1939 History of West Africa





Liberia since 1960



By 1960, most of Liberia's neighbouring colonies have been released into independence. Liberia had a peculiar colonial structure, the country being dominated by the English-speaking element descending from freed American slaves of African origin, while the indigenous Africans had long been marginalized.
In 1980, SAMUEL K. DOE took power in a coup d'etat. The opposition was suppressed, many went into exile. Exile Liberians under CHARLES TAYLOR invaded in 1989; Liberia found itself at civil war. President Doe was assassinated. A regional peacekeeping force, ECOWAS, was dispatched. Only in 1996 did negotiations lead to disarmament and multiparty elections. The estimates for civil war dead range betweem 150,000 and 200,000.






EXTERNAL
FILES 		Liberia, history of, from Infoplease
The Liberian Civil War, 1980-1996, by Joseph K. Tellewoyan, detailed, explicit illustration of violence
Liberia History Timeline, from American Colonization Society Collection, detailed
DOCUMENTS Flag of Liberia, from FOTW
Map of Liberia from UPenn, African Studies
Liberia Archive, from Africa Online, archive of recent articles
REFERENCE Article : Liberia, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1961 p.400, 1962 pp.399-400, 1963 p.519, 1964 p.504, 1965 p.486, 1966 p.464, 1967 pp.476-477, 1968 pp.475-476, 1969 pp.462-463, 1970 p.466, 1971 p.448, 1972 p.415, 1973 pp.412-413, 1974 pp.413-414, 1975 pp.437-438, 1976 p.463, 1977 p.457, 1978 p.494, 1979 pp.487-488, 1980 p.489, 1981 pp.490-491, 1982 p.491, 1983 pp.482-483, 1984 pp.483-484, 1985 pp.468, 724, 1986 pp.462-463, 722, 1987 pp.431, 690, 1988 pp.392, 642, 1989 pp.392, 643, 1990 pp.409, 658, 1991 pp.388, 642, 1992 pp.359-360, 642, 1993 pp.363-364, 652, 1994 pp.362, 653, 1995 pp.438, 653, 1996 pp.436, 653, 1997 pp.445, 651, 2002 pp.457, 657 [G]
Article : Liberia, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1970-1971 pp.1127-1130, 1975-1976 pp.1124-1128, 1976-1977 pp.1123-1128, 1978-1979 pp.783-787, 1979-1980 pp.787-791, 1980-1981 pp.790-794, 1981-1982 pp.793-797, 1983-1984 pp.787-791, 1984-1985 pp.789-792, 1985-1986 pp.791-794, 1986-1987 pp.791-794, 1987-1988 pp.795-798, 1988-1989 pp.797-800, 1989-1990 pp.806-809, 1990-1991 pp.807-810, 1991-1992 pp.808-811, 1992-1993 pp.888-891, 1993-1994 pp.883-886, 1994-1995 pp.877-880, 1995-1996 pp.873-876, 1996-1997 pp.822-825, 1997-1998 pp.835-838, 1998-1999 pp.895-898, 2000 pp.1021-1024, 2001 pp.997-1000, 2002 pp.1039-1042, 2003 pp.1041-1044, 2004 pp.1047-1050, 2005 pp.1053-1056, 2006 pp.1053-1056 [G]
Article : Liberia, in : The World in Figures 1st ed. 1976 pp.75-76, 2nd ed. 1978 pp.75-76, 4th ed. 1984 pp.75-76 [G]
Entry : Republic of Liberia, Cabinet, p.60; Background Notes : Liberia, pp.818-821, in : Countries of the World and their Leaders Yearbook, 2003 [G]
Article : Liberia, in : Americana Annual 1961 p.426, 1962 pp.424-425, 1963 pp.392-393, 1964 pp.389-390, 1965 p.408, 1967 p.412, 1968 p.409, 1969 p.419, 1970 p.417, 1971 p.407, 1972 p.406, 1973 p.406 [G]
Entry : Liberia, pp.656-659 in : IMF, International Financial Statistics Yearbook 2001 [G]



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