Western dominated the country and exploited the indigenous people. and ruling through the People s Redemption Council Ethnic groups are kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Kru and Vai http://www.gaminggeeks.org/Resources/KateMonk/Africa/Western/Liberia.htm
Extractions: Capital : Monrovia Size: 43 000 sq m Popn: 2 580 000 This was the first independent republic in Africa and was never directly colonised although the American Colonization Society, among others, bought land and settled over 16 000 freed slaves on the coast between 1822 and 1892. Many died but the survivors dominated the country and exploited the indigenous people. Liberia became an independent republic in 1847 and the True Whig Party, founded in 1868, was in power, despite financial difficulties, until the military coup of 1980. The American company, Firestone, moved into Liberia in 1926 to such a scale that it was nicknamed the Firestone Republic. President William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman broke the monopoly after 1944 and tried to encourage other investors. His successor, William R. Tolbert, continued the friendly relations with the U.S.A. but political stability ended when he raised rice prices in 1979 to encourage production. Massive protests were harshly subdued, prompting, in 1980, a military coup under Master Sergeant Samuel Kanyon Doe, in which Tolbert was killed. This was the first time for 160 years that the country had not been ruled by the descendants of the Black American settlers. Doe banned political parties, suspending the constitution and ruling through the People's Redemption Council. It approved a new constitution in 1983 and this was confimed by a national referendum in 1984. Due to only three of the eleven parties registering in time, Doe won a clear election majority in 1986 and military rule ended with Doe becoming President. There were nine coup attempts during the 1980s, and a major rebellion in Nimba province under Charles Taylor in 1989 during which Doe was killed. Civil war continued between Taylor's group, Doe's remaining supporters, another rebel group led by Prince Johnson and a force from Monrovia trying to restore peace.
FMO Research Guide: language of Liberia, but there are sixteen indigenous languages also The kpelle make up 20 per cent of the West africa with a population of 3.2 million people. http://www.forcedmigration.org/guides/fmo013/fmo013-2.htm
Extractions: As early as 1461, Portuguese explorers were the first Europeans known to establish contact with the inhabitants of the Grain Coast, so named for the area's abundant supply of malegueta pepper grains. In 1633, the British established trading posts in this area, which was to become Liberia. Although the Dutch followed the British and destroyed their trading posts, history does not record any other reports of European settlements in the area until the 1800s. In 1821, the American Colonization Society (ACS), established to find solutions to the problem of slavery in the United States, sent Captain Stockton to the Grain Coast to negotiate with an indigenous leader named King Peter for lands to establish a quasi-colony for freed American slaves. Soon after, a settlement was established in what is now Monrovia (named after US President James Monroe) and freed slaves from the Americas began arriving by the thousands. These settlers, known as Americo-Liberians (from the United States) and the Congo people (from the Caribbean), banded together to form the Republic of Liberia (meaning 'Land of the Free'), which gained its independence from the ACS on 26 July 1847. For the next 133 years, the Americo-Liberians, who made up less than 1 per cent of the population, governed Liberia though the country's only political party, the True Whig Party. Indigenous Liberians were excluded from political and economic opportunities reserved for the elitist settlers. However, the Americos and Congos intermarried with the native population and took on local wards, allowing for a degree of integration between the settlers and the 'country people' as they were called.
