What is mind-blowing about the unraveling of the corrupt and nepotistic government system that held the country? Anyway, they set up a time bomb which eventually exploded and here we are today.

@@nelsonwright7296 it’s mind-blowing to see how the “freed slaves” from North America arrived in Africa and essentially became slave-masters themselves in all but name. Right down to the plantation architecture. when I was taught about Liberia in school it was usually just a sentence or two in passing, and they always made it seem as if everyone assimilated and got along with each other very well.

Meanwhile this was America in the 80s kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o7-firaWy9KliZ8.html

@@ShottaKenya explain slave masters? Since slavery was illegal in Liberia and only Black people can own land

Slavery was very much still going on up until at least 1926. The League of Nations made a report that year about how Liberia was one of the few nations to still have slavery. Now slavery might have been illegal on paper but it wasn’t enforced. The bad report caused the Liberian president to resign. That’s how there were slave masters.

They’re more like normal Africans with power. Very common but I know you’d like to connect this to whites.

The Great Liberian problem: which year did it started. After watching all videos, including this one, I sincerely believe the great Liberian problem started on December 24, 1989, the beginning of the Liberian civil war. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p7CKdsWr0Zquno0.html

@@warldorwessarnoelt3936 they are a elitist group of colonizers. Like the apartheid government in South Africa or Rhodesia.

Absolutely xx love you nerdy girl. You're appreciated as a beautiful historian too xx. From us both in 😮 Handsworth Birmingham UK , what area are you from xxx

@@danandlaura707you of Liberian heritage? I’m from London mums Liberian

It wasn’t colonized by whites and it shows. N Africa, there is nothing where there was never whites. No one cares about how offended you are.

It's such a horrible piece of "journalism".

@@NoahBodze oh common now. You know nothing about Ghana,Mauritius or Rwanda. I wonder why you want to push a one-sided narrative.

@@NoahBodzeWas Ethiopia colonized by the brutes! Isn't Ethiopia better off than most of those colonized countries? Educate yourself otherwise you are a biological waste of space. Your response makes it clear that you care otherwise why are you pissed?

With context I think he means in the other countries that were colonize they built up the countries the helped with infrastructure health care etc. Liberia got none of that from America.

Thank u very much

He is right, it’s Geolocation is NorthEast. In Africa it’s west, but it’s east of America.

@@harrygeorge5918 No, he's not! when you r giving reports. you mentioned the exact point. not where it suits you! Again, and again...LIBERIA, IS ON THE WEST COST, OF AFRICA! SHARING BOADERS, WITH IVORY COAST, GUINEA, AND SIERRA LEONE.

@@King-Kende ThIs guy should pay for the CORRECT ANSWER

@@harrygeorge5918 ..then he should have told us on the EAST COAST of AMERICA.

Yeah, just made a comment along those lines. Democracy is the best tool at present that eliminates pure dictatorship despite its loopholes or flaws. Unfortunately democracy for America means easy pickings.

@George Horace Never said I knew the man. Never ever even met or saw him. I said he SEEMED to have been involved in the occult. The video is right here for everyone to watch and listen to his words. I didn't say that. His very own words speak for him! So, whether he was involved in witchcraft or not is something that everyone is intelligent enough to judge for himself after watching the video.

@George Horace Yes, I 100% agree with you that we are what we are because of our deep involvement with witchcraft. You cannot serve the devil and expect to receive God's blessings. People are still doing human sacrifice and ritualistic killings for power, riches, and fame. The more blood we shed, the more cursed the land becomes. And we wonder why we can't progress or prosper?

@@patrickjohnson4656 Yes you're right bro. Most of them served devils even ignorantly. Devil will never come to you and say I'm devil follow me, no not even the most atrocious person will follow him. Deceit is the game of the devil. We have very good upbringings but to failed to consolidate, our foundational Leaders took the whites for their god...

@@smithfair6464 Thanks very much.

It's everywhere. There's more to the story. As of why it was destroyed.

Not only that, the US could have helped Liberia, its "stepchild" to avoid the civil war that caused so much suffering and destruction but it did nothing.

IDGAF about Liberia.

@@gabrielledennis4103 that's because the USA is behind the war

While I agree somewhat, the same could be said about Britain, Spain, and France regarding the US. It’s funny how until recently they all said they didn’t have a race issue yet they caused racial issues all over the world. Slavery was the legacy brought and left by Britain, France, and Spain. That’s just North America mind you.

@@gabrielledennis4103 Agree with you as a white american. least we could have done. hope the US gets it's stuff together and changes it's horrible diplomacy with the African continent.

