The West African nation of Liberia was settled 200 years ago by people of color from the United States. Brenda Brewer Moore can trace her family history back on both sides to former slaves who became ...

Agnes, who fled Liberia during the first Liberian Civil War, seeking refuge in Sierra Leone and Guinea, worked three jobs to support her son's dream. In return, Kwity, who just wrapped up his fourth ...

When Denver-based documentary director Daniel Junge and producer Henry Ansbacher first contacted newly elected Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (who, among other degrees, received a masters in ...

Every educated Liberian adult acknowledges that Liberia's constitutional democracy is not functioning as intended. The root of this dysfunction lies in what is referred to as the "Liberian attitude" ...

ANSONIA -- Two natives of Liberia spoke about their homeland recently at John G. Prendergast School in a program to celebrate Black History Month. Resident Masnoh Wilson, dressed in traditional garb, ...

Traditional leaders who attended the two-day Assembly of Traditional Chiefs and Tribal Governors in Gbarnga have asserted that Liberia must protect and preserve its cultural heritage, stressing that ...

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Mahja Zeon, the reigning Miss Liberia in the U.S. 2010, is more than a pretty face in the crowd. The Marietta resident seeks to educate, inspire and transform lives through her Liberian culture.

Liberian officials sanctioned last year by the United States government for their “involvement in public corruption” are running for legislative seats. Nathaniel McGill, the former minister of state ...

To understand why Liberians have had a hard time changing their funeral practices in the age of Ebola, first you must understand their tender and... When Rebecca "Mama" Barclay died in the summer of ...

“Please, please! I have to go. This is the only way.” This was a 12-year-old Kwity Paye to his mother Agnes, pleading to attend Bishop Hendricken, a private high school in Warwick, Rhode Island, ...