Sayings of Liberian origin
When building a house, don’t measure the timbers in the forest.
To the patient man will come all the riches of the world.
Though the palm tree in the jungle is big, who knows how big its yield will be?
The elephant never gets tired of carrying its tusks.
Smoke does not affect honeybees alone; honey-gatherers are also affected.
Only when the tree is big and strong can you tether a cow to it.
Let your love be like the misty rain, coming softly, but flooding the river.
If you try to cleanse others – like soap, you will waste away in the process!
If the walls were adamant, gold would take the town.
If the townspeople are happy, look for the cook.
Good millet is known at the harvest.
Every time an old man dies it is as if a library has burnt down.
Don’t look where you fell, but where you slipped.
Do not eat your chicken and throw its feathers in the front yard.
A little rain each day will fill the rivers to overflowing.
A bird is in the air but its mind is on the ground.
The Republic of Liberia
Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. Liberia means “Land of the Free” in Latin. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to its west, Guinea to its north and Ivory Coast to its east. It covers an area of 111,369 square kilometres (43,000 sq mi) and is home to 4,503,000 people.
English is the official language and over 20 indigenous languages are spoken. Forests on the coastline are composed mostly of salt-tolerant mangrove trees while the more sparsely populated inland has forests opening onto a plateau of drier grasslands. The climate is equatorial, with significant rainfall during the May–October rainy season and harsh harmattan winds the remainder of the year. Liberia possesses about forty percent of the remaining Upper Guinean rainforest.
Monrovia is the capital city of the West African country of Liberia. Located on the Atlantic Coast at Cape Mesurado. Monrovia is the country’s most populous city.(An excerpt from Wikipedia)
“All Hail, Liberia, Hail!” is the national anthem of Liberia.
Liberoa National Anthem ( English Lyrics):
All hail, Liberia, hail! (All hail!)
All hail, Liberia, hail! (All hail!)
This glorious land of liberty,
Shall long be ours.
Though new her name,
Great be her fame,
And mighty be her powers,
And mighty be her powers.
In joy and gladness,
With our hearts united,
We’ll shout the freedom,
Of a race benighted.
Long live Liberia, happy land!
A home of glorious liberty,
By God’s command!
A home of glorious liberty,
By God’s command!
All hail, Liberia, hail! (All hail!)
All hail, Liberia, hail! (All hail!)
In union strong success is sure.
We cannot fail!
With God above,
Our rights to prove,
We will o’er all prevail,
We will o’er all prevail!
With heart and hand our country’s cause defending,
We’ll meet the foe with valour unpretending.
Long live Liberia, happy land!
A home of glorious liberty,
By God’s command!
A home of glorious liberty,
By God’s command!