Education
Graduates
Considering that many Liberians settling in Australia and particularly South Australia come from refugee backgrounds, Liberians are doing well in the area of education. Many school aged children have completed high school education and moving on to various career paths. For some of the adults who never had the opportunities to achieve higher education due to the 14 years of civil conflict, many are now enjoying integration into vocational institutions e.g. TAFESA and private education. Many of them are doing very well with their studies and have gained employment in mainstream government and non governmental organisations. There has been an increase in the number of Liberians attending universities and university graduates over the past six years. Few of the latest graduates are: Ibrahim Jabateh - Social Science, Glade Thomas - Nursing, Reagan Bledee - Commerce, Eric Roberts - Commerce, Amara Toure - Bachelor of Applied Finance and Bachelor of Commerce Accounting, Perry Yarso Pewee - Bachelor of Applied Finance and Bachelor of Commerce Accounting, Alexander Smith - Bachelor of Nursing and Bachelor of Disability Studies, Sekou Sheriff - Bachelor of Commerce Accounting, Abraham Sidiby - Bachelor of Internation Studies. The individuals highlighted above completed double degree programs. We envision to see an increase in the number of graduates within the Liberian community.
Picture (right) is of Moivabah Fofana.
Picture (right) is of Moivabah Fofana.
Poems and stories
In history, Liberia has produced well published writers of poems, stories and poems in West Africa. Among the list are: Bai T Moore's "Murder in the Cavassa Patch" and Wilton Sankawolo's "The Rain and the Night"
C. William Allen differentiates at the 35th Liberian Studies Association Conference the terms:
A novel is "an invented prose narrative that is usually long and complex and deals especially with human experience through a usually connected sequence of events."
A novella is "a work of fiction intermediate in length and complexity between a short story and a novel."
One day we will follow the footsteps of our ancestors and write stories of our lives. Watchout for this space.
A novel is "an invented prose narrative that is usually long and complex and deals especially with human experience through a usually connected sequence of events."
A novella is "a work of fiction intermediate in length and complexity between a short story and a novel."
One day we will follow the footsteps of our ancestors and write stories of our lives. Watchout for this space.