Is Liberia tearing down its history?
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- čas přidán 8. 07. 2024
- Liberia’s government is leading a campaign to get African Americans to come and settle there, offering citizenships and a “chance to reconnect with their roots”.
This movement is not new, with freed enslaved people from the US having arrived some 200 years ago to build the colony that became the Republic of Liberia.
This set off a troubled period in Liberia’s history as the new arrivals clashed with the Indigenous tribes.
Memories of that time, and the lessons they teach, are what local architects want to protect now as they try to stop the destruction of old properties to make way for more new arrivals.
Al Jazeera's Nicolas Haque reports from the Liberian capital, Monrovia.
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#Liberia
Liberia until my end 🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷 no doubt liberia will be a place for all African descendants to love and be proud of. Sending love to my black American people!❤️❤️❤️🙏
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Absolutely
When Presidents and Government officials stop stealing and putting their Citizens first in Liberia 🇱🇷
Then what you talking about will happen my brother
Hopefully not. Dont you see that Liberia is ran by the same institution that enslaved us? Its just like the USA.
I am a black American I love Liberia so I intend to move there really soon by Gods Grace. 🙏🏽
I am an indigenous liberia. Liberia is the home for all african decendance. We love our black people from all over the world🥰❤❤❤
what about white people? do you love White people?
Liberians had always been hospitable to foreigns of all backgrounds. I'm not aware if this has changed.
@@moondaymood. nah they don't they wanted to kill us all
@@moondaymood. who ever brought up white people? I swear y'all love making stuff about white people when no one brought them up, it said "we love our black people from all over the world",empty skull.
@@williamponder6286 That's good to know since I'm a ''Krackkuh'' myself!!!
I am an African-American woman and I appreciate this honest discussion about Liberia.
Hey im a young black African American and im just really reading about our and the US government’s relationship with Liberia. This infuriates me. Its taking a mental toll on me
This was a balanced and focused discussion of very sensitive issues. Thank you. (I served in the Peace Corps in Liberia in the 1970s.)
I agree. I served as well 2013
Thx 🙏🏿 for your service
Wow. Great. I hope to talk with you
@@rexbalmes8198 Thank my brother.
Thanks for your service
I believe knowing our ancestry is important, prayers to those who are seeking theirs. 💛
it's all good to talk about historical buildings but without funds to restore & maintain them it's folly to hold onto them. especially if the people need housing.
indeed
It's time Liberia move forward .....
Liberia needs to rewrite its history for a better future generations…
Liberia will always be a jewel in my eyes... Black African American here from South Carolina with the British Surname... Hello to my Americo Liberian family in Liberia and here in the US.
great journalism. africans returning home is the most interesting story in the world right now
Absolutely, they should return home
The Sweet Land of Liberty. That was history, we learn, we grow, and we move on to a better future. Keep moving forward brothers and sisters.
Agree! we welcome back and love African American,all African descendants ❤️🙏❤️
@@Handsome.Liberian.African Yes we do. Keep moving forward.
I was in Monrovia between 1976 to 1982 I saw success and destruction of liberia.
With all due respect, AL jazeera needs to reconsider the 'Headlne' of this story. Liberians aren't tearing down their history. Remember the private rights to those properties that may want to develop them or modernize them.
Therefore, the intend is not to do away with historical evidence or facts, rather the wave of development is taking a turn. However, there are hundreds of those historical houses and structures throughout the country. Other families are keeping them in tight shape. An example is in Greenville, former Chief Justice, Lewis remodeled his parents house in the same way. There're tens of examples out there.
Please change your negative headlines!
Liberia have so many history on the continent therefore demolishing an structure to build a new one will not change anything about the history
I'm glad to see aljazeera reporting about my country
I genuinely don’t understand what I was meant to take away from this story. It bounced all over the place…and there were lots of generalizations. How many sources did you talk to? Also, why didn’t Nicholas talk to Richard Tolbert? Finally, kind of odd to complain about freed slaves who brought those houses but then say you want the houses to stay. Make it make sense. 🤦🏾♀️
Remove the old buildings and create new history
Yup, New modern history
great camera work. love the story too. totally agree with Jo-Jo.
Liberians are basically Americanized Africans. Technically they were also immigrants and often in conflict with the indigenous population.
I guess thsts the reason their national flag is somewhat similar too
I as a African American want to go back to LIBERIA and conquer it.
@@realdeal8303 Liberia was given to african american ex-slaves as compensation for slavery. Ofcourse the white man wanted a white only country too, but they did offer them the land. Those who stayed became african americans we have today.
