Liberia: Towards 2017

opinion

2017, the year of general and presidential elections in Liberia, will mark two centuries since the establishment of the American Colonization Society which founded Liberia in 1821. Because the Unification and Integration policies pursued most notably by William V S Tubman, Liberia's eighteenth President, still remain indispensable for peace, security and prosperity in Liberia, the ensuing elections present an historic opportunity for Africa's oldest republic to finally realize the ideals for which it was founded: African independence, unity, dignity, peace and prosperity.

The goal of Liberia's founders was to create a great, free, black African sovereign nation. But because they refused to integrate Africa's culture and people into the new nation from the beginning, they failed to achieve their intended objectives. Consequently, the establishment of the envisioned powerful black nation that excluded the indigenous people was fortunately stunted. Nevertheless, their efforts spearheaded Africa's march to independence and unity. At the same time, left behind in America were the majority of the transported Africans, whose continued suffering and mistreatment stemming from racism empowered them to make more perfect America's founding documents, thereby transforming the United States into the world's most powerful Democracy and indispensable nation!

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