Posts Tagged ‘Monrovia’
Tupac Shakur: I know who shot me, only death can stop me and my music will live forever.
By Charles S. Mombo Tupac Shakur: I know who shot me, only death can stop me and my music will live forever. The controversial but yet talented hip-hop rapper and actor, in my opinion, was on a mission. The life and death of Tupac Amaru Shakur reminds me of a William [Read More]
Separated at Birth by Armand Scott shows at Gene Siskel Int’l Black Harvest Film Festival
Armand Scott is the producer and director of Separated at Birth. Despite his very busy schedule, we had the opportunity to sit and talk with Armand Scott. Scott is the producer and director of Separated at Birth. An inner-city drama, Separated at Birth, is about an [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]
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]
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]
Nora Musu Art
Ms. Nora MusuBorn in Madison, Wisconsin to Liberian parents, Nora Musu’s art and life experience epitomize a multiculturalism that transcends boundaries or specific styles. Nora was always surrounded by art and influential artists and trained under Cietta David [Read More]