Liberia - Countrywatch.com Key Data. Region africa. Population 2,776,800 October 2002. Area Total 111,370 km 2. Ethnic Divisions. Other indigenous groups, 41%. kpelle, 17%. Bassa, 10%. Kru, 10%. http://aol.countrywatch.com/aol_topic.asp?vCOUNTRY=99&SECTION=COVER&TOPIC=KEYDAT
Liberia Ethnicity/race indigenous African tribes 95% (including kpelle larger ethnic groups include the kpelle, the Mano ethnic groups the Mande, Kwa, and Mel peoples. http://www.fcbh.org/africanamerican/InternationalMissions/liberia.htm
Extractions: (111,370 sq. km) Capital and largest city (1993 est.): Monrovia, 1,000,000 Population (2000 est.): 3,164,156 (average annual rate of natural increase: 3.06%); birth rate: 47.2/1000; infant mortality rate: 134.6/1000; density per sq. mi.: 74 Ethnicity/race: indigenous African tribes 95% (including Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Kru, Grebo, Mano, Krahn, Gola, Gbandi, Loma, Kissi, Vai, and Bella), Americo-Liberians 5% (descendants of former slaves) International Missions - Active Countries LIBERIA The west African country of Liberia is about the size of Tennessee. Liberia is home to over 3.1 million people. About 40% of the population is literate. English is the official language of Liberia, and numerous tribal dialects are spoken. There are about 34 languages in Liberia. A Faith Comes By Hearing dramatized New Testament recording is in process for Kisi (Southern) language, spoken by 115,000 people in Liberia. Recordings have been requested for a number of other languages in Liberia:
ThinkQuest : Library : The Global Relations Of The Many Nations indigenous African tribes 95% (including kpelle, Bassa, Gio mainland Christian 45%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 20 mother tongue of Bantu people living in http://library.thinkquest.org/18401/text/africa.html
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Tiede central Europe D * Dagestani peoples indigenous groups of Natives of Alaska * kpelle - Group from area * Uzbek - Turkic people of central http://www.tiede.fi/keskustelut/vastaa.asp?lainaa=1271269&alue=1&id=1271212&aihe
Tiede central Europe D * Dagestani peoples indigenous groups of Koyukon - Natives of Alaska * kpelle - Group from East, Turkey * Turkmen - Turkic people of central http://www.tiede.fi/keskustelut/keskustelu.asp?mainpage=&mainskip=&id=1271212&al
List Of Ethnic Groups Definition Meaning Information Explanation D. Dagestani peoples indigenous groups of northern Caucasus; Dai Koyukon - Natives of Alaska; kpelle - Group from Latvian - Baltic people of northeastern Europe; http://www.free-definition.com/List-of-ethnic-groups.html
Extractions: 27 Related topics Abenaki Native American s once widespread in eastern North America Abkhaz - Minority in Georgia , Turkey and Russia Abkhazia Acadian - French-Canadians of the Canadian Maritimes Accohannock - Native American s of Maryland Achang Yunnan China Achomawai - Native American s of California Acoma - Native American s of the southwest United States and Mexico Adja - Minority in Benin Adyghe - Minority in Russia , in the north Caucasus region. Afar - Minority in Ethiopia Eritrea and Djibouti . Also known as Danakil African-American - Descendants of Africa n slaves brought to North America Afrikaner Dutch -descended settlers of southern Africa Agni - minority group in Cote d'Ivoire Aguls - Dagestan i minority group Ahtna - Native Alaska ns, along the Copper River
FAF - Preamble For example, the kpelle of Liberia had an informal dispute indigenous African Institutions. The Governmental Institutions of the Bantu peoples of Southern http://www.freeafrica.org/features6b.html
Extractions: The Rule of Law and Economic Development in Africa Continue from Previous THE RULE OF LAW IN TRADITIONAL AFRICAN SOCIETY Though there is much diversity in the structures and complexities of African political systems, there is one fundamental underlying principle common to them which is often overlooked. As Vaughan (1986) stressed: Indigenous African states had courts to settle disputes and uphold individual and property rights within the community. Court hearings were open and any adult could attend them. Those present at court could air their opinions freely. The chief, who served as the judge, would weigh all viewpoints and reach a verdict. Bascom (1984) reported that, among the Yoruba, The Bale serves as the principal judge of the compound, presiding when disputes are brought before him, but cases are heard by all the elders and by any other members of the compound who may be present. If a titled chief lives in the compound, he is also responsible for settling disputes. A husband is responsible for settling quarrels within his own family; but if he is unsuccessful or if an argument involves members of two different families within the compound, it is referred to the Bale. Any cases which he cannot settle may be referred to the town chiefs, but every effort is made to reach a peaceful settlement within the compound (p.44). There were court systems in other West African societies, among the Fanti, the Asante, the Igbo and the Yoruba. Casely Hayford (1911) reported that:
Community Radios Worldwide linguistic and cultural minorities, indigenous peoples, migrants and Charter on Human and People s Rights, to Liberian English, Lorma, Kissi, kpelle, Krahn, Kru http://www.radiorobinhood.fi/communityradios/eng/alerts.htm
