Liberia

Liberia

Liberia (yaani Nchi ya watu huru kwa Kilatini) ni nchi iliyoko Afrika ya Magharibi. Imepakana na nchi za Ivory Coast, Guinea, na Sierra Leone.

Ni mojawapo ya nchi za Afrika ambazo hazikutawaliwa na Wazungu. Hata hivyo watu wa Liberia huongea Kiingereza sana.

Historia

Liberia ni nchi iliyoundwa na makabila 16 ya asili nchini humo na wahamiaji Weusi toka Marekani na Karibi (5%), mbali na machotara wa aina mbalimbali.

Wamarekani Weusi hao walikuwa watumwa waliopata uhuru ambao kwa kushirikiana na chama cha American Colonization Society waliunda taifa hili na kutangaza uhuru wa nchi hiyo tarehe 26 Julai 1847.

Wamarekani Weusi hao waliichukulia nchi hiyo kama nchi ya ahadi kutokana na asili yao kuwa Afrika, ambako ndiko mababu zao walikotokea kabla ya kupelekwa utumwani Marekani.

Hata hivyo, wahamiaji hao waliendelea kujitambulisha kama Wamarekani na hawakujenga mahusiano ya karibu na wenyeji.

Alama za taifa hili (bendera, kauli mbiu, na nembo) na hata muundo wa serikali vilikuwa vikionyesha mahusiano ya karibu kati ya nchi hizo mbili.

Liberia ilikuwa katika vita ya wenyewe kwa wenyewe kati ya miaka 1989-1996 na 1999-2003.

Hivi karibuni umefanywa kwa mara ya pili uchaguzi kwa amani na kuweza kumchagua George Weah kushika nafasi ya mwanamke wa kwanza kuwa Rais barani Afrika, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.

Watu

Lugha rasmi ni Kiingereza, ambacho kinatumiwa na asilimia 15 za wakazi. Lugha za taifa ni 4: Kiingereza cha Kiliberia, Kikpelle, Kimeriko na Krioli.

Upande wa dini, wakazi kwa asilimia 85.5 ni Wakristo, hasa Waprotestanti, halafu Wakatoliki (5.8%). Waislamu ni 12.2%. Wanaoendelea kufuata dini asilia za Kiafrika ni 0.5% tu.

Tazama pia

• Orodha ya lugha za Liberia
• Orodha ya nchi kufuatana na wakazi
• Orodha ya nchi za Afrika kulingana na idadi ya watu
• Orodha ya nchi za Afrika kulingana na msongamano wa watu
• Orodha ya nchi za Afrika kulingana na pato la taifa
• Demografia ya Afrika

Marejeo

• Gilbert, Erik & Reynolds, Jonathan T (October 2003). Africa in World History, From Prehistory to the Present (toleo la Paperback). Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0-13-092907-5. 
• Merriam Webster's Geographical Dictionary: 3rd Edition (toleo la Paperback). Merriam Webster Inc., Springfield. 1997. ISBN 0-87779-546-0. 
• Tim Hetherington (2009). Long Story Bit By Bit: Liberia Retold. New York: Umbrage. ISBN 978-1-884167-73-7. 
• Graham Greene (1936). Journey Without Maps. Vintage. ISBN 978-0-09-928223-5. 
• Gabriel I. H. Williams (July 6, 2006). Liberia: The Heart of Darkness. Trafford Publishing. ISBN 1-55369-294-2. 
• Alan Huffman (2004). Mississippi in Africa: The Saga of the Slaves of Prospect Hill Plantation and Their Legacy in Liberia Today. Gotham Books. ISBN 978-1-59240-044-7. 
• John-Peter Pham (April 4, 2001). Liberia: Portrait of a Failed State. Reed Press. ISBN 1-59429-012-1. 
• Barbara Greene (March 5, 1991). Too Late to Turn Back. Penguin. ISBN 0-14-009594-2. 
• Wilton Sankawulo, Great Tales of Liberia. Dr. Sankawulo is the compiler of these tales from Liberia and about Liberian culture. Published by Editura Universitatii "Lucian Blaga"; din Sibiu, Romania, 2004. ISBN 973–651–838–8.
• Sundown at Dawn: A Liberian Odyssey by Wilton Sankawulo. Recommended by the Cultural Resource Center, Center for Applied Linguistics for its content concerning Liberian culture. ISBN 0-9763565-0-3
• Victoria Lang, To Liberia: Destiny's Timing (Publish America, Baltimore, 2004, ISBN 1-4137-1829-9). A fast-paced gripping novel of the journey of a young Black couple fleeing America to settle in the African motherland of Liberia.
• Godfrey Mwakikagile, Military Coups in West Africa Since The Sixties, Chapter Eight: Liberia: 'The Love of Liberty Brought Us Here,' pp. 85–110, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Huntington, New York, 2001; Godfrey Mwakikagile, The Modern African State: Quest for Transformation, Chapter One: The Collapse of A Modern African State: Death and Rebirth of Liberia, pp. 1–18, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2001.
• Elma Shaw, Redemption Road: The Quest for Peace and Justice in Liberia (a novel), with a Foreword by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Cotton Tree Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-9800774-0-7)
• Helene Cooper, House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood (Simon & Schuster, 2008, ISBN 0-7432-6624-2)

Viungo vya nje

• Serikali ya Liberia

Liberia travel guide kutoka Wikisafiri

• Chief of State and Cabinet Members Archived 17 Oktoba 2020 at the Wayback Machine.
• Liberia entry at The World Factbook
• Liberia Archived 7 Juni 2008 at the Wayback Machine. from UCB Libraries GovPubs.
• Liberia katika Open Directory Project
• Liberia profile from the BBC News.
• "Liberia Maps", Perry-Castañeda Library, University of Texas at Austin.
• Wikimedia Atlas of Liberia