much. I hope you will improve next time.
The enemies want us to know that Samuel Doe is the one who killed Tolbert which is not true. The same enemies that killed Tolbert are the same enemies that killed Doe
Why Taylor was release from the U.S. A And why Taylor and prince Johnson was sent to Liberia for, Prince Johnson was doing his animal training in some African country😢😢... and the US government send Taylor and prince Johnson to capture somel K
@@mazimadu you should tell that to the frogs at the pond. I thought you asked a question, and had concerns about learning a thing or two. I didn't know I was helping you out to continue with your not so good sarcasm.
Exactly lazy research the native tribes except for the Crew tribe were knee deep into the slave trade as soon as we set foot in that area called the Pepper coast we had are malitia army destroying the slave baracoons and freeing the captives the native sold to slavers ,all Caribbean and diasporian Blacks were excepted as citizens especially from Barbados and are Jamaica n cousins in neighboring Sierra Leone and the people who they called Congo's who were freed off ships from the British Royal Navy and American ship squadron and the Americo Liberian merchant naval fleet.
@@dakf660Samuel Doe and Baccus Matthews are just front men, the coup was initiated by the CIA. The Rice riots was meant to destabilize Monrovia (and they got the desired response). The US had to overthrow Tolbert just like all the other leaders in Africa. So why did Doe and his guys assassinate the president? Because they were told so. You can't just leave out The US connection to the coup and following wars. Also Its the same old white supremacist narrative about Liberia, reducing the "indigenous" people (who are not a monolith) to nothing, while giving a one sided exaggerated story of "americo" Liberian oppression. (Your literally playing a propaganda video) Although there was discrimination, The repatriation to Liberia could never have happened without the continued help of the "indigenous" people. Its a very narrow view of Liberian history like the rest of these "History of Liberia" videos
Thanks to you tube, I have a doctorate degree in liberia history from 1980 to date. The ups and downs during the two civil wars.
I want this video now,
This channel has taught me so much about Africa..I can never thank you enough 🙏🙏
Keep it up
Thank you
Again, excellent work. You've helped this American gain an interest in African politics and leaders, whereas I was mainly interested in the political events in Eastern and Western Europe.
I'm sincerely grateful for the Liberian historical content 👍👍🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷
Excellent video, as per usual. You are teaching a born African a lot about Africa! Thank you.
I can’t imagine crossing the entire Atlantic just to name another place Maryland after that godforsaken state
This and the Charles Taylor video are so amazing. Learning so much about African history thanks to you!
I never knew Johnson Salif was in the chaos. You teach us new things every day. Thank you.
I love your channel, it's refreshing to hear an african voice on african issues ❤❤❤
The sad thing is that there's black power types in america who refuse to believe that any of this happened in liberia.
They're already in this comment section
@@L-Ahrairahdoes it make sense for illiterate, backward people to lead a country? It would have made sense to have the Africans gradually raise themselves up.
No it is just we are saying that we had nothing to do with it.Did Tolbert,Tubman or any of them know Martin Luther King,Malcom X or any other Black or Colored African American leaders or citizens.Malcolm X did visit Liberia an at least 11 other Africa countries in 1965 and 1965.Those Liberians of the American Colonization Society keep very little contract with the descendants of those that stayed over here in the USA.Samuel Doe`s government was very corrupt and he was forced out in a violent military coup.To me as a black American it is not so much about denial but it is about we had nothing to do with it.Also why have Liberia not progressed much since 1980 ?They had a chance to do like Paul Kagami has done in Rwanda.
Why don’t they read ? Dismal attention span ? No real interest ? Whenever you mention countries they’ve never heard of ( = almost all of Africa ), ethnic groups, languages, their are either mute or immediately grow bored & frustrated.
@@albertarthurparsnips5141
It's because they have the collective IQ of string cheese.
And not the nice high quality stuff, I'm talking about the off brand yellow label stuff that tastes like rubber.
So, former slaves never learned lessons from slavery and ended up getting the cold bargain of the stick?
The irony of your username 😂.
Yes
Who really lost? Many of the settlers ended up in America, leaving the Africans, who clearly weren’t prepared to rule, fractious and poorer.
@@aped The black settlers brought nothing but misery to the indigenous black Africa; what outstanding achievement can you identify in their almost 150 years of presence in Liberia beyond light skin vs dark prejudice. Do you know that the Americo-Liberians sold indigenous blacks to the Portuguese in Sao Tome for forced labour in the sugar cane plantations
@@aped Many of the black settlers are doing what in America? They had a prosperous country and couldn't even hack it, so they had to run back to White Massa.
Brilliant work. Thank you and please continue to educate us about Mother Africa!
Brilliant video, as always. Love learning about African history, it's a subject that needs more study.
Thank you for this insightful master piece
I love you used the only part of Faces of Death that used real footage and narration that accurately portrayed what really happened.
This old adage sinks deep,the more things change the more they remain the same
Thanks always more I learn of Africa history, thanks again
This was very well done and I learned a lot. I knew some of this, but my information was wrong in parts.
I really dig this channel, so please keep up the awesome work!
Cheers from a White dude in Detroit!
So good. Thank you as always.
Your still one of my favourite niche RUclips channels, African biographies and nothing else is fantastic.
Great video as always Tatenda!
Liberia is a huge player in Africa, cool to learn more about its history.
Loved the video besides the abrupt ending. We didnt really get to hear anything about what led to the liberian civil war and Doe’s death
Thanks you African Biographics for focusing on the Continent.
We want to know the secret behind President Yoweri museven of Uganda
Liberians should have continued to bring in more African-Americans. There should have been never-ending immigration.
Absolutely agree. The USA is a white-founded republic it was never meant for Blacks that’s why Liberia was created. Unfortunately figures like Frederick Douglass thought Blacks were entitled to America just because their labor made a small percentage of Whites wealthy and thus doomed his people to forever be in struggle with the Whites.
Free Slaves emigrating to Liberia diminished at the end of the civil war in 1865. However, many Blacks from the Caribbean and other parts of Colonial Africa, mostly West and Central Africa like Congo and Angola settled in Liberia.
The Honourable Mr W. Tubman deserves to be forever recognised , & celebrated, as a decent, conservative, civilised gentleman. Who did his utmost to deliver the light of progress to the darkest & most savage & depraved corners of the jungles of west Africa…
My beloved beautiful Liberian people❤
Great stuff again mukuru, you deserve an Aqua!
Awesome and Amazing Documentary
Very delicious documentary
Historical fact, of hindrance for Liberian , to unite, peacefully. Prayers is the Master keys, by Faith.
Correction: the soldiers were very much involved in the massacre.
Liberia hasn’t been the same ever since doe did that. You can’t win with violence look what happened after he did. He could have gotten natives power in another way
Exactly! He ruined the country, (not saying Tolbert was a better person) but his supporters will never realize that. So sad.
Great video dude! Your Liberia coverage is pretty excellent. Can you link the clips you use in the video? Not all of it, but specifically links to the full length docs you use clips of at 2:21, 5:08, and 19:11. I'm working on my own Liberia project.
Please do gukurahundi and zipra/matebeleland history we need to educate the world on the hidden massacre and marginalized groups of matebeleland
A very unique story of internal tension. With virtually every other African colony, the colonizers were white, but with Liberia they were freed slaves from America. It’s interesting to see how a system of first and second class citizens still developed even though there were no racial differences between the classes.
Former slaves who came to Liberia but oppressed the native Liberians reminds me of Jews taking refuge in Israel but oppressing Palestinians
But Jews have always been native to Israel..
@@oladimejiemma9636🧢
@@oladimejiemma9636Not the ones in charge of Israel, they're thousands of years removed and are very much more European genetically 😂.
Imagine me, a Caribbean showing up and claiming devine right to take away land away from my West African cousins who haven't gone anywhere. The arrogance that would take.
@@SpikeRazzor You are speaking pure, unadulterated 100% truth!
Oppression and colonialism are human nature.
Backstreet’s back! ALRIGHT!!!
this was feature in a nicolas cage movie thanks bro i learn more deeper on the liberia during those times
Just goes to show, a lot of people that supposedly hate inequality just want to be the ones on top. Nothing wrong with feeling that way, that's normal, but at least be honest about it.
"A lot of People that hate inequality just want to be the ones on top." This statement is so profound
Excellent...
What's the song playing at 7:43 when the narrator talks about William Tubman?
It's a famous German March known as "Alte Kameraden"
@@thelonewanderer2550 Thank you, it was played in our radio as a sport jingle in the 80s while growing up, so hearing it again took me in my teen years
This was the beginning of destructions ,life and properties so sad and evils
What would it take to make “the more things change, the more they stay the same” no longer valid, in the healthiest and most responsible way possible?
One Predominant Fact Is that During the Rice Protest In 1979,Tolbert Required the Military Assistance From Guinea!Sekou Ture sent 50 Soldiers But Liberians Never Gave UP!
Samuel K Doe was our leader who remove the second colonialism in Africa, particularly Liberia
Liberia was never colonized. Doe was an illiterate , buffoon.
God help them find stability.
good video, can you do an episode for Mamady Doumbouya
You speak the truth. They ill- treated the natives or indigenes!
Two great presidents for sure
Thank you Doe, if it wasn’t for what you did, country people would not have advance in that country.
A reflection of Liberia’s past.
The first great president Reverend Dr William R Tolbert JR and second Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Point of correction: Samuel Doe never overthrown President Tolbert. He never knew nothing about the coup but he was at the Executive Mansion when the President was killed by 5 white men from overseas. The President was killed in his residence of the Executive Mansion overnight and Doe was the only highest ranking officer at the Executive Mansion at the time b'cuz other higher ranking officers went to lay ambush at Tolbert main residence. There4, the coup plotters from overseas decided to install Doe as President of Liberia.
Imagination gone wild.... would i could i should i
So it was not Samuel Doe that killed the president
But why did prince Johnson killed Samuel Doe
And the story carry on with Doe, with the same perpetuation! External intervention all for control over the people and their resources
We need our own Indianapolis
Doe said he was inspired by Ghana’s Rawlings, who had killed previous officials by firing squad.
What is read on the internet is not what happened. Samuel Doe did not staged a coup to killed former president Tolbert. Tolbert was killed by Israel missionaries. The Israel nation was angry with Liberia because of Tolbert speech against Israel when they attacked palestines killing dozens of people. At that time, Israel was a good friend to Liberia and the USA 🇺🇸 was an allied to Israel 🇮🇱. When Liberia Tolbert made that speech at the UNGA against the white imperialist and condemning Israel aggressive violence against other states in the Middle East, Israel called the USA 🇺🇸 government to remove the rice donation she was providing to Liberia so that the country could suffer. When the president found another way to get things moving for the country, he was making moves to expel Israeli National from the country. This did not go down well for the west. They organized a useless propaganda against Liberia president and cited the people against their country president. The American and Israeli later on organized a coup against the Liberian leader. The president was killed and the white imperialist looked to the military to get someone seizing power and the only person willing was Samuel Doe.
You don’t know the history well and you don’t need to speak on it much.
I hope you will improve next time.
President Doe didn't stage any couple, it was the white hand..
Rather sent money there than Ukraine.
The enemies want us to know that Samuel Doe is the one who killed Tolbert which is not true. The same enemies that killed Tolbert are the same enemies that killed Doe
So, you're saying it wasn't Prince Johnson that killed Samuel K. Doe ?!
the country got fuck up in Tubman regime
Incomplete,! Attempting to explain Liberia's history with little information.........
Like❤
Doe didn’t stage any coupe. Stop the lies.
What did he stage then
C.I.A
Why Taylor was release from the U.S. A
And why Taylor and prince Johnson was sent to Liberia for,
Prince Johnson was doing his animal training in some African country😢😢... and the US government send Taylor and prince Johnson to capture somel K
You didn't have to put that mark on Tolbert's forehead for clicks. Disgusting.
I just gift you 500 dollar, I appricate this videos
The irony.
3:30 PRESIDENT KING? Are you freaking kidding me? Of all the pretentious names!
His full name is/was Charles Dunbar Burgess King.
@@d.ennis_0 And I'm sure his mothers name was queen, his father duke, and his son prince
And the dog was Rex
@@mazimadu you should tell that to the frogs at the pond. I thought you asked a question, and had concerns about learning a thing or two. I didn't know I was helping you out to continue with your not so good sarcasm.
@@d.ennis_0 i was expressing disbelief. I thought that was obvious
why you insist on using that Wazee digital inserts with their logo in the middle of video?
it's extremely annoying
Prévenir
A thug revolution..
Spoon T V
Animal farm...
Lazy research
??? Please explain
Exactly lazy research the native tribes except for the Crew tribe were knee deep into the slave trade as soon as we set foot in that area called the Pepper coast we had are malitia army destroying the slave baracoons and freeing the captives the native sold to slavers ,all Caribbean and diasporian Blacks were excepted as citizens especially from Barbados and are Jamaica n cousins in neighboring Sierra Leone and the people who they called Congo's who were freed off ships from the British Royal Navy and American ship squadron and the Americo Liberian merchant naval fleet.
@@dakf660Samuel Doe and Baccus Matthews are just front men, the coup was initiated by the CIA. The Rice riots was meant to destabilize Monrovia (and they got the desired response). The US had to overthrow Tolbert just like all the other leaders in Africa. So why did Doe and his guys assassinate the president? Because they were told so. You can't just leave out The US connection to the coup and following wars.
Also Its the same old white supremacist narrative about Liberia, reducing the "indigenous" people (who are not a monolith) to nothing, while giving a one sided exaggerated story of "americo" Liberian oppression. (Your literally playing a propaganda video) Although there was discrimination, The repatriation to Liberia could never have happened without the continued help of the "indigenous" people. Its a very narrow view of Liberian history like the rest of these "History of Liberia" videos
It's a 21mins summary what did u expect? critics are just useless. U either provide a better alternative or leave the man's effort alone.