SECRET SOCIETIES RE-EMERGING IN LIBERIA TO PROMOTE INJUSTICE . THEY SAY DEMOCRACY BUT THEY HATE DEMOCRACY, THEY SAY JUSTICE BUT THEY HATE JUSTICE.
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JAKE DEE & NARSER sing about the ills in the Liberian society.
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liberian music ' you meaning me' by: takun j - liberian music Takun J is Liberia's premier Hip-Co artist. In terms of musical genre, Hip-Co (Co as in short for colloquial) is uniquely Liberian. In short, it's music of the vernacular, the way people speak and relate to each other. Hip-Co evolved in the 1980s and has always been socially & politically bent. In the '90s it continued to develop through the civil wars, and today stands as a definitive mark of Liberian culture. Takun J has climbed his way to the top of the scene and is widely know both here and abroad. Linguistically, he sets the tone for street talk in Monrovia. The slang he creates in his songs is picked up by the youth, who rapidly incorporate it into their everyday lives. Takun's music reflects the climate of Liberian society and his songs expose the reality of a flawed and corrupt system of governance. His song "The Police" led to his arrest and brutal beating at the hands of those he dared to criticize. If you want to find Takun J, take a trip down to Carrey street, Monrovia's hub for local artists and musicians. His abode plays host to crowded gatherings throughout the year. Lately Takun J has been collaborating with Nasseman, Liberia's leading Reggae star.
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liberian hipco star Takun J is Liberia's premier Hip-Co artist. In terms of musical genre, Hip-Co (Co as in short for colloquial) is uniquely Liberian. In short, it's music of the vernacular, the way people speak and relate to each other. Hip-Co evolved in the 1980s and has always been socially & politically bent. In the '90s it continued to develop through the civil wars, and today stands as a definitive mark of Liberian culture. Takun J has climbed his way to the top of the scene and is widely know both here and abroad. Linguistically, he sets the tone for street talk in Monrovia. The slang he creates in his songs is picked up by the youth, who rapidly incorporate it into their everyday lives. Takun's music reflects the climate of Liberian society and his songs expose the reality of a flawed and corrupt system of governance. His song "The Police" led to his arrest and brutal beating at the hands of those he dared to criticize. If you want to find Takun J, take a trip down to Carrey street, Monrovia's hub for local artists and musicians. His abode plays host to crowded gatherings throughout the year. Lately Takun J has been collaborating with Nasseman, Liberia's leading Reggae star.
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LIBERIAN MUSIC new liberian music Takun J feat Byronic & Nasseman Takun J is Liberia's premier Hip-Co artist. In terms of musical genre, Hip-Co (Co as in short for colloquial) is uniquely Liberian. In short, it's music of the vernacular, the way people speak and relate to each other. Hip-Co evolved in the 1980s and has always been socially & politically bent. In the '90s it continued to develop through the civil wars, and today stands as a definitive mark of Liberian culture. Takun J has climbed his way to the top of the scene and is widely know both here and abroad. Linguistically, he sets the tone for street talk in Monrovia. The slang he creates in his songs is picked up by the youth, who rapidly incorporate it into their everyday lives. Takun's music reflects the climate of Liberian society and his songs expose the reality of a flawed and corrupt system of governance. His song "The Police" led to his arrest and brutal beating at the hands of those he dared to criticize. If you want to find Takun J, take a trip down to Carrey street, Monrovia's hub for local artists and musicians. His abode plays host to crowded gatherings throughout the year. Lately Takun J has been collaborating with Nasseman, Liberia's leading Reggae star.
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A Woman's Place: Part 3 tells the story of Serliae Johnson. Like Handful, Serliae was one of the first students to be taken in by Liberia Mission, Inc. after suffering the loss of her parents. Serliae has a love for singing and dreams of becoming a doctor one day. She was also recently elected vice-president of the school - the first female to hold that position. Serliae also talks about her love for "Momma" Helena Gonyon, a House Mother at Liberia Mission who always dreamed that she would have the opportunity to help Liberia's war-orphaned children. Serliae's story helps explore the unique opportunities women have in Liberian society, following the lead of their President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf - the first woman President in Africa.
