I just watched a show on the Travel Channel about Liberia. It makes me very aware of how little I know.
What an awful history that place has had! And yet, they showed some children smiling. Along with Christian church services and voo-doo cults.
They had a terrible civil war. Horrifying. Drugged up child-soldiers, out to kill, and doing so very effectively..
I worked there during the Elections right after the War. Not a pretty place at all....people living in rubble. It's most frustrating because for years Liberia had been hailed as an example of what your be done in Africa. Many more Liberians had education and basic standards of living than most of Africa (Electric lights, and indoor plumbing.) It's hard for them to suddenly be plunged into darkness in so many ways....
Posted by: Katiebell | 07/20/2010 at 06:14 AM
How sad! I had no idea. We are so lucky over here, even with the current state of affairs.
Posted by: Country By Design | 07/20/2010 at 06:47 PM
Katiebell, it makes me wonder what it is that can bring a society to collapse. Here, we tend to worry about which political party be elected, not the dawn of civil violence and war.
Posted by: DoctorD42 | 07/27/2010 at 06:15 AM