You being long gone - Sharon 😊

George Horace as long as those native Liberians are in charge Liberia will never rise again

FlameReelz2k I agreed with you 💯 George!! Since Doe’s days Liberia has sunk! When Ellen took over Liberia moved a bit forward!!!

@@jameskiawu4210 bullshit. she destroyed the military outpost. Stop looking down at the people that enable you to be here. You cannot succeed by ignoring 98%.

Maredyg Duygu well I don’t seem to understand the point Duygu... 😊Imma just leaves it hanging.

What they cried for they perpetuated on others

The Great Liberian problem: which year did it started. After watching all videos, including this one, I sincerely believe the great Liberian problem started on December 24, 1989, the beginning of the Liberian civil war. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p7CKdsWr0Zquno0.html

Wrong we stoped the slave trade there and Sierra Leone the tribes were selling each ither before we came and you have to look at who made this 🎥.

@Xenate Devereaux my dear I don't know how and where you got your info but I know exactly what I'm talking about because I am a native of Liberia and my ancestors suffered at the hands of the "free slaves" or as we call them "the congo." They took children from their parents all in the name of helping them but instead treated them horribly - don't get me wrong, some where nice. Children in the care or as we say back home, living with the Congo people- were force to carry their names on grounds that the indigenous' names were too "country." They did other horrible things as well thats why, when the coup toke place in 1980, the natives went after the Congos who happened the be the ruling establishment at the time and even some natives were also targeted because of their names. After what happened in the 80s people started changing their names back to their forefathers'. We are not talking about some report made by league of nation, what do you expect them to do, say the truth? How many truths have been told concerning Africa?

@@paulettainnocent8317 anyone who claims they know the complete truth is kidding themselves (we're talking about events that happened over 200 years ago). What we do know is men are capable of doing horrific things to gain money and power. The end result is civil war that has completely decimated Liberia. If there a hell on earth, it's the slums of Monrovia. It makes south side Chicago, Detroit look like Disneyland

The funny thing is I'm liberian and I can always tell the difference between the typical americo liberian accent vs the indigenous liberian accent.but yes liberia is the only nation with a similar culture to American, especially African american. Unless you count countries like Canada and some central American countries.

@@vaimende are you happy with being associated with American history just asking

@@Youngcarter354 it doesnt make a difference to me either way, was just pointing out facts about liberian culture.

@@vaimende would you say Liberia as a nation has a similar culture to African Americans or America or just the Americo-Liberians?

@@Ronaldo-rt7hl yes especially during this era and evan today and at first it was just the americo liberian population but after time then whole country pretty much adopted the same values, the people living in urban areas but not so much the rural population, I would say today the culture is still americanised but many of the younger generation are starting to embrace african culture more so from nigerian and Ghanaian culture due to those countries doing well entertainment wise etc

I agree, they had over 150 years to establish something not easily destroyed from within. Do you know Liberia didnt even have a million people in 1950? How can you drop the ball and not have a well educated country by 1980. Just to keep the money in your little group? It was so shortsighted. They just thought they had succesfully supressed the natives that none of the Black Equal Rights and Independence movements or constant African coups would have any effect on their system. ACS was not a government but an organization and the settlement that became Liberia was their first project. They were just as inexperienced as the black settlers, just with a bit more education and the funding.

What the Hell you expect after the being robbed of the knowledge of self.There was no Black Nationalism understanding then. Different day now.

I can understand tubman, but funny how u said that about tolbert, Despite the nepotism, He got killed along with his brother stephen for trying to make "change".

What happened to him?

@@supersampio He was killed when Doe took over in the coup.

@@supersampio thrown out of a plane

And newscasters safely flown away

Is Benedict tolbert alive?

@@sonyabell4573 who killed him and was this 1980 as well?

What are you talking it collapsed

Independence was 1847

@Thegigadykid they should man up and fix their country , it's not only them that faught civil war in Africa

@@kingsleyanyadiegwu6105 Facts.

@@kingsleyanyadiegwu6105 14 years of war

I know ...Very insulting and biased. I don't think the Liberians this reporter interviewed knew he was going to use this documentary to ridicule them and Liberia as well as its people. He didn't have anything positive to say about Liberia and Liberians. Ironic how it took place a bit before this poor country was to fall apart. We need one that shows the positive side not just the negative side.

Very racist

he is saying that Liberia had a lot of American culture. It was a "colony" of America.

@@titokrish8936 That’s not what he said. I quoted what he said. If you’re saying that was his intent then there were other words to communicate that message.

​@@gabrielledennis4103maybe he was saying that the grandchildren of the former slaves were now mimicking the characters of their white masters by looking down on natives.

Sierra Leone to the northwest, Guinea to the north, and Ivory Coast to the east

Sickening.

Black Americans will cry about the term reverse racism.

