Trump should know five things and why he speaks ‘good English’

US President Donald Trump praised Liberian President Joseph Bokai for speaking “good English” and asked him where he had gone to school.

What Trump remembered is that Liberia shares a unique and long -standing relationship with America.

The English is the official language of the country and many Libraions speak with an American accent due to those historical relations in the United States.

It can be pronounced by Trump.

Here are five things to know about the West African country:

Liberia was founded in 1847 by free free African-American slaves in 1822 before declaring independence.

Thousands of black Americans and free African – rescued from transatlantic slave ships – settled in Liberia during the colonial era.

Former US President Abraham Lincoln officially announced Liberia’s independence in 1862, but the country retained many of the US heritage and remained in the American “influence region” during the colonial period.

Due to this integration, Liberian culture, sites and institutions have a strong African-American effect.

Ten of the 26 presidents of Liberia were born in the US.

The descendants of these free slaves, known as Americano-Alberian, dominated the country for more than 100 years.

It was angry with some indigenous Liberians and the last President of that community William Tollbert. Out and killed in a coup in 1980,

They account for about a quarter of a population, According to Britannica websiteWhich says that more than two dozen languages ​​are spoken in the country.

The President Bokai is from the Kisi Ethnic Group and hence he has spoken as his mother tongue, before learning English in school.

Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, was nominated in honor of James Monroe, the fifth President of the US, a strong supporter of the American colonies (ACS).

ACS West Africa was free African – there was an organization responsible for freeing Americans – which eventually established Liberia.

Surprisingly, the city’s early architecture was largely affected by American -style buildings.

Many roads in Monrovia are named after colonial American data, reflecting the city’s founder and historical relations for the US.

The city’s main hospital is called John F. Kennedy Medical Center (JFKMC), named after the former US President.

The flag of Liberia resembles the American flag. It has 11 turn -to -red and white stripes and a blue square with a single white star.

The White star represents Liberia as the first independent republic in Africa.

The US flag, compared to 13 straps that represent the original 13 colonies and 50 stars, which is one for each state.

The Liberian flag was designed by seven black women – all were born in America.

Timothy Vah, son of former Liberia President George Wah, is an American professional football player who plays for the Italian football club Juventus as well as for the American national team.

The 25-year-old forward was born in the US, but started his professional career with Paris St.-Germen in France, where he won the Lit 1 title before going on a loan for the Scottish team Celtic.

His father, George, is a Liberian football legend who won Bellon D’Or in 1995 while playing for Juventus’s Italian rivals AC Milan. He is the only African winner of the award – and was elected President in 2018.

Liberia created Africa’s first elected woman President, Allen Johnson Sirfil.

He was served as President in 2005, two years after the nation’s bloody civil war ended, and by 2018.

Johnson is a strong American background of Serfef as she studied at Madison Business College and later moved to Harvard University, where she graduated as an economist.

He has received recognition and praise worldwide to maintain peace during his administration.

His story is given with dedication and remarkable feats of courage.

In 2011, with Lemah Goboi and Tawakkul Karman, she won the Nobel Prize for peace for her efforts to carry on women’s rights.

In 2016, Forbes listed her among the most powerful women in the world.

External Affairs Minister Sarah Beyasolo denied that it was a strange moment, saying that there was a “lack of understanding” around the world about the languages ​​speaking of the people in Africa, which they had described as the “multi-speaking continent”.

“The American-English ingestion occurs in Liberia and I believe that the way President Bokai spoke in Liberia, President Trump did something, which is different from the way others speak on the continent of others.”

“We were not angry at all,” he said, far away from TV cameras, there was a discussion of shared history of both countries.

But there was mixed reaction among other Liberians.

40 -year -old accountant Joseph Manley told the BBC that Trump should have been given proper information before meeting the Liberia leader.

“Liberia has always been an English -speaking country. Our President represents a country with a rich educational tradition.”

Human resource professional Henrita for Peter-Mogballah, the wonder of the US President in Bokai’s Vishwuta, reflects a comprehensive problem about global ignorance in relation to African countries and its people.

“From travel experiences and comments, most of the citizens of other countries outside Africa do not know much about African countries,” he said. “Some who know a little, their minds are given clouds with the narratives of war, poverty and lack of education.”

However, advocate and politician Kansi Gabla agreed with the Foreign Minister that there was no insult.

“I believe that President Trump’s comment was a real praise for President Bokai’s command,” he told the BBC. “There is no evidence of sarcasm. Reading it can derive the political agenda abusively.”