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new liberian music Takun J feat Byronic & Nasseman Takun J is Liberia's premier Hip-Co artist. In terms of musical genre, Hip-Co (Co as in short for colloquial) is uniquely Liberian. In short, it's music of the vernacular, the way people speak and relate to each other. Hip-Co evolved in the 1980s and has always been socially & politically bent. In the '90s it continued to develop through the civil wars, and today stands as a definitive mark of Liberian culture. Takun J has climbed his way to the top of the scene and is widely know both here and abroad. Linguistically, he sets the tone for street talk in Monrovia. The slang he creates in his songs is picked up by the youth, who rapidly incorporate it into their everyday lives. Takun's music reflects the climate of Liberian society and his songs expose the reality of a flawed and corrupt system of governance. His song "The Police" led to his arrest and brutal beating at the hands of those he dared to criticize. If you want to find Takun J, take a trip down to Carrey street, Monrovia's hub for local artists and musicians. His abode plays host to crowded gatherings throughout the year. Lately Takun J has been collaborating with Nasseman, Liberia's leading Reggae star.
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About Us The Palavah Hut is a carry-out restaurant that serves authentic Liberian cuisines. Our menu reflects the rich heritage of Liberia and influences from settlers that have assimilated into the Liberian society from the early 1800s. The main staple food in Liberia is rice, which is often eaten with a variety of greens and stew. Join us as we explore an assortment of spice, greens and culture. Come let's eat! Cuisine The Palavah Hut believes that a good meal should not only be tasty but healthy. Hence, the Palavah Hut strives to make its food as healthy and natural as possible. Some of the ingredients that we use include olive oil, canola oil, palm oil, Agave nectar and organic pastry flour for baking, kosher salt (no MSG) , and free-range chicken. Address 1931 Magnolia Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917 · Get Directions Phone 865 237 0014 Hours Thurs - Sat: 11:00 am - 8:30 pm
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A Chance at Life is a documentary about Mediators Beyond Borders and their largest international project The Liberian Initiative. Mediators Beyond Borders, founded in the fall of 2006, is a nonprofit tax-exempt organization that brings together experienced volunteer mediators world-wide to improve conflict resolution capacity and support alternative approaches to expressing, negotiating and resolving interpersonal, political, economic, social, ethnic and religious differences. The Liberian Initiative started in the summer of 2007 and currently has over 15 MBB volunteers committed to the life of the project. It is a multi-pronged initiative comprised of several key elements relative to the rehabilitation of former child soldiers from the Buduburam Refugee Settlement near Accra, Ghana and their reintegration into Liberian society. Some of the key elements include facilitating psycho-social training, economic opportunities and reconciliation.
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Ed Namote is a civic society organization founded by young Liberians from Universities and they have recognized the need for democracy to surface in Liberia and for the past 10 years has been involved in elections work and civic education says Louis Elclipo a Programme consultant at Ed Namote Liberia. She also made it known that, for this coming referendum and elections in Liberia, Namote will be involved in civic education and as well as been observers of the process. Ed Namote as at now has civic educators in the communities; civic educators on the referendum, encouraging all registered voters to go out and vote for their choice because their vote is what will be decided when it comes to the elections in Liberia. She advised all Liberians that for the elections, they should do away with personalities and individuals, forget about violence and think about Liberia, attack the issues instead of the personalities.
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About Us The Palavah Hut is a carry-out restaurant that serves authentic Liberian cuisines. Our menu reflects the rich heritage of Liberia and influences from settlers that have assimilated into the Liberian society from the early 1800s. The main staple food in Liberia is rice, which is often eaten with a variety of greens and stew. Join us as we explore an assortment of spice, greens and culture. Come let's eat! Cuisine The Palavah Hut believes that a good meal should not only be tasty but healthy. Hence, the Palavah Hut strives to make its food as healthy and natural as possible. Some of the ingredients that we use include olive oil, canola oil, palm oil, Agave nectar and organic pastry flour for baking, kosher salt (no MSG) , and free-range chicken. Address 1931 Magnolia Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917 · Get Directions Phone 865 237 0014 Hours Thurs - Sat: 11:00 am - 8:30 pm
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Dr. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Africa's first female president made a keynote speech at a workshop on gender and infrastructure co-sponsored by the World Bank and the Government of Japan during the Fourth International Conference on African Development. President Johnson-Sirleaf exposed the infrastructure-related challenges faced by women in post-conflict countries like Liberia. "We inherited a devastated country with damaged infrastructure, a country without electricity or running water," President Johnson-Sirleaf explained. "Our market women spend a lot of time travelling under poor transport conditions at high costs, to be able to bring goods to the market to feed the population. The lack of storage facilities means that their perishable goods suffer spoilage, thereby reducing the little profit margin they were able to get." President Johnson-Sirleaf discussed the far-reaching societal consequences of the lack of infrastructure, including an increase in HIV/AIDS infection rates linked to gender-based violence occurring as a consequence of girls being out of school and vulnerable. President Johnson-Sirleaf continued by stating the importance of involving women in the construction of infrastructure services to position them as stakeholders in their society. "Let me tell you something about the urban works and the road construction program," President Johnson-Sirleaf said. "Women are so anxious to get ahead, because they want to be a part of society, they go beyond the extra ...
