The Republic of Liberia Celebrates her 163th Birthday

As the Republic of Liberia celebrates her 163 birthday today, ChocolateCity.cc wishes to extend a Happy Independence Day to the country and all Liberians around the world!

Thanks to the courageous efforts in 1820 by the founding fathers – the African-American slaves who shifted their paradigms from slaves to free men and women. To avoid a reversal from owners to slave, the Liberian Constitution states, only “A person who is Negro, or of Negro descent,” can become a citizen.

On July 26, 1847, Liberia became the FIRST independent country in Africa and the first country with a Black female president. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is Liberia's current president.

Liberia is the only country in West Africa, without roots in European's greed and destructive scramble for Africa's resources. The country was founded and colonized by freed American slaves with the help of an organization, American Colonization Society.

BET founder and chairman, Bob Johnson, luxury resort in Monrovia, Liberia. RLJ Kendeja Resort & Villas sits on 13 acres of oceanfront property overlooking the Atlantic.

Liberia has three branches of government and is modeled after that of the United States. Liberia's name is a somewhat unorthodox derivative from Latin 'liber' ('free'). Its capital city, Monrovia, is named after President James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States.

Liberia is located on the west coast of Africa, bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, and the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2008 Census, the county's population was 3.5 million. At 43,000 sq/mi, Liberia is approximately the size of the state of Mississippi.

A view from BET founder and chairman, Bob Johnson’s hotel, RLJ Kendeja Resort & Villas which sits on 13 acres of oceanfront property overlooking the Atlantic.

Liberia is the only country in West Africa, without roots in the European's destructive scramble for Africa's resources. It was founded and colonized by freed American slaves with the help of an organization, American Colonization Society.