This week’s show featured the last of a three-panel series presented by Boston University’s African Studies Center and the African Presidential Archives and Research Center on “Rebuilding Liberia.”
The participant speakers in this final discussion were Federation of Liberian Community Associations of Massachusetts President Richard Saydee, Northeastern University professor Bleidi Stemn and Boston University professor John [...]

This week’s show featured the second of three panel discussions presented by Boston University’s African Studies Center and the African Presidential Archives and Research Center on “Rebuilding Liberia.”
The talk, entitled “Reinventing Liberia,” features Rev. Dr. Thomas Hayden, former Liberian missionary and school teacher, and current head of the Society of African Missions; Dr. Patrick Seyon, [...]

This week’s show featured the first of three panel discussions presented by Boston University’s African Studies Center and the African Presidential Archives and Research Center on “Rebuilding Liberia.”
The discussion looked at Liberia’s historical background and the panelists were: Dr. Patrick Seyon, former president of the University of Liberia; Dr. John Gay, who has written and [...]

George Washington once said that slavery was his “only unavoidable subject of regret.” Though he bought and sold slaves during his life and even helped to protect the practice through the U.S. Constitution, many have said that his attitudes changed while commanding both black and white soldiers during the American Revolution, and that in the [...]