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Liberia's Krahn were originally hunters, fishermen and farmers, traditionally focusing on rice and cassava production. Slow or failing development of regions with many Krahn settlers led many of the younger Krahn generations to migrate to areas such as Monrovia. [5]
Since 1847, Liberia operated as an independent nation with a constitutional system modeled on that of the United States. [3] For a long portion of its history, its government was dominated by Americo-Liberians, a group of free people of color and freed slaves from the United States and their descendants who first established Liberia in 1822 as a colony of the American Colonization Society, a ...
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The first of which was the imbalance of power between the native population of Liberia and the Americo-Liberians. [ failed verification ] The Americo-Liberians were descended from African-American (and a minority of Afro-Caribbean ) settlers, some of whom were freed slaves and their descendants who emigrated to Liberia with assistance from the ...
The United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy (ULIMO) was a pro-government militia that participated in the First Liberian Civil War (1989–1996). ULIMO was formed in May 1991 by Krahn and Mandingo refugees and soldiers who had fought in the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) fighters. [ 2 ]
According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects [3] [4], Liberia's total population was 5,193,416 in 2021. This is compared to 911,000 in 1950. [5] 43.5% of Liberians were below the age of 15 in 2010. [5] 53.7% were between 15 and 65 years of age, while 2.8% were 65 years or older. [5]
Mary Antoinette Brown was appointed Dean of the Teachers' College at the University of Liberia in 1958, and later vice president for academic affairs (1975-1978). She was president of the University of Liberia from 1978 to 1984. During her tenure as president, the university saw expanded facilities and programs, and improved scholarship funding.
They form a majority or a significant minority in Liberia's Grand Bassa, Rivercess, Margibi and Montserrado counties. [2] In Liberia's capital of Monrovia , they are the largest ethnic group. [ 3 ] With an overall population of about 1.05 million, they are the second largest ethnic group in Liberia (18%), after the Kpelle people (26%). [ 1 ]