Liberia: Diaspora Liberians Creating Dependency Through Moneygram, Western Union

opinion

Upon my last visit to Liberia, my cousin asked me to take him to the "Bank." I pulled up to the Moneygram and said "that is not a bank, it is money sending and receiving company. He stated "to us here in Liberia, we call them banks because we go there to get money."

The visit was congested, hot, and lengthy. I overheard many of the conversations by weary customers and the common theme was "I waiting for my money from the states." Or "they only sending me small something." "That all they send, they don't know Liberia is hard, eh?"I got plenty relatives in the states so they send me money every month."Etc.

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