1.Liberia has the largest cocoa and rubber and iron ore plantation in the world
2. Liberia is the first African country to gain its independence
3. the first African country to have a female president
4. The pygmy hippopotamus has become a national symbol of Liberia
5. Liberia shares more than 70% of its trade with countries like United States,
Belgium, Japan and South Korea.
6.After Haiti, Liberia is the world’s second Black Republic.
7.Oprah Winfrey had traced her ancestors back to the Liberian region of Kpelle
8.The country is literally a bird-haven. Liberia has 700 bird species which
include a bird that is a wee bit larger than a honey bee- the bee warbler
9.Joseph Jenkins Roberts was an octoroon (he was one-eight black) was the first
president of Liberia. He could easily have passed-off as a white man
10.The Liberian flag is designed after the American flag. The eleven white and red
stripes that it sports stand for the eleven people who signed the country’s
Independence declaration.
11. Michael Jackson wrote a song called "Liberian girl" after taking a tour there
12.Liberia holds 40% of West Africa’s rainforest
2. Liberia is the first African country to gain its independence
3. the first African country to have a female president
4. The pygmy hippopotamus has become a national symbol of Liberia
5. Liberia shares more than 70% of its trade with countries like United States,
Belgium, Japan and South Korea.
6.After Haiti, Liberia is the world’s second Black Republic.
7.Oprah Winfrey had traced her ancestors back to the Liberian region of Kpelle
8.The country is literally a bird-haven. Liberia has 700 bird species which
include a bird that is a wee bit larger than a honey bee- the bee warbler
9.Joseph Jenkins Roberts was an octoroon (he was one-eight black) was the first
president of Liberia. He could easily have passed-off as a white man
10.The Liberian flag is designed after the American flag. The eleven white and red
stripes that it sports stand for the eleven people who signed the country’s
Independence declaration.
11. Michael Jackson wrote a song called "Liberian girl" after taking a tour there
12.Liberia holds 40% of West Africa’s rainforest