Liberia
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491_9789987160259
This work is a general introduction to Liberia. It is comprehensive in scope covering a wide range of subjects from a historical and contemporary perspective.It is intended for members of the general public. But some members of the academic community may also find this work to be useful in their fields.Subjects covered include an overview of the country and its geography including all the regions - known as counties - and the different ethnic groups who live there.The work is also a historical study of Liberia since the founding of the country by freed black American slaves.One of the subjects covered in the book is the conflicts - including wars - the new black American settlers had with the indigenous people.The freed slaves who, together with their descendants, came to be known as Americo-Liberians, dominated the country and excluded the indigenous people from the government and other areas of national life for almost 160 years until the Americo-Liberian rulers were overthrown in a military coup in 1980. It was one of the bloodiest military coups in modern African history.The soldiers who overthrew the government were members of native tribes and were hailed as liberators by the indigenous people who had been dominated and had suffered discrimination at the hands of Americo-Liberians throughout the nations history. Some of them were even sold into slavery in Panama by the Americo-Liberian rulers in the 1930s, prompting an investigation of the labour scandal by the League of Nations. Others were forced to work on various projects within Liberia itself and became virtual slaves in their own country. Americo-Liberians saw the natives as inferior to them and treated them that way.The mistreatment of the members of native tribes by the Americo-Liberians was one of the main reasons native soldiers of the Liberian army decided to overthrow the government.The book also covers the Liberian civil war which destroyed the country in the 1990s and early 2000s
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