Liberia |līˈbi(ə)rēə|
a country on the Atlantic coast of West Africa; pop. 3,390,000; capital, Monrovia; languages, English (official) and English-based pidgin.
Liberia was founded in 1822 as a settlement for freed slaves from the U.S. and was proclaimed independent in 1847. Indigenous peoples form the majority of the population. In 1980, the predominant Liberian-American elite was overthrown in a coup; a civil war, which ended with a cease-fire in 1996, began in 1990. After years of continuing unrest, a transitional government took control in 2003.
DERIVATIVES
Liberian adjective & noun
ORIGIN from Latin liber 'free.
my part!
I was adopted when i was 6. I came to america when i was a week away from my 7th birthday! so imagine that? Six and Being in a War! the thing is i new there was a war going on in my home town! i was in the war when I was only six! I have Honer stories about the war! I remember where i hid and i remember awful things that nobody should ever see or witness.
My Mother died giving birth to me when there was a war going on! and my dad left my mom when she was in labor with me. and He never came back! some think he's dead i think he's dead! so who raised me? i my Brave Aunt Cecelia. Story time is Over for now! so if you think you've had a hard life!.. Think again! and thank The GOD above for ever hard thing he puts in your life.
I'm hoping to make this a series.