Conakry Report Nonindigenous 0.04%. Eight national languages Fula, Maninka, Susu, Kissi, kpelle, Toma, Konyagi, Bassari is the most populous city with 930,000 people in the http://www.africamissions.org/africa/conakry.htm
Extractions: and need for church growth. 1. Get a general understanding of the social make up of the city. 2. Interview all mission agencies and denominations to understand what they have done and how they view the Christian movement in Conakry and Guinea as a whole. 3. Test for receptivity. 4. Collect contact information. 5. Understand the present and historical church growth situation. 6. Ascertain logistical and living condition variables. 7. Make recommendation. 8. Get an overview of Guinea. Guinea is one of the most unreached countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The high percentage of Muslims and the persecution by a former regime made it a difficult field for church growth from 1960s through the 1980s. "Guinea understandably still has some of the worst church/mission statistics in West Africa" (Vanderaa, 1991). Guinea has not been a priority country for most missions, but a reevaluation is in order. There was a time in when the current President, Conte, wanted Guinea to be Muslim country. He is now very cooperative with Christians. His second wife is a Christian. As much as one hundred and twenty inches of rain can fall in Conakry in one season. It rained every day we were in the country. It was humid. The Monsoon season does not wash away top soil or other valuable substances from the land. Conakry is built on a field of iron ore.
Ajepong Syllabus Berber, Arabs, Mossi, Yatenga, Kru, kpelle, Wangara, Bambara People and Cultures of africa links TwoStory Architecture Islam and indigenous african Cultures http://cehd.ewu.edu/faculty/ntodd/GhanaUDLP/Adjepong.html
Extractions: Vice Chancellor, University of Cape Coast Course Description: An opportunity to explore the great African continent. The concept "African culture" will be defined and delineated. The major characteristics of African culture will be outlined, including: kinship, family and marriage, indigenous political systems and traditional economic patterns and belief systems. Students will learn how agents of social change such as industrialization, colonial rule, education, urbanization and Christianity have shaped African culture. The status of women in contemporary African society will also be explored. I. INTRODUCTION 1. The myth of the "homogenous" African culture; the reality of cultural pluralism in Africa. Note: Africa has been a dynamic partner in civilization. The earliest civilization (OLDUVAI CIVILIZATION) more than 2000 years ago, has been found near Tanganyika. Africa is the cradle of humanity. (i) Egypt: the art of writing Kush: irrigation technology Axum: astronomy Moroe: geometry and medicine Moroe: the invention of paper Moroe: the pyramids Moroe: the mummification of the dead Ancient Egyptians were black. Egypt was founded by people from the south of Africa. Most names of Pharaoh's were Ethiopian.
Five WIndows Into Africa: Instructor's Guide in the text to hear pronunciations of kpelle terms and state of Tennessee and over twenty indigenous languages are sites of cultural contest as people try to http://iupress.indiana.edu/instruct_guide/fivewindows/gbarbea.html
Extractions: I. GBARBEA FUNERAL by Ruth Stone with Alan Burdett e The Gbarbea Funeral section of Five Windows into Africa demonstrates how larger principles such as cultural exchange, national politics, colonialism, urbanization, and musical change play out in a ritual event. Rather than broad generalizations, the viewer will see how the details of everyday life are implicated in the dynamics of culture. Audience Gbarbea Funeral presents materials that are suitable to students at a variety of levels. By altering how it is presented and by using different kinds of questions, Gbarbea Funeral is appropriate for both introductory classes and graduate student seminars. Introductory students will find basic information on history, politics, or music in the context of a large event. They will find the content accessible and presented in a way that does not require any prior knowledge of music or West African culture. They will not only find a wealth of information about West Africa, but they can also use its contents as a starting point to develop their knowledge of ethnomusicology, West African culture, and history. Upper-level students will gain comparative knowledge on African culture as well as insights into the processes that led to its documentation and analysis. Intermediate and advanced students will find a fascinating exercise for engaging music, cultural issues, and theoretical approaches to music and culture. This instructor's guide will give you examples of questions and exercises at three different levels: introductory, intermediate, and advanced. These do not necessarily correspond to student age or course level. While a 300-level course in anthropology would use intermediate or advanced questions about culture, it may also need introductory questions about music. In contrast, a class of musicians can take an advanced approach to musical issues, but might require introductory questions on culture or Africa. The sample questions and exercises at the end of this guide are identified according to these three student levels.
