So Liberia was on that c00n shyt too..:mjcry:

[Apollo Creed]

Yeah I was surprised to learn they had the same GDP as Japan in the 70s

google "Liberia 77 documentary", the site has tons of pics from Liberia back in the day. It's a damn shame what happened to that place. Me being Liberian by blood, and American by place of birth, I feel it's my duty to focus on rebuilding both. Liberia can literally be The Black Israel, and it has enough resources where it can be self sufficient, the issue is zero infrastructure and corrupt govt using the money the Chinese are bringing in on themselves. How is it a nation that has an abundance of Iron Ore, Rubber, Diamonds, Gold, Cocoa, among other things and even recently Oil was discovered barely has roads and electricity?

Robert Johnson former BET CEO is actually in Liberia doing a lot of stuff, and is begging people to invest.

They had a P Diddy Day welcoming P Diddy to invest in Liberia, hell even during the War you had rebel groups such as the Tupac Army and the Biggie Army. Liberia would be the easiest place for Americans to work with, but as stated the infrastructure is so jacked, it will be a very difficult task.

 

[Apollo Creed]

Really now?

@CashmereEsquire and @LiberianGirl...in terms of investment opportunities, what's the country looking like in that regard? From the outside looking in, infrastructure appears to be the main concern. I hope I'm phrasing my question properly.

Also heard that Firestone has a large influence in the country, is that the case?

Firestone had a huge plant back in the day, idk how it is now. Land is cheap, I plan on buying some in the next 5 yrs. But you gotta have people there because its so much corruption, that you can think you bought land then the land you paid for someone sold it to 5 other people. My pops built a house and has about 10 acres of farm land that one of my cousins takes care off. I was talking with my uncle and he was like the person that can bring Fiber Optics to Liberia will be a billionaire. On a larger scale I`m thinking of how I can make an impact there from a Technology stand point, similar to how Ghana has become.

 

[1stPick]

Our food is the best in the world nobody can convince me otherwise...it's spicy, lots of greens and meat, rice with almost everything

There's a lot of theft here (electronics mostly), but violent crimes are relatively low...car jackings are non-existent
A lot of home invasions but a lot of people have barbed wire fences, window bars, metal doors, security etc.

Liberians LOVE foreigners especially black Americans
Yes you have those that criticize no matter what, but for the most part they love foreigners here...especially the younger generation, they idolize black American culture
But I am NOT going to lie they put the non-black visitors on a pedestal here and I have cussed out folks at a few restaurants and hotels here because of it

Outside of the capital, my fav places were Ganta, Buchannan, and Harper

of course they put non black visitors on a pedestal

 

[BillBanneker]

I was reading a bit of African history when i came across this info on Liberian history.


can someone confirm this fukkery

I'm going to need a link

 

[Apollo Creed]

I'm going to need a link

lol are first hand accounts not enough?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Liberia

 

[BillBanneker]

lol are first hand accounts not enough?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Liberia

What first hand accounts? Wiki doesn't cite most of the bolded claims.

OP states like they came over and enslaved everybody in the same fashion as the Antebellum South. I've never heard of that.

**Not saying that the american-liberians didn't do the other ethinic groups dirty though**

 

[Raptor]

Yeah I was surprised to learn they had the same GDP as Japan in the 70s

could have been an inspiration for black nations everywhere

 

[Apollo Creed]

What first hand accounts? Wiki doesn't cite most of the bolded claims.

OP states like they came over and enslaved everybody in the same fashion as the Antebellum South. I've never heard of that.

**Not saying that the american-liberians didn't do the other ethinic groups dirty though**

I dont know about being on some Slavery stuff, but it was fact that they discriminated against natives.

 

[HideoKojima]

I dont think this actually happened. I searched this before and can never find anything on it besides st0rmfr0nt links. I think its just a racist lie.

 

[How Sway?]

Yeah I was surprised to learn they had the same GDP as Japan in the 70s

what a shame

 

[BillBanneker]

I dont know about being on some Slavery stuff, but it was fact that they discriminated against natives.

Yeah, I knew about them denying citizenship (and any involvement in the government), and the whole attitude of more "civilized" than the other ethnic groups there; but the other stuff just sounded real .

 

[LiberianGirl]

How are the relationships between native Liberians and Africo- Liberians now? Do they mingle now? How can you even tell each other apart

There is not as much tension as there used to be but it's still there. And the younger generation is repeating some of the same mistakes as before so I hope it doesn't grow again.

It's slightly different now because there seems to be 3 groups to me now. The natives, Congo people (Americo-Liberians) who stayed here or in other African countries during the war, and Congo people who fled to the States or UK during the war and stayed there. 1 and 2 mingle, 2 and 3 mingle, but 1 and 3 rarely mingle.

The main way (at least for me) to tell is by accent. Even though I never lost my Liberian accent, it's not as raw as someone who's been here all their life and/or grew up outside the capital city. But also by appearance...I mean most countries you go to, the natives have a distinct look. I swear I don't want to sound elitist but I'll probably end up sounding that way anyway. I don't want to say my style (or someone like me) is better but there's just a different way they dress here (and I'm sure one of the main reasons is poverty)...I don't quite know how to put it into words without it sounding like an insult. Like even when I walk to the market in jeans, a tank top and flip flops they can tell the difference. Even the African styles I wear are different.

I feel like I'm not giving a good enough explanation lol

 

[Swirv]

Not bad
I mean of course I have third world problems and we just had a year of Ebola, but despite that I am happy here

Where in Lib are you?

 

[LiberianGirl]

Nice I was in Kinshasa, I had problems with the power grid, sometimes electricity would just cut off for 6 hours, my aunt had a generator but sometimes she made me turn off my electronics to save some juice. how is it out there? the internet was pretty slow too, but I would go over to a hotel like the Hotel Amaritsah and steal their wifi for an hour while I check my email and fb. lol.

Don't get me started on electricity

We have one ISP here that has decent speed, it just costs a lot.

 

[Swirv]

Suprised many ppl didn't know this.

I remember many times on the "moving to Africa" threads a lot of folks were saying moving / living in Africa isnt a good idea because "look at Liberia, it hasn't worked" (paraphrasing). That had me like

Liberia, overall, is were its at because of what the OP posted: the Americo-Liberians pulled a page off the treatment they received in the US and did it to the locals, rather than sharing power with them OR assimilating with them (it's their land). Animosity built up and then the civil wars broke out in the 80s and onward. Animosity built up, then civil wars break out from the 80s onward.

Think about it, if Liberia was well run, that could've been the black diaspora's Israel right there. But alas, other ppl had different agendas.

Didnt work because of the approach.