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Liberian President Ellen Johnson Serleaf will seek re-election in October for a shot at a second term.
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Small farmers lose livelihoods as 'controversial' palm-oil producing multinational moves in. Much of rural Liberia's population lives on land that has been in the family for generations. Most people don't have the money to go through the costly and complicated process of acquiring deeds, so under Liberian law the government is the owner of all public land. Sando's land was not registered; therefore it belonged to the government. However, a report from the Centre for International Conflict Resolution (CICR), at Columbia University in the US, raises doubts about whether the future is quite so bright for the communities affected by the company's actions. The report studied the impact on communities of investments by four companies: Golden Veroleum, Sime Darby, ArcelorMittal and Putu Iron Ore Mining Corporation. The three-month study - based mainly on town hall meetings, focus group discussions and interviews with indigenous groups, public officials, UN staff, civil society activists, international organisations and corporate representatives - found that lack of consultation on the investment projects had resulted in "high tension" among communities. Investment has flooded into Liberia since President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf rid the country of its crippling foreign debt. She has brought peace and development to the nation after 14 years of devastating civil war. The country has signed natural resource deals with foreign investors, mainly in iron ore and palm oil, amounting to a ...
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Sunni Khalid reports on his recent Gatekeeper Editors' trip to Liberia with the International Reporting Project (IRP). Sunni, a senior news editor with Baltimore-area WYPR, was impressed by the optimism and resilience of Liberia's people. Video courtesy of Melody Wilson (International Reporting Project) and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
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Following over a year of planning, a series of high level meetings and lot of hard work and discussions, Liberia hosted a Joint Mission to shape, drive and galvanize support for the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector in the country. This was a real collaborative effort, under the global partnership of Sanitation and Water for All, bringing together key decision-makers in the water and sanitation sector including Government of Liberia officials, donor representatives and civil society organizations from both Liberia and abroad. Amongst others, USAID, the African Development Bank and the Dutch Government, all current and future key players in the sector, sent high-level delegations from their headquarters, underlining both the significant expectations and commitments to this momentous event. The participant's hard work and dedication was rewarded as the meeting culminated with the President of Liberia, Goodwill Ambassador for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Africa, coming in person to receive the draft compact and commit her government's support at the highest levels to address the issues highlighted and review the practical recommendations being made.
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Spotlight on Girls reporter Tiffanie Baine interviews members of Liberian United Women in Progress about the contribution Liberian Diaspora communities make to American society.
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Following an escalation in fighting in western Cote d'Ivoire, the Red Cross has stepped up its work to reconnect children arriving in neighbouring Liberia, who have been separated from their families. The ICRC and the Liberian National Red Cross Society has registered and assisted more than 50 unaccompanied children since the latest big influx of Ivorian refugees at the end of February. The Red Cross has provided more than 600 free phone calls and forwarded over 350 messages from the refugees to their loved ones back home.
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TrustAfrica, an African foundation supporting the Liberia Civil Society Initiative,honored Nobel Laureates President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee in a celebratory dinner in Monrovia, Liberia on the eve of their departure to Oslo.The dinner was held at the Monrovia City Hall on Monday, December 5, 2011. More than 150 guests attended, including the Vice-President of Liberia, other government representatives, members of the judiciary, Ambassadors from the United States and Sierra Leone, members of civil society and many others. During the dinner, guests were treated to a short documentary about the two extraordinary women and how the announcement of theiir award had affected their fellow Liberians. This is part one of the documentary.
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