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Momolu Massaquoi (1870-1938), a Prince of the Vai tribe, was among the first indigenous Liberians to study in America. For thirty years he played a...
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Mimor Piwu (c. 1873-1933) was the first paramount chief of Zowolo, Lofa County, Liberia, during the last decade of the 19th century and early years...
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Alfred John Ocansey (1879-September, 1943) was a pioneer businessman, newspaper proprietor, and nationalist politician. The first to introduce the cinema, and other innovations, to the...
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Joseph Fulton Dunbar was born in the city of Greenville, Sinoe County in Liberia on May 12, 1874. His parents were George Augustus and Jerusha...
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Barclay Edwin James, 1882-1955, nephew of Arthur Barclay, was the seventeenth president of the Republic of Liberia. His election as President in 1930 was of...
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At the time when the partitioning of Africa was being completed Arthur Barclay was president of Liberia. The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885, to which Liberia...
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When the colony of Liberia came into existence in 1822, its early days were fraught with hardships and poor leadership. The first leader to emerge...
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Kusi Obodum (ruled 1750-64), sometimes called Kwasi Obodum, was an 18th-century king of Asante who, although reputedly peace-loving by disposition, led Asante in a war...
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Solomon Edmund Odamtten (1897-June 12, 1967) combined a successful career in commerce with active participation in social affairs and played a significant role in national...
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Osei Kwadwo (circa 1740/49?-1777), or Osei Kojo, an 18th-century Asante warrior king, who ruled from 1764-77, continued the aggressive and expansionist policy of Opoku Ware,...
