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Historical Dictionary of Liberia. African Historical Dictionaries Series. Metuchen: Scarecrow Press. Ellis, Stephen. The mask of anarchy updated edition: The destruction of Liberia and the religious dimension of an African civil war (NYU Press, 2006). Everill, Bronwen. Abolition and empire in Sierra Leone and Liberia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013).
Liberia, [a] officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean to its south and southwest. It has a population of around 5.5 million and covers an area of 43,000 square miles (111,369 km 2). The ...
Liberian English refers to the varieties of English spoken in Liberia. Four such varieties exist: Standard Liberian English, the Liberian variety of International English. It is the language taught in secondary and tertiary institutions. It is used in oratory and by newsreaders.
العربية; Aragonés; Asturianu; تۆرکجه; বাংলা; Беларуская; Català; Čeština; Cymraeg; Deutsch; Ελληνικά; Español; Esperanto
Map of the Colony of Liberia, 1839. This article lists the agents and governors of Liberia, consisting of fourteen agents and two governors of the American Colonization Society from 1822 until Liberian independence in 1847. The last governor, Joseph Jenkins Roberts, also served as the first president of Liberia after independence was gained in ...
1826 - Liberia Herald newspaper begins publication. [2] 1839 - Monrovia Seminary founded. 1847 June 25: Constitutional Convention held in Monrovia to discuss creation of the state of Liberia. [1] July 26: Monrovia becomes part of newly formed Republic of Liberia. [1] October 5: First Liberian general election held.
July 26 – The Liberian Declaration of Independence is approved, founding the Republic of Liberia as an independent nation. [2] July 28 – The Liberian constitution is approved by the constitutional convention. [2]
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