Liberia continues to rise from the ashes of the Civil War, but it has been a slow climb. The nation will be holding its second real post-war elections in October of this year 2011. Some Liberians are leery that tribal sentiments which played a major role in the destruction of our country may still be too much a part of Liberian politics. It is our prayer and hope that Liberians will divest the upcoming elections of all traces and taints of tribal politics, which pull Liberians to support candidates along ethnic lines, regardless of a candidate's ideas or agenda for the good of the nation as a whole.
As I see it, tribalism is as dangerous and deadly as racism. It is a curse on the African continent. Liberia, and no African nation for that matter, can truly succeed in building "one nation" until the ghastly beast of tribalism is once for all beheaded and buried, never to rise again.
In that vein I found this LiberianForum.com article very helpful: Eye On The 2011 Elections by attorney Johannes Zogbay Zlahn. Take a read.
As I see it, tribalism is as dangerous and deadly as racism. It is a curse on the African continent. Liberia, and no African nation for that matter, can truly succeed in building "one nation" until the ghastly beast of tribalism is once for all beheaded and buried, never to rise again.
In that vein I found this LiberianForum.com article very helpful: Eye On The 2011 Elections by attorney Johannes Zogbay Zlahn. Take a read.
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