Liberia

Some may be thinking that flag looks too much like the United States Flag. It is in fact created by Blacks from both the United States and the Caribbean to create their own colony in Western Africa for a better way of life. “Liberia is the only black state in Africa never subjected to colonial rule and is Africa’s oldest republic. It was established on land acquired for freed U.S. slaves by the American Colonization Society, which founded a colony at Cape Mesurado in 1821. In 1824 the territory was named Liberia, and its main settlement was named Monrovia, which is the present-day capital. Liberian independence was proclaimed in 1847, and its boundaries were expanded.”

ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA. (n.d.). From ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA: https://www.britannica.com/place/Liberia

Americo-Liberians did not interact well with the indigenous population upon there arrival from the United States. During that time the descendants of former slaves ruled the politics in Liberia. There was stability in Liberia from inception until a rebellion in 1989 that led into a civil war that lasted to 2003. The estimated death toll of the 14-year civil war varies between 150,000 to 250,000 from various sources even more disturbing 15,000 children participated in war efforts. In 2005, two years after the civil war, Liberia made history by electing Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as president, the first female head of state throughout Africa.