Liberia

Fri, 27 Jun 2003 09:56:00 -0400
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The craziness in Liberia is easy to view as little more than another African civil war, but Liberia has a fascinating history and unique culture.

First settled at the organisation of the American Colonial Society in 1822. Initially an American colony with the expressed purpose of repatriating freed slaves. Became an independent republic in 1847. Has been in economic straits since.

In Africa, only it and Ethiopia were never colonised.