Flomo: Majon, hellooo. How you doing? Majon: Alright. You looking happy today oh. What happened? Flomo: My girl, my sister in America said she will help me with my business. She was going to send me $700 US to open my shop. Majon: That good news. Thank God for her. Flomo: Wait, the story […]
Lord: You are very quiet Liberia. What’s on your mind? OML: Lord, hmmm. It is very loud here. My children are preparing for elections. I am worried about them, and the choices they make. Lord: What do they vote for? OML: There are many factors. Feelings, hatred, slogans, characters, empty promises, and more. Lord: […]
Lord: Liberia, why are you crying? OML: I am pathetic. I am a disappointment. My children are dying. My young children especially, while in their prime. Their lives cut short. Their stories ended. Like Rachael, I refuse to be comforted. Lord: You will be comforted in time. They cannot come back to you, but […]
OML: I need help. You have to help me. Please! Lord: Whatever it is, I am sure I have given you the answers. OML: Really? I have not gotten any answers. Lord: Ok, what is your need? OML: I want to grow, develop, prosper, and be counted among the nations. Lord: It is 2020. […]
Liberian English is a kind of broken English that is spoken by a majority of Liberians. It is sometimes called Simple English or Waterside English. Centuries ago, natives of the Grain Coast who worked on British vessels, or traded with the British, spoke a corrupt form of English. The Settlers from the United States also […]
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A US charity working with young girls in Monrovia, failed to protect them from an employee who raped and infected some of the girls with HIV. Read the full story in this Pro Publica and Time Magazine report. Source By Finlay Young for ProPublica. Photography by Kathleen Flynn, special to ProPublica. October 11, 2018. This […]
This adaptation of the Story of Jesus from the Gospel of Luke has a Bassa language voiceover. Now Bassa speakers can watch this story of Jesus in their own tongue. Please play this for your children and your elderly parents, and let us appreciate our Liberian languages.