@@realdeal8303 mm no liberia belongs to the indigenous tribes that migrated there in the 12th century. We dont need more african americans coming and washing away our culture and traditions that was passed down to us from our native tribes. STAY IN AMERICA
@@yurichtube1162 liberia wasnt given to ex slaves the ex slaves had their masters mindset and enslaved the indigenous tribes that had migrated to that land from central africa in the 12th century
Tear it all down. We need a new beginning.
I agree with you Jablasone! Those buildings remind us of the all the sufferings we as the native suffered in that country. We welcome you as our brothers and sisters and you enslaved us like what the whites to you you!
Love u Liberia from ur brother in the 🇺🇸 USA
The look on the face of that local guy when the speaker is showing him the picture of how his colonial house looks says it all. Saigon used to be a stunning city, now it looks like China-ville.
Cant teach em anything.
Interesting that the American Liberian intent was not to be African, and this repatriation failed.
Hard to be something that you are not familiar with. Blacks had been in America over 100 years before going to Liberia. They knew less about it than the whites setting it up for them.
Did Europeans go to the America's with the intent of adopting the culture of the natives? It's a silly idea. Your culture is what you're born into, not the ethnic group you share DNA with on the other side of the world.
These American Liberian had my grandma who is still alive in servitude as a slave but they are black people which makes them my people and I have forgiven them and send them love❤️❤️❤️
People must remember, the returned Slaves where mixed with other tribes and probably from other parts of the continent initially, so they probably did not have much in common with the people they where dumped on.
They did what is natural, but with hindsight a mistake, they created their own society and culture. This is a common human predicament. Look at Hong-Kong, Taiwan, Cyprus, Palestine. Any where that settlers go in large enough numbers there's bound to be conflict,till time and nature alters those societies.
Shut up
There is so much to learn from the past, and tearing down those buildings for sure destroys the history. I like to hear about the indigenous Americans being transferred to Libera. You don’t destroy history, we learn from it.
Resets start every 100 years or so
Liberia is so focused on being like America that she forgets that she's an African country like the rest of African.
Why didn't they mention that freed American slaves actually enslaved native Liberians?
They didn't. Firestone/Bridgestone did and is still doing as we speak.
Because that never happened.
My Family is in 🇱🇷
The future of africa is bright you like it or not
We are not African Americans that name not only is stupid but I truly shows ignorance by calling us by two continents unlike any other group in the world. It’s hard to belt it a lot of Americans (black people) were already originally in America
Team Leaders like Martin Luther king Jr, Malcolm X, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Nelson Mandela , etc These are original team Leaders who had a vision, ability, 100 per cent capacity who could drive Africa citizens to a better future ,comfortable lifestyle.
Team leaders will Let Africa citizens realise that Africa culture must be Preserve at all costs. And that Africa is not for Sale.
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Start all over is the best option
Thought they were talking about the library for a sec. 😆 Should've axed them for clarification...
You don't really need someone to tell you how to invest your coin, you can make a research on your own and also try doing it yourself first.
Rebuild his shack into a proper house or let him tear it down...
Some history needs torn down. It's a soul that can be transformed into something different.
✌🏿 to all of you, my people of blood and kin. I do not enter these discussions with any particular leanings. I enter with humility only to share my limited contributions as a son of that 43,000 square miles soil. (1)Our share of the Grain Coast we know as our Liberia became humanly habitable as a result of the breakup of the powerful Mali and Ghana empires. The less powerful ethnic elements of those empires continued their search for peace,abilities to farm,trade,practice their traditional acts of faith, retain their generations and basically maintain their human existence even if it meant with others,but peacefully;(2)I owe no 💯% allegiance to any singular ethnic or social Liberian group except the general, Liberian;(3)I am not a member of the ethnic or social group with which the subject in "Aljazeera's" Michigan resident visiting Liberia portrays however, I respect and understand her take on Liberianism;(4)Let's all remember that,like every other human society the tapestry of our makeup as a people and culture is profound and intricate and not,as simple as the various conversationalists present it;(5)In the Liberia I was born,raised and know to this day,the Capital,or still largest urban dwelling is Ducor Ta as western and some central ethnic groups refer to it while my maternal eastern ethnic group refers to that same city as Tudubor. The similarity in the nomenclature from both eastern, western ethnic groups is found in the description of "the town" situated at the "mouth" of the Du river- Ducor or Tudubor;(5)Please stop the unnecessary and unintelligent bickering over which social or ethnic group was "right" or "wrong " civil or uncivil in the formation of the society. Everyone came together with their inherent shortcomings. Correcting it is more rewarding for all than finger pointing and blame shifting. Many men seem to simply remain indifferent unintentionally or not,to the process of human evolution. For me,the Liberia and its people I understand and know, If God would request of me one wish,it would be to give me Liberia to run like Mao to instill discipline,and Jesus to shower mercy upon the people's ignorance and innocence. I like classic architecture so,I pray the Lord grants me the opportunity to leave for my posterity,a replica of the structure I was born in on Snapper Hill. 🙏🏾
I am so proud of the work you are doing to shine light on Libberia forgotten history! Liberia means liberty and liberty means freedom! When our forefathers were free from slavery and oppression in America, they decided to get away from the system that oppressed them, the American colonization society took them to the origin of all black (mama Africa ), and they discovered this beautiful land with other local tribes, the enslaved people and the natives didn't get along initially. Still, they did; later on, our forefathers moved to a land that they called Liberia to reflect their freedom; someone asked me why Liberia? I said they sailed to Sierra Leone before coming to Liberia. Still, I made him to understand, most of the enslaved people taken to America were bought from Liberia, so those Enslavers had documents of where they bought their merchandise (Enslaved person) from, so when the slave trade ended, they traced their records so they can return our for father, I am a descendant of a free slave, that's the reason I am an African with a first and last name of an American ( Roosevelt) does that name sound American?