Compare Prices And Read Reviews On Liberia At Epinions.com slaves who returned and subdued the indigenous peoples living around If you do go enjoy the people. from several tribes- Mandingo, Bassa, kpelle, etc .They http://www.epinions.com/content_29364620932
Extractions: Full Review No one would go to Liberia today without a good reason. The country is decimated after more than 10 years of civil war. Half of it's population was either killed or left the country. NO major airline flies to Monrovia - you enter from another West African country on commercial airlines, or you charter a plane. You will either enter the country from Roberts Field Airport (about 30 miles from Monrovia) or from a tiny airstrip near the capital. Roberts Field was built to service the massive rubber plantations (such as Firestone) that were located in the area. Rubber, at one time, was the economy for Liberia.
Africa:Forests Under Threat all of which are home to the kpelle, Bassa, Gio per square kilometre than SubSaharan africa as a only the home for thousands of indigenous people in different http://www.wrm.org.uy/countries/Africa/trouble7.html
Extractions: By different means the World Bank is one of the major and most influential promoters of the prevailing monoculture tree plantation model. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) - a part of the World Bank Group, whose specific task is the promotion of private sector investment in "poor" countries - has been directly investing in projects linked to tree plantations, for example in Kenya and Brazil. The Liberian Agricultural Company (LAC) will receive a loan of US$ 3.5 million to develop a rubber plantation in its 120,000 hectares estate. Between 1961 and 1984 the company had planted rubber there in an area of 10,500 hectares, which was abandoned because of the civil war. According to its promoters, the project will create jobs, provide health and education, and improve rural infrastructure, benefiting 800 small holders. The silent destruction of the forests Seldom are there news arriving from Liberia. This country, located in the West African region, with shores on the Atlantic Ocean and bounded in the West by Sierra Leone, Guinea in the North and Ivory Coast in the East, ranks amongst the world's poorest countries and bears the weight of a huge foreign debt. An accelerated process of environmental degradation - including forests - is also affecting the country. Several activities - as mining, plantations and logging - are destroying the dense tropical rainforests.
A Cumulative Index To The Liberian Studies Journal M., article Ingenious Invention The indigenous kpelle Script in Industry and Some Related People and Events Harden, Blaine, review of africa Dispatches From http://faculty.uncfsu.edu/doyler/lsjindex/CUM15-21.htm
Extractions: Volume XV - 1990 - Numbers I and 2 Allen, C. William, article: Soaring Above the Cloud of Mediocrity: The Challenges of the Liberian Press in the Nineties, 74 Number 1. Conteh, Al-Hassan, article: Reflections on Some Concepts of Religion and Medicine in Liberian Society, 142 Number 2. Holsoe, Svend E., article: Zolu Duma, Ruler of the Southern Vai, 17-1828: A Problem in Historical Interpretation, 91 Number 2. Kimble, Frank B., article: The United States-Liberia Operational Experts Project, 1 Number 1. Knoll, Arthur J., review of A Bibliography of Books and articles on Liberia as edited in German Speaking Countries Since 1960, by Robert Kappel and Wemer Korte, 127 Number 1. Kollehlon, Konia T., review of Civilized Women: Gender and Prestige in Southeastern Liberia, by Mary H. Moran, 132 Number 1. Meacham, Carl. E., article: Peace Corps Service in Liberia, 1965-1966: Reflections of an African-American Volunteer, 85 Number 1. Monts, Lester P., article: Social and Musical Responses to Islam among the Vai during the Early Twentieth Century, 108 Number 2.
