Six things Donald Trump should know after he praised Joseph Boakai’s ‘good English’

US President Donald Trump praised Liberian President Joseph Boakai for talking “Good English” and asked him where he went.

What Trump may have missed is that Liberia shares a unique and long -standing connection with the US.

English is the official language of the country and speaks to many Liberian USA with the American accent because of these historical ties.

It may be the accent that Trump undertakes.

Six things you need to know about the West African country:

Liberia was founded in 1847 by African-American slaves who were released in 1822 before proclaiming independence.

Thousands of black Americans and rescued Africans who were rescued from Transatlantic slave ships settled in Liberia during the colonial period.

Former US President Abraham Lincoln officially declared Liberia’s independence in 1862, but the country maintained the US heritage and remained in the American “influence”.

Due to this integration, the Liberian culture has a strong African-American effect with a strong African culture with ground signs and institutions.

Ten of the 26 presidents of Liberia were born in the United States.

The grandchildren of these free slaves, known as the Americans, have dominated the country for more than 100 years.

This was angered by some indigenous liberians and the last president of this community William Tolbert He was overthrown and killed in a coup in 1980.

They make up about a quarter of the population, According to Britannica websiteHe says more than two dozens of languages ​​are spoken in the country.

President Boakai would speak as a mother tongue before learning English from the ethnic group and at school.

Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, was elected in honor of America’s fifth President James Monroe, a strong supporter of the American Colonization Association (ACS).

ACS was responsible for re -establishing African Americans released in West Africa – which eventually led to the establishment of Liberia.

In a not surprising way, the city’s early architecture was greatly influenced by American -style buildings.

Many streets in Monrovia were named after the colonial American figures reflecting the establishment and historical ties of the city with the USA.

The main hospital of the city is called John F Kennedy Medical Center (JFKMC) bearing the name of the former US president.

The Liberian flag is very similar to the American flag. 11 alternative red and white strips and a single white star blue square.

The white star symbolizes Liberia as the first independent republic in Africa.

The US flag has 13 lines representing 13 original colonies and 50 stars, one for each state.

The flag of Liberia was designed by seven black women, all of them born in America.

Timothy Weah, son of former President of Liberia George Weah, an American professional footballer who plays for the Italian football club Juventus and the US national team.

The 25-year-old was born in the USA, but he started his professional career with Paris St-Germain in France, where the Scottish team won the title of Ligue 1 before lending to Celtic.

His father, George, was the Liberian football legend who won Ballon D’Or while playing Juventus’s Italian rivals AC Milan in 1995. He was the only African winner of this award and continued to be elected president in 2018.

Liberia produced Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first elected female president of Africa.

In 2005, he was elected two years after the end of the country’s bloody civil war and served as President until 2018.

Johnson Sirleaf went to Harvard University, where he had a strong American history and later graduated as an economist.

During his administration, he received recognition and praise worldwide to maintain peace.

The story is drawn with remarkable challenges and courage features.

In 2011, he won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to further advance women’s rights with Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karmān.

In 2016, Forbes listed him among the most powerful women in the world.

Plantation that measures 185 miles (479 km2) belongs to Firestone Liberia, a subsidiary of the US TYRE.

It was founded in 1926 – access to rubber at a time when the product was controlled by the UK.

Firestone continues to be the largest private employer in Liberia with more than 4,000 workers.

The company is accused of violations of human rights that have returned to the establishment of the rubber industry in Liberia. In 2006, a UN report on Liberia’s rubber industry said: “Plantation workers are subjected to dangerous working conditions without adequate training or security equipment.

“Many workers… Fair wages or equal wages and no right to strike. Child labor is often used in plantations.” He said.

Firestone has always rejected such allegations and in 2011, a US court was cleared by the use of child labor.

Rubber continues to be one of Liberia’s biggest exports and the largest US market.

Foreign Minister Sara Beysolow Nanti rejected a strange moment, saying that there was a lack of understanding “about the languages ​​that people around the world speak in Africa and describe as a” multilingual continent “.

“Liberia has an American-British intonation, and I believe that President Trump has heard something familiar to the way President Boakai speaks, which is different from the way others talk on the continent,” “Liberia has an American-British intonation.

Im We weren’t uncomfortable, dedi he added that there was a debate about the common history of the two countries, far from TV cameras.

But there was a mixed reaction between the other Liberians.

40 -year -old accountant Joseph Manley said Trump should be informed properly before meeting with Liberia’s leader.

“Liberia has always been a country that is spoken in English. Our president represents a country with a rich education tradition.”

Henrietta Peter-Mogballah for human resources professionals reflects a broader problem with the Global ignorance about the African countries and peoples in African countries and peoples.

“From travel experiences and observations, most of the other nations other than Africa do not know much about African countries,” he said. “A little bit of a little bit, minds of war narratives, poverty and lack of education are clouded.”

However, lawyer and politician Kanio Gala admitted that he did not mean insulting the Foreign Minister.

“I believe that the statement of President Trump is a real compliment about President Boakai’s English order,” he told the BBC. He said. He continued: “There is no evidence of sarcasticism. Reading as disrespectful can reflect political agendas.”