The Liberian Echo https://liberianecho.com a tapestry of voices from Africa's first republic Thu, 01 Dec 2016 12:14:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Land of My Fathers: A Review https://liberianecho.com/land-of-my-fathers-a-review/ https://liberianecho.com/land-of-my-fathers-a-review/#respond Wed, 30 Nov 2016 05:46:42 +0000 http://liberianecho.com/?p=3330 Land of My Fathers is the latest novel by Liberian-born author, Vamba Sherif, to be published in English. First written and published in Dutch in 1999, Land of My Fathers is Vamba's first novel. A tour de force literary journey to Liberia's incipient years of nationhood, it is a sanguine story of friendship and mutual respect among Liberia's disparate people.

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]]> https://liberianecho.com/land-of-my-fathers-a-review/feed/ 0 Land of My Fathers: A Literary Journey Through Time With Vamba Sherif, Liberia’s Most Successful Novelist https://liberianecho.com/land-of-my-fathers-literary-journey-time-vamba-sherif/ https://liberianecho.com/land-of-my-fathers-literary-journey-time-vamba-sherif/#respond Fri, 04 Nov 2016 12:07:33 +0000 http://liberianecho.com/?p=3282 Vamba Sherif is Liberia's most successful novelist. In this exhaustive interview, Vamba talks about Land of My Fathers, his first novel, which has now been published in English and much more.

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]]> https://liberianecho.com/land-of-my-fathers-literary-journey-time-vamba-sherif/feed/ 0 The Ghost of July 29, 1990 https://liberianecho.com/ghost-july-29-1990/ https://liberianecho.com/ghost-july-29-1990/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2016 11:52:12 +0000 http://liberianecho.com/?p=3270 The story of the Liberian civil war remains incomplete when the horrific memory of the massacre at the St. Peter’s Lutheran Church is omitted. In the early morning hours of July 29, 1990, cowards-in-arms stormed the sacred edifice of the St. Peter’s Lutheran Church and murdered scores of men, women and children in cold blood. Eye witnesses’ accounts speak of the sounds of machetes, gunshots and screams...

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]]> https://liberianecho.com/ghost-july-29-1990/feed/ 2 Maher, Black Rain In Bomi: A Liberian Civil War Movie About A Forgotten Massacre https://liberianecho.com/maher-black-rain-bomi-liberian-civil-war-movie-forgotten-massacre/ https://liberianecho.com/maher-black-rain-bomi-liberian-civil-war-movie-forgotten-massacre/#respond Tue, 09 Aug 2016 07:44:36 +0000 http://liberianecho.com/?p=3246 On July 18, 2002 in Tubmanburg, Bomi County, hundreds of unarmed civilians, including women, children and babies, were trucked to a bridge over the Maher River, where they were massacred. Maher, Black Rain in Bomi is a film adaptation of that tragic incident.

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]]> https://liberianecho.com/maher-black-rain-bomi-liberian-civil-war-movie-forgotten-massacre/feed/ 0 A Revolution of Culinary Proportions: Enjoy Gourmet African Food With A Click of Your Mouse https://liberianecho.com/a-revolution-of-culinary-proportions-enjoy-gourmet-african-food-with-a-click-of-your-mouse/ https://liberianecho.com/a-revolution-of-culinary-proportions-enjoy-gourmet-african-food-with-a-click-of-your-mouse/#respond Tue, 26 Jul 2016 04:01:06 +0000 http://liberianecho.com/?p=3145 A culinary revolution is underway in America. Its goal is to cast an ambrosial spell that will whet the palates of all and sundry with delectable gourmet African food. The epicurean general behind this revolution is Liberian-born executive chef, Thalmus Y. Hare.

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]]> https://liberianecho.com/a-revolution-of-culinary-proportions-enjoy-gourmet-african-food-with-a-click-of-your-mouse/feed/ 0 Liberia, Africa’s First Republic, Celebrates 169 Years of Independence: Abiding In ‘The Glow of One Common Cordiality’ https://liberianecho.com/liberia-africas-first-republic-celebrates-169-years-independence-abiding-glow-one-common-cordiality/ https://liberianecho.com/liberia-africas-first-republic-celebrates-169-years-independence-abiding-glow-one-common-cordiality/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2016 04:00:45 +0000 http://liberianecho.com/?p=3141 On July 26, 1865, just a few months after the end of the American Civil War on May 9, the reverberations of that bloody conflict, ignited by the issue of slavery in the US and the rights of its people of African ancestry, did not go unfelt in the fledgling nation of Liberia, which was […]

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]]> https://liberianecho.com/liberia-africas-first-republic-celebrates-169-years-independence-abiding-glow-one-common-cordiality/feed/ 4 Catching Ricebirds: A Story of Letting Vengeance Go | A Review https://liberianecho.com/catching-ricebirds-a-story-of-letting-vengeance-go/ https://liberianecho.com/catching-ricebirds-a-story-of-letting-vengeance-go/#respond Fri, 24 Jun 2016 11:38:49 +0000 http://liberianecho.com/?p=3100 Catching Ricebirds: A Story of Letting Vengeance Go is an intensely engrossing autobiography by Liberian-born author, Marcus Doe, which tells the story about how his childhood innocence was ruthlessly shattered by the civil war that consumed his nation and his long struggle to come to terms with his tragic past before finally finding redemption through forgiveness and his faith in God.

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]]> https://liberianecho.com/chicken-t-sweet-official-video/feed/ 0 Two Liberian Legislators Face Off In Cussing Match https://liberianecho.com/two-liberian-legislators-face-off-in-cussing-match/ https://liberianecho.com/two-liberian-legislators-face-off-in-cussing-match/#respond Fri, 24 Jun 2016 11:36:11 +0000 http://liberianecho.com/?p=3105 A video from the producers of PRIME TV in Monrovia, Liberia showing two Liberian legislators facing off in a cussing match. The two representatives, Lester Paye and Edward Forh, walked out of session on June 7, 2016 and confronted each other in verbal battle as Prime TV camera followed them and recorded the whole confrontation.

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]]> https://liberianecho.com/two-liberian-legislators-face-off-in-cussing-match/feed/ 0 Jack and Joe in Accra (Official Trailer) https://liberianecho.com/jack-joe-in-accra-official-trailer/ https://liberianecho.com/jack-joe-in-accra-official-trailer/#respond Fri, 24 Jun 2016 11:35:38 +0000 http://liberianecho.com/?p=3114 Jack and Joe in Accra (Official Trailer)Reader Rating 1 VoteJack and Joe in Accra is a movie about two Liberian refugees who leave the Buduburam camp in search of greener pastures but the modernization of Accra makes it difficult for them to cope. They get stranded and a Ghanaian decides to take them in his […]

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