Monrovia, Liberia
[Photo credit: tweefur under a Creative Commons license]
A recently launched website LiberiaPedia.com provides internet users around the world free access to several rich collections of facts and stories on Liberia. The site features four databases, with others to be added: a collection of 100+ folk tales from the 1950s; an index of actions taken by the Liberian legislature between 1847 and 1940; a glossary of Liberian slangs and idioms; and a database on 15,000+ African-Americans who emigrated to Liberia between 1820 and 1904.
via Dr. C. Patrick Burrowes
Associate Professor of Humanities and Communications
Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg
Suggested Books (US)
- Languages of Liberia: Kru Languages, English Language, Jabo Language, Grebo Language, Kissi Language, Liberian English, Vai Language
- Culture and Customs of Liberia (Culture and Customs of Africa)
Suggested Books (UK)
- Languages of Liberia: Kru Languages, English Language, Jabo Language, Grebo Language, Kissi Language, Liberian English, Vai Language
- Culture and Customs of Liberia (Culture & Customs of Africa)
[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Earl Burrowes, Sr. , SocioLingo Africa. SocioLingo Africa said: [Blog] Africa Free Resource : Liberia Digital Archives http://bit.ly/b5ib8q [...]
RT @sociolingo: [Blog] Africa Free Resource : Liberia Digital Archives http://www.sociolingo.com/2010/06/africa...