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Americo-Liberian people (also known as Congo people or Congau people), [2] are a Liberian ethnic group of African American, Afro-Caribbean, and liberated African origin. Americo-Liberians trace their ancestry to free-born and formerly enslaved African Americans who emigrated in the 19th century to become the founders of the state of Liberia .
Liberian Americans are an ethnic group of Americans of full or partial Liberian ancestry. This can include Liberians who are descendants of Americo-Liberian people in America. The majority of Liberians came to the United States during the First Liberian Civil War in the 1990s and the Second Liberian Civil War in the early 2000s.
Americo-Liberians formed a cultural elite in Liberia that produced every Liberian president before 1980. The following presidents of Liberia, however, were born in the United States : Joseph Jenkins Roberts , first and seventh president.
Liberia Music Awards; Awarded for: Outstanding achievement by artists, disc jockeys and promoters from across Liberia and the diaspora: Country: Liberia: Presented by: Liberia Music Awards Foundation: First awarded: June 14, 2014; 10 years ago () Last awarded: 2023: Website: liberiamusicawards.com
The third annual Liberian Entertainment Awards was held on January 29, 2011, at the Center Stage Theater in Atlanta, Georgia. Jodi took home three awards, including Song of the Year for "Love You". Takun J was nominated twice but didn't win any award. Liberian-based artist Luckay Buckay won the Hipco Artist award.
This is a page for the Liberian ethnic group Americo-Liberian people which is the ethnic group descended from African American, Caribbean, and liberated African people from the United States and Caribbean who migrated to Liberia or were recaptured on en route to slavery and were released in Monrovia.
The Tubman family is a prominent Americo-Liberian family from Harper, Liberia. The family is descended from African American slaves, the Tubmans who were owned by a prominent Maryland family. The Tubman family has produced such notable Liberians such as William Tubman and Winston Tubman .
Winston A. Tubman (born 1941) is a Liberian diplomat and politician of Americo-Liberian descent. He is a former justice minister and diplomat for the nation, as well as having been the standard bearer of the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC).