Liberia, Americas stepchild, searches for own identity
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Liberia, a small country in West Africa, has long and deep ties to the United States. The country became infamous in recent years for a bloody civil war that all but destroyed it.
Liberia was settled by freed American slaves, and now, as Worldfocus special correspondent Lynn Sherr and producer Megan Thompson report, Liberia is trying to shape an identity it can call its own.
No. Live as an independent republic, which is the point of the flag, i.e., the Lone Star. Don't forget that the Lone Star stood as a beacon of hope to other African countries still living under colonial rule and apartheid.
Just 11% of Liberians are American origin not everyone 89% are indigenous Liberians
anger & rage how can you found a country that already had people (NATIVE AFRICANS) ?! History has taught many of you WRONGS without one single truth!! THE AMERICO WHO WERE EX-SLAVES CAME TO LIBERIA AND MADE SOME OF THE NATIVE SLAVES. Although THEY WERE BLACK BUT THEY HAD THE MINDS OF THEIR OPPRESSORS FROM THE UNITED STATES. NOW, YOU CAN TAKE THIS AND RETHINK ABOUT ALL THE RUBBISH YOU’VE BEEN TAUGHT.
Liberian stars views’ LSVTV Ironically at the same time many African countries were still selling other Africans into slavery to Europeans illegally, and the Arabs....so we were all in the wrong.
Liberian stars views’ LSVTV Yes, but the point he was trying to make is the Americo-Liberians are the founders of the nation called Liberia, not what was there before their arrival. You are talking about two different things.
B10M0RPH There is bad history in the history of all people.
@@IslenoGutierrez The American ACS Society from the United States and American settlers are the founders of Liberia.
Liberians talk similar to how American folk talk like due to the American settlers that settled in Liberia all them years ago, American settlers and Americo-Liberians historically had political power in Liberia, its good to know that Little USA is now doing better, much Love my fellow Liberians, coming straight from the United States 🇺🇲 ❤ 🇱🇷
Wrong . We have our native languages
@Water yes I am :)
@@AfricanDiasporaChat He said your English has a slight American accent. You have your languages, good.
@@slarvadain188 Lmfao and it don’t . Only the early settlers and the early Americos had the straight southern / African sound kind of. The rest of the native Liberians all sound like straight Africans especially depending on which county. 👍🏾
@Water no I’m Mah(Mano) & Gio(Dan) .
i love americo-liberian my great grandfather was the prince among the slaves he arrived in this country in 1829 with the first president of Liberia he was the son of Almamy Ibrahim sori Barry
I love Rozi, as an Americo-Liberian supporter.
I’m related to rozi president Tolbert was my great grandfather
We are improving.Long Live my Country!!
Spot-on in looking at a key issue facing Liberia right now - one that is not getting nearly enough public discussion time.
There were so many tribal groups in the country where the free slaves came n called Liberia, they were not the first people there.
they mentioned thatt
We are NOT AMERICA STEPCHILD!! WTF?!!
Okay, the american aboriginals here find yll most fascinating. Yll are indeed us with alil of them in the east. We didnt know what we know!
Do Americo-liberians get along with Indigenous Africans today?
@@chideraesinaulo4095 many people are intermarried so I would say yes
We don’t have to search for our identity we know who we are
j: Even the U.S. changed its flag multiple times. Liberia needs to update to include indigenous and repatriates in my opinion.
Oh wow she’s a Tolbert she’s related to football player mike Tolbert that’s crazy
She have done very well good for our children and the people of Liberia 🇱🇷 ❤
Born in America as a black child in the 50,s and having ancestors from Africa. I would love to see the country one day. I saw the president of Liberia president Tolbert in person as he spoke to me in the 70,s with his wife. He was a gracious leader.
Perhaps. I'd be open to considering "updating" the flag, but I get nervous about changing our identity wholesale. Our problem is not our flag, it is our people who have been manipulated into thinking we cannot celebrate our differences. Moreover, neither me, you, or Obama was contemplated when the U.S. designed its flag, but we have a black president who stands proud under that same flag that oppressed our people. We can do the same under our flag, don't you think?
look your country has ties to us whether u believe it or not....but u can form ur own identity while still having ties to the USA its not a bad thing....im not saying dont be proud of ur country but the fact remains dat ina way it is our stepchild cause african americans formed a big part of it
I have long support the idea of reinstituting a "return trip". So many blacks here in American hate their own country, Liberia is an excellent option!
We need to make it clear, however, it's a one way trip. Once homie is amongst his own kind in Africa, he'll realize how good he had it in the U.S.
Funny why they don't all go back to africa? Why live among whitey who supposedly treats them so badly
King Peter, The Massaquoi, The Zou Queens, the Recaptured Bassa Slaves, every indigenous person who fought the French and British encroaching onto the Sovereign nation, Samory Toure who fought the French, these are indigenous people of the region who helped to maintain its Countries independence
Obama should run for president of Liberia to make Liberia great again!
Black American should go to Liberia make it great again!
@Ozzy Mandias Say what ?
yeah a lot of them should move their
I appreciate you girl
what is she cooking, it looks good
He was not the last Charles Taylor is also Americo-liberian
my dad's line is kpelle and kru. yea get a new flag and seal.
Red headed stepchild....
So wat happen if we was there centry why cause trouble
Why would anybody wanna come back to Africa ,something fishy here....
Keep the flag and the seal. The love of liberty is a powerful slogan and our symbols represent ideals to live up to. For every Liberian.
Liberia was American colony in Africa
01:38 Aww this song feels good. No homo.
I've been starving for True liberian in history one without the americo's.
Why?
Mosdef Shel the history of Liberia before the slave came. Where is it?
Justin Smith Yeah, but their histories are not of that of Liberia, that’s why he said what he said
They are indigenous Aboriginal Americans the ones that were sent to Liberia not slaves even the lady called them settlers that came, these lies are done with the truth is already here facts!!!
Henri Williams i can really put u in you're place slave. You and all of you dumbass nigga so badly wanna run away from the fact u are slaves by saying u are native indians or Egyptian or hebrews. Point im making,is the slaves sent to Liberia dont belong thier. The slaves orgin is Ghana and Nigeria NOT Liberia!!! U can keep trying to be accepted by people that dont want u. U also can keep living in fantasy land if u want to.I dont care😩😄😄
Henri Williams also very one knows the white people were the origin slaves. Slave Slavic yeah but they had u fools enslave for 400 years and counting. They sent u to a land u dont belong to. Fuck you and you're master!!
Henri Williams i dont wanna be u but i make money off just like the white men😄😄😄😄😄😜😜😜😛😜👍😂
King Leopard712 😂😂😂😂 is that all you've got shit eater! I'm sure you know what a shit eater is, it's the person who eats the shit of the slaves!! 😂😂😂 how do you feel knowing your the toilet of the slaves scumbag, sounds like a man have you gagging in Liberia!!
Henri Williams whatever make u feel better slave, but i am right👍 i will always be better then u😂 and u cant prove me wrong😂😂😂😂
Where did the $2 billion go??
Dad I can I get more money I lost it all
it went to the corrupt leaders😂
Spread what gospel ? Hiding behind d bible for different wrong reasons.
Come home to your land in America we welcome you
mcnabj - Well put. I believe it would be in our own national interest to strongly promote (even force) a migration to Liberia.
I already pay $80K per year in Federal income taxes, I'd gladly pay double that as long as I knew the additional $80K would be soley dedicated to the migration to Liberia program.
Such a program would need to be privatized since the Federal Gov isn't very efficient. I'm sure that such an efficently run company could deport at least 500K criminals per year! Yeah!
also forced migrations to ireland and germany?
@anger & rage he's white
America should claim Liberia as part of the United States, then you would probably see more African American citizens move there.
King Leopard712 You need help lol! Silly foreigners, your stuck in the past, catch up.
Aaron A. Sesay But it was your leaders who caused the genocide, Africans don’t know how to run their own country. And it’s evident you guys will never get it together, it’s sad.
King Leopard712 The US has problems lol! That’s a joke compared to Liberia, we did you guys a favor, go sing the George Bush song! but look at the hostility you give me the cursing it shows you have no class. I’m a proud American this is my home, you a run a business in Liberia 😂😂 that’s a joke, it’s a dump, you wish you were in America that’s why thousand of Africans come here to get ahead, I’m already educated have my own identity. Peace out brother I’m done with this pointless convo.
King Leopard712 You deserve a handclap your doing so well my son 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 keep up the good work
Demme Frazier " im done with this pointless convo" why reply back if u are dont with convo? Did i hit a nerve? Keep you're failed attempt of sarcasm to yourself. It doesn't work sorry😂
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j: And always live in the armpit of America?
mmm mmm mmm Barack Hussien Obama mmm mmm mmm!!!
@netaddict6989 the african-americans love all of mother-africa, why do you think we are call african-americans////
kemetkush So would you move to West Africa given the chance? The land of your ancestors? Or would you prefer to live in the USA? I think personally if there was a mass migration of black Americans to Liberia, that could certainly be a win/win for both parties involved. Liberia already has the history with America and a new wave of black Americans could strengthen that. And then there could be no more talk of racism.
anger & rage What do you mean? I am Canarian, I am from Africa...Canary Islands are in North Africa, I’m not a foreigner, I’m African.
@water6215 I could give two shits about “melanated issues”. People who live in Africa don’t even talk like that. I care about African issues, not “melanated issues”.
@netaddict6989 all of africa is interwined with african-americans////
kemetkush Apparently the Africans in Liberia didn't feel that way. They brought a civil war to the Americo-Liberians (Descendants of black Americans)
are you okay?
this happen when anglos appear
Marcelo el picolino No it didn't. It happened when Black Americans appeared.
You forgot who took African Americans from Africa in the first place. You forgot who saw Liberia as their last stronghold in Africa while Africa was pushing out the British and the French and the Spanish. And you forgot who was so fearful of losing Liberia that they funded...yes the United States FUNDED the coup that lead to the bloodiest civil war in West African history. You forgot that it was them that lead to this shit in the first place. Americo-Liberians wanted to cut ties with the United States, push them out, so the United States funded the coup and civil war of a deadly man that Liberia has still yet to recover from. So come at me again with that...it's because African Americans appeared. It's because to this day, white people can't keep their hands off Africa and out of Africa's business. They are still killing people, funding wars, and steal resources in and from Africa.
LoliceMe Only the strong survive. It the rule of nature. That's what they get for trying to push the US out after the US put the African-Americans in Liberia in the first place. Africans sold their enemies to the slavers in colonial times, blame them. I hope you don't live in the US talking bad about the US like that.
No, the wicked and the cruel and the murderous survived and profited off of this shit. If the US didn't take people from Africa in the first place, they wouldn't have had to send their descendants to Liberia. The US and all those Western European countries took people, they encouraged wars between tribes to get more people, and they took the people of even their allies because they didn't give a shit and they enslaved anybody they could get their hands on. Don't act like they didn't go in there an manipulated and created wars and situations that they could use to their advantage to rob Africa of its people and resources. That's why they can strut around being all pretty and "first world" because they took everything from everyone else. And I can talk bad about the US all I went. It was built on the backs of my ancestors and it still can't do right by black people. Everything we have we had to fight for, even the basic rights of being treated like a human being in this country. We had to fight for that and they did not give it willingly and many of them still don't want to give us even that.
They had every right to try to push the US out. They were trying to be independent. Create their own nation, make their own allies and choices and trading agreements, and the US couldn't stand it.
LIB Leopard712 Why fight the whites at all? Why can’t there be peace between all? I’m sure many white Americans would love to take a trip to Liberia for a vacation if it has a decent economy and ties to the USA.
But glad it took an actual African to mention that African-Americans from the states have a victim mentality. They won’t see it coming from anybody else. Maybe a black African can make them see this.