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Liberia:
America´s Stepchild |
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200 years after the first Africans were transported against their will, their
descendants sailed back to the land of their ancestors. Soon, thousands of
freeborn blacks and former slaves settled on Africa's west coast, in what would
become Liberia. This documentary from Liberian filmmaker Nancee Oku Bright and
veteran WGBH producer Zvi Dor-Ner follows the parallel stories of America's
relationship with the African republic of Liberia — created with the backing
of the American Colonization Society and the US government as a home for former
slaves and freeborn blacks — and the settlers' relationship with the
indigenous people.
The film also explores Liberia's evolution as Africa's first independent republic, the nurturing of its international diplomatic relations, and the causes of the turmoil and strife that have ravaged the country since 1980. |
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