@@Moorsho Shutup

“Their own people” sold their ancestors into slavery in the first place, and even repeatedly attacked Liberian settlers during the initial resettlement of America-Liberians

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Very ignorant of him

Don’t mind that fool

@ThirdeyeStrike wats ur point ?

@ThirdeyeStrike u dont assume nonsense on behave of me I have a mind of my own. Now be gone with the Foolery 🙄

@@luscuenkhodish8353😂😂😂

Exactly....how can we take it seriously when they can't even get the simple geography correct.

Yet he thinks he knows because he is white 🤣😂

Why do you say that? Because it speaks the truth?

@@loleoncy321 to you is nepotism a good thing for a government of a country?

@@forstilialdweh2362 Didn't say it is

@@forstilialdweh2362 your country is a joke after Tolbert

I know right

Dang bastards

Before the earth shifted 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

100% agree with you... Really sad

@@kassimkamagate6741 Omg, If only these folks could have shared the wealth, could you imagine how powerful Liberia would be?

@@suzycarmichael933 Yes, Liberia had potential. Hope Liberia truly becomes the America of Africa.

Oh so sad!!! Sadder than the 100000s of dead!!! Look at Sierra Leone same shit would’ve happened you numbskull

@@jestinmathew4503 Doe was a fucking nightmare and if you look at Liberia today it is the same as 1970s

You read that book? I sure did.Nice book

I've read it several times... it's a good read!

That's so interesting. When did her grandmother pass?

@@vaimende I honestly don't know.

I read that book too.

Thought I was the only one that picked that up

I am from there where is mistakenly pick up....!!!.

One person held all these positions

@@arvinpareftsid2039 Really?

He was marked for death as soon as he mentioned Uniting the whole of Africa The Colonizers don't wanna hear or see a United Africa

@@blazingbomba6137 nope he was drunk with power

And he got served by the people of PRC(master sergeant Samuel kanyon Doe and his bunch of guys)

prince Johnson got away with that too

@@brandonjablasone7544 yes the Nimba prince(as i personally call him) did a great and fantastic job!And now Liberia is enjoying real democracy. And i think that i can make up my mind that it is definitely over with dictatorship rule in that part of Africa; i want to believe it my God!

Arrogant, egotistical

“Americo Liberians”😂😂😂

Right they didn't discovered shit they only founders of its government native people were already living in Liberia its their country they had a different name for Liberia

I know right? He even went there in person and nobody corrected him before this aired?

Yes there are americo liberians in liberia, some left In the 80s but like every other tribe in liberia,they are still around. There is some who have intermarried but many of those children tend to identify as being americo liberians, especially the ones who have americo fathers and they often end up marrying americos or other people who also have a mixed americo and indigenous background

@@vaimendeVery good information. You've educated me. Thank you. I love cultural and identity issues. Another question...given the fact that americo liberians ruled from the 19th century until the 1980's are they still economically at the top of Liberian society?

@@ambu1822 yeah kinda, Urey family the most powerful family, Coopers and Campbell's still there too.

Some nations are actually moving forward now in Africa. From what I have read about Liberia is that they are moving slowly forward too. I have no idea if it is caused by the investments of China but Africa deserves a chance to become a great continent.

The nightmare was there since those free slaves touched down on the soil of what was to be called Liberia 🇱🇷

the what?

@Sniper250 Goloit, and in your composmentis mindset the government of the so-called aboriginals that are currently ripping off the country's natural resources for their personal aggrandizement while concomitantly keeping the downtrodden in perpetual destitution are far better than the AA ( African American ) is that what you're insinuating?!

They are flocking to Ghana now. As long as the Ghanaians keep tha AA out of the government everything should be ok.

The same nightmare as the white owners of Africa, African resources

@@bigbillybadass AA is short for African American I guess they think all African Americans are inherently bad

That is somehow true. Mixed African and Indian.

@Jason Okafor there was a time it was developed but it was limited to centre.

@Jason Okafor You sound like a complete waste of space.

Liberia had small periods of economic stability. Mostly before global mass industrialization pre-1870’s and after World War 2, until the coup in 1980. Otherwise, for the natives it was always an uphill battle even after citizenship was gained in 1904.

@@lait3967 well, even after 1980 it lasted a bit. Until that scandal with 3M was popped. Yes, it was never a continuous success story.

@@maredygduygu5243 yes people keep saying liberia civil war started in 1980 which is a lie because liberia was still a great country, evan during the so called Samuel doe era, yes there was a couple, but the country was fairly stable during the whole 80s, it wasn't until the 90s when the real war started.

Wow!!!

But this documentary has a disrespectful undertones 😒

Wtf u talking bout goofy

In many ways, it does