Liberia was founded in the 1820s as part of the American "colonization" movement, which sought to resettle free Black Americans on the African continent. English is the official language of Liberia.

Gregory Luebbert Book Award, American Political Science Association, 1995. "In this comprehensive and original study, a distinguished scholar of African affairs argues that the crisis in African ...

During the 19th and 20th centuries, Europe's major powers — Portugal, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Great Britain — engaged in a fierce struggle for supremacy through African colonization. This ...

During my time in Moscow as part of the InteRussia Fellowship for journalists from Sub-Saharan Africa, conversations about ...

African countries have different independence anniversary dates. However, for most countries, more than six decades have now passed since colonial administrations ended. That raises an uncomfortable ...

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Namibia might not be well known in many parts of the world. But the arid southern African country has an extraordinary history. Rich in indigenous cultural diversity, Namibians lived for more than a ...

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