Liberia: Shredding April 12 Ghosts - a Commendable Reconciliation Gesture From Doe, Dennis Kin

editorial

THIRTY SIX YEARS AFTER the April 12, 1980 coup, the sons of two key figures, Samuel Kanyon Doe, leader of the coup which ended decades of Americo-Liberian rule and C.Cecil Dennis III are making amends for the past by reaching out to each other in a rare reconciliatory note. Cecil Dennis III, whose father was Minister of Foreign Affairs at the time of the coup announced that Samuel K. Doe Jr., son of the late Doe had reached out to him on Social Media, Facebook.

Dennis III wrote: "May our fathers' departure of this earth, and our common interest of peace, bind us stronger together as brothers, regardless of our backgrounds. Today, as Samuel K. Doe Jr, and I plan to talk and subsequently meet, may our common nationalism be the substance of our patriotism.

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