‘Liberia’ Archives
30-years correspondence between Peyton Skipwith, a former slave to Liberia and his master, John Hartwell Cocke
By: Charles S. Mombo John Hartwell Cocke, a slave master, corresponded with Peyton Skipwith, a slave to in Liberia for 30-years.respondence Peyton Skipwith was born in slavery Bremo's Plantation, Virginia in 1800. At the age of 33, he was released as a freeman by his [Read More]
Did Reps. Jesse Jackson and Ed Royce threatened Liberia with withdrawal of U.S. support?
By Charles S. Mombo @CafeLiberia, #Liberia, @burnedbrass, @charlesSMombo Article Source: Cafe Liberica U.S. Democrat Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr. who represents the 2nd Congressional District of Illinois and U.S. Republican Representative Ed Royce who represents [Read More]
Review of the Center for Contemporary African Art & Culture ‘My Identity’ by Liberian Artist Martin Zeinway
By: Charles S. Mombo @burnedbrass, @charlessmombo Article sponsored by: Chicago-based Search Engine Optimization and Social Media Marketing Consulting Firm Each piece of Zeinway’s work eloquently captures his experience during Liberia’s barbaric civil war in [Read More]
Liberia’s November 8th Runoff Election – Should Liberian Political Parties Merge?
By: Charles S. Mombo @burnedbrass, #Liberia Liberia’s November 8th Runoff Election – Should Liberian Political Parties Merge? According to information obtained from the Liberia’s National Election Commission (NEC) website, partial election results indicates that [Read More]
Chicago Artist Month Presents: Liberian Art Featuring Martin Zeinway’s “My Identity”
Source: Liberian Community Association of Illinois Chicago Artist Month Presents: Liberian Art Featuring Martin Zeinway’s “My Identity” Liberian Artist Martin Meaipa Zeinway The search for one's true identity is humanity's major quest in [Read More]
Johnson-Sirleaf and Tubman, two Harvard graduates, dominate Liberia’s Presidential Election
By: Tolbert Yarkpawolo Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Winston A. Tubman, two Harvard University graduates dominate Liberia's Upcoming Presidential Election Tomorrow, October 11, 2011, the people of Liberia will head to the poll for what some are referring to as Liberia’s [Read More]
LCAI Congratulates 2011 Nobel Laureates Johnson-Sirleaf, Gbowee and Karman
Article Source: Liberian Community Association of Illinois Liberian Community Association of Illinois Congratulates 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman. The Liberian Community Association of Illinois (LCAI) congratulates [Read More]
Liberian Community Association of Illinois prepares to celebrate country’s 164th Anniversary
By: Charles S. Mombo LCAI's website: Liberian Community Association of Illinois (LCAI) LCAI's Twitter Name: LIBinILL LCAI's Twitter Hashtag: #LIBinILL Liberia's president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, a Harvard graduate and the only Black female president. As the [Read More]
Liberian Citizenship–Blacks Only Need Apply
By: Charles S. Mombo @burnedbrass, @charlessmombo #burnedbrass, #Liberia Liberia’s Motto states, "The Love of Liberty Brought Us Here". Having a land of their own was a dream come through for the ex-slaves coming from America. A country of their own was a [Read More]
By 1867 about 18,858 Blacks migrated to Liberia – what states did they come from?
By: Charles S. Mombo In the spring of 1880, a group of 150 African-Americans from Arkansas was living in temporary quarters at Mt. Olivet Baptist Chapel on 37th Street in New York before going to Liberia. Because the ACS had chartered the only ship that regularly went to [Read More]
Alpha Kappa Alpha, AKA, Commits $.5M to Soror, Liberia’s Prez Johnson-Sirleaf
Chicago-based Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., AKA, commits 500,000 to fellow Soror and Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf for the construction of a modern market complex to replace the one currently located at the Red Light. AKA has already made available 0,000 [Read More]
Libya war financially deprived Liberia and Mali
By: Charles S. Mombo Source: Café Liberica #CafeLiberica, @CafeLiberica Operation Odyssey Dawn - US And Allied Forces Strike LibyaThe trigger down effect of the United States, UK, and France’s bombing of Libya and the freezing of billions of dollars of assets [Read More]
The Burke Family – a slave trail from Arlington to Liberia
image: Henry Y. Bonds and family, ca. 1912 Photomural from silver-gelatin print American Colonization Society Papers By: Charles S. Mombo @charlessmombo The Burke Family – a slave trail from Arlington to Liberia In 1802, the first slaves to inhabit Arlington plantation [Read More]
10 former African-American Presidents and Heads of State
President Barack Obama is not the only African-American to become the president of a country. Below are 10 African-Americans who have presided as head of state of a country. The following presidents of Liberia were all America-Americans: President Joseph Jenkins [Read More]
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!As the Republic of Liberia celebrates her 163 birthday today, ChocolateCity.cc wishes to extend a Happy [Read More]
Carpetbaggers and Neer do wells
By: Solomon Vincent Solomon VincentIn a Search for the Truth The young man stood completely erect. He was very tall and had broad shoulders. He could have passed for a small giant. He stared longingly into the horizon, past the white sails of the ships billowing in [Read More]
Is Google mail down today?
Everyone here at ChocolateCity.cc appears to have the same problem. Our Google mail has been down since this morning. Does anyone have the same problem? Please include your city, state and country. SeeMombo.com Bookmark ChocolateCity.cc Hide Sites [Read More]
ChocolateCity Honors Sgt Albert Dono Ware
By: Charles S. Mombo Liberian Born Sergeant Albert Dono Ware from Chicago, Illinois It seems like it was just yesterday when you arrived from Liberia. It seems like it was just yesterday when you graduated from Corliss High School. It seems like it was just yesterday [Read More]
Son of Former Liberian Prez Taylor sentenced
By: Tolbert Yarkpawolo A sketch of Charles Chuckie Taylor in courtCharles "Chuckie" Taylor, 31-year-old, U.S.-born citizen and the son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor Sr. was sentenced Friday to 97 years in prison for charges including torture and [Read More]
