Liberia's American Shadow (rerun)

<p>Quite often – and misleadingly, Liberia is referred to as one of the only two African countries that were not colonised. Whilst Liberia was not carved up by Europeans in the Scramble for Africa, the country was actually founded by the American colonisation society, and many freed black Americans were sent to live in Liberia, despite living in America for generations. These black Americans and their descendants ended up controlling and colonising indigenous Liberians for over 100 years.</p> <p>This episode originally aired in May 2020.</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>Follow us on IG: itsacontinentpod and Twitter: itsacontinent. It&#39;s a Continent (published by Coronet) is available to purchase: <a href="http://itsacontinent.com/book">itsaco</a><a href="http://itsacontinent.com/book">ntinent.com/book</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Its-Continent-Unravelling-Africas-history/dp/1529376785/"> </a></p> <p>We&#39;re on Buy me a Coffee too:<a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/itsacontinent"> https://www.buymeacoffee.com/itsacontinent</a></p> <p>Visit our website:<a href="https://itsacontinent.com/"> itsacontinent.com</a></p> <p>Artwork by Margo Designs:<a href="https://margosdesigns.myportfolio.com/"> https://margosdesigns.myportfolio.com</a></p> <p>Music provided by Free Vibes:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?redir_token=hkqGH4Lu_PwMlfLRdEnfPX7UYQR8MTU4MzA4NjYzNkAxNTgzMDAwMjM2&v=3C8GXr44boM&q=https%3A%2F%2Fgoo.gl%2FNkGhTg&event=video_description"> https://goo.gl/NkGhTg</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>Warm Nights by Lakey Inspired:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?redir_token=hkqGH4Lu_PwMlfLRdEnfPX7UYQR8MTU4MzA4NjYzNkAxNTgzMDAwMjM2&v=3C8GXr44boM&q=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Flakeyinspired%2Fwarm-nights&event=video_description"> https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired/...</a></p> <p>Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0</p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?redir_token=hkqGH4Lu_PwMlfLRdEnfPX7UYQR8MTU4MzA4NjYzNkAxNTgzMDAwMjM2&v=3C8GXr44boM&q=https%3A%2F%2Fcreativec