Ethnologue: Liberia Also people from Lebanon, elsewhere in West africa An indigenous Vah script developed around 1900 by Dr kpelle, LIBERIA (KPELE, GBESE, PESSA, PESSY, KPWESSI) KPE http://www.christusrex.org/www1/pater/ethno/Libe.html
Extractions: Liberia 3,005,000 (1995). Republic of Liberia. Literacy rate 25% (1989 WA); 21.8% (1977 C. M. Brann). Also people from Lebanon, elsewhere in West Africa. Information mainly from TILL 1995, Vanderaa 1991. Data accuracy estimate: A1, A2. Traditional religion, Muslim, Christian. Blind population 15,000 (1982 WCE). Deaf institutions: 1. The number of languages listed for Liberia is 34. BANDI (BANDE, GBANDI, GBANDE, GBUNDE) GBA ] 70,800 in Liberia (1991 L. Vanderaa CRC). 50,000 have fled to Guinea (1993 Johnstone). Lofa County, northwest Liberia. Niger-Congo , Mande, Western, Northwestern, Southwestern, Loma-Loko, Loko-Mende, Mende-Bandi. Dialects: TAHAMBA, WAWANA, WULUKOHA, HASALA, LUKASA, HEMBEH. Erroneously but often called 'Gbandi' or 'Gbande'. Tahamba dialect used for literature. 96% lexical similarity among the 6 dialects; 83% with the closest Mende dialect. Grammars. Traditional religion, Muslim, Christian. Bible portions 1954-1995. Work in progress. BASSA BAS ] 347,600 in Liberia (1991 L. Vanderaa); 5,000 in Sierra Leone (1991 D. Slager UBS); 353,000 in all countries. Grand Bassa, Rivercess, and Montserrado counties, central Liberia. Gbii overlaps into Nimba County. Niger-Congo , Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kru, Western, Bassa. Dialects: GBOR, GBA SOR, MABAHN, HWEN GBA KON, CENTRAL BASSA, RIVERCESS BASSA. An indigenous Vah script developed around 1900 by Dr. Lewis, alphabetical, with tone marked, is still used among older men. Different from Bassa of Nigeria or Bassa (Basaa) of Cameroon. Most areas are accessible by road. Typology: SVO. Tropical forest. Hills, marshes. Agriculturalists: upland rice. Christian, traditional religion. NT 1970. Bible portions 1844-1988.
Faculty college, he did reasearch on the kpelle people of West africa, eventually completing a conducted a major comparative study, The indigenous Mathmatics Project http://www.usu.edu/anthro/faculty.html
Extractions: Like many anthropologists, Dr. Crapo began his university studies in another field. He originally planned to major in mathmatics, but became enamored with anthropology after taking a course about native North Americans. As a graduate student, Dr. Crapo chose to specialize in linguistics and cultural anthropology - focusing his efforts in the Great Basin and Mesoamerica. Since joining the USU faculty, Dr. Crapo has taught a variety of courses, including ones on religion, asthetics, personality and gender. Dr. Crapo's classes include: Cultural Anthropology Anthropology of Religion History and Theories of Anthropology Anthropology of Sex and Gender ...
BBC NEWS | World | Africa | What Is An African Dress Code? I love my own beautiful kpelle attire traditional and modern fashions that are indigenous to africa People should wear whatever makes them comfortable as long as http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3492932.stm
Extractions: Mandela's 'madiba' shirts are famous around the world Shortly after taking the oath of office as South Africa's first democratically elected President, Nelson Mandela stormed the uptight fashion world of statesmen and dignitaries with the most unprecedented suit of all. Mandela introduced the "Madiba shirt". Flowery and loose-fitting, it gave the new South African president a relaxed - and some would say less formal - appearance. Meanwhile in Kenya, the speaker of the national assembly presides over a parliament with one of the most rigid dressing codes in Africa. A suit and tie is compulsory for male Members of Parliament in Kenya, and anything less would cause an MP to be thrown out of the house. But some Kenyan parliamentarians have tried to defy the strict dressing code, which they term "colonial and un-African." Some have dared to disobey the speaker, turning up in Parliament with flowing Nigerian "agbada" robes - and of course getting thrown out for it.