Cool story bro. You do know the enslavers are not the buyers though right, but hey I understand, you have a narrative to stick to 🤣
They didn't get along because formerly enslaved people went there and tried to force the indigenous people into servitude... i.e. slavery. Pity... they imposed the same oppression they were escaping onto others.
now i am watching south asian country nepal .brithplace of loard buddha.and country of mount everest
I might move there from America after Covid. ✊🏾
Don't
The love of liberty brought us here…..I am a Nimba man….
Yes Kiowa, how does that apply to me. I am Grand Gedeh. It is all about Americans Liberians . We need to rewrite our history as Liberians not keeping those old buildings that don’t say anything about the natives.
Le Libéria en afrique est en train de se développé de manière spectaculaire et n'est plus considérer comme un des pays les plus pauvres du monde avec ses ressources et denrées decouverte il y a plus de 10 ans
Lay ya pa who tearing down MTCH
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That's exactly the way you rebuild...not like the nonsense that's going on all across America,gentrificated house&condos that don't belong in black neighborhoods.
Go home & tell your people to work hard. Behaviour good. Be successful like others. That's education you can give.😂😂😂
Nothing much we can do now. We all knows what happened.😜
I always feel for the African Americans who move to Africa only to realize that many Africans will never see them as Africans.
Do u even knw what happened?u should feel sorry for the Africans because Africans Americans have been the elite for over 200 years in Liberia while the native people we’re forced to work for nothing and we’re treated as second class ,they were literally doing to the native Africans what the white people were doing to them ,do u even understand why the civil war even happened?
@@omzy8700 I'm talking about African Americans who move to Africa now, not 200 years ago. You should read about Samuel Doe and the coup that brought him to power. Most of the Americo-Liberians fled the country when he took over so they were not a significant factor in the civil wars that followed. It helps to actually know about the history before you try to correct anybody else!!
Lol you funny mi.
We’re not that’s why they don’t see us as so ,I agree with them . Their our cousins that’s all.
Liberia was supposed to be a country for black Americans. It’s not anymore so forget that place!
Thousands African Americans still live in Liberia they aren’t going anywhere. The natives have control of the government anyways
@@tomuch4u969 they lost over 200,000 who migrated back to the US. And yes the natives have controlled the government since 1980 after 134 years. That’s why I said forget Liberia
West sahel or mauritania
@@mrkjsmooth16 we have 30million more than we did in the antebellum days if 2 million went back we could change things but we have to come with another approach
@@realdeal8303 True, True.
I’m from Liberia 🇱🇷 and the ideas the settlers brought to the land affected the indigenous people in a negative way. From that period up to today,the division set the basis of a civil conflicts that kept the nation in darkness. Such was or is the aim of their slave master.
The war was between Mano gio, krahn and Madingo ppl. Pre war Liberia was better
@@tomuch4u969 You are very ignorant. Who brought the divisive mindset? Wasn't it the settlers?
@@Obsermeneh there was no divisive mindset before. Too blame tribalism on the settlers is silly
@@tomuch4u969 Who came up with the name Americo and the rejection of native names? Isn't it the reason why Liberians have so many English names? Not forgetting the identity crisis that come with it.
@@Obsermeneh the people you call americo where African Americans. They didn’t reject their “native names”.
And to pretend all the indigenous people are Americanized now is funny it’s not true at all.
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