Liberia is a country in West Africa established in 1822 by freed American slaves. Its capital and largest city is Monrovia, named after former U.S. President James Monroe. Liberia has a population of over 4 million people and was the first African republic to declare its independence in 1847. The country's culture shares some similarities with Brazil, as its cuisine incorporates tropical fruits and staple foods like cassava, fish, plantains, and peppers. Notable Liberians include George Weah, the first African player to win FIFA World Player of the Year, and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first elected female head of state in Africa and 2011 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

1. Microcamp Tatuapé
Feira das Nações Microcamp
Teachers João e Christiano

2. Liberia

3. Name: Republic of Liberia
Capital: Monrovia
Demonym: Liberian
Area: 111,369 km2 – Roughly the
size of Pernambuco
Population: 4,128,572 – A little more
than one third of Sao Paulo’s
Metropolitan Area

4. Established by the American Colonization
Society in 1822
Became independent on July 26th 1847
The country was colonized by the USA
beginning in 1820. Most of the colonizers
at the time were freed slaves.
It’s capital city is named after James
Monroe, fifth President of the US, and a
supporter of the founding colonization.

5. James Monroe
Monrovia, 1980

6. Food
The Liberian food shares some similarities with the Brazilian one.
It includes many tropical fruits, like orange, pineapples, coconuts,
and bananas.
Also, there is a large use of cassava, fish, plantains, okra, many
kinds of peppers and sweet potatoes.
Cassava Okra Plantain
A plantain is not sweet like a regular banana, and it has to be
cooked before eating, but there is no botanical distinction
between them, just a culinary one.

7. Food
A regular meal generally consists of rice served with a pepper sauce
or cooked cassava leaves and fish or other meat like beef or goat.
Another important dish is “fufu”, a staple food, made from a cassava,
flour, or alternatively from flour made from maize corn, yam, plantain
or even rice. It is prepared pestling boiled in a big mortar until it atains
the consistency of a dough. It is them shaped into small balls, and
eaten with the hands, dipping the balls in an accompanying soup or
sauce.
A typical alcohoolic beverage to go together is palm wine, made
fermenting the sap of a palm tree.

8. Currency
Liberian Dollar
The dollar (LRD) has been the currency
of Liberia since 1943

9. Waterside Market
This market in Monrovia caters to locals and
foreigners alike. A place for fruits and
vegetables, colorful fabric, and hand-carved
masks.

10. Thinkers Beach
The waves are a little rough at Thinkers
(pronounced “Tinkers”), not far out of
Monrovia, but the sand is clean and warm,
and food and drinks are available.

11. George Weah
First African awarded with
FIFA World Player prize

12. George Tawlon Manneh
Oppong Ousman Weah
October, 1st 1966
*FIFA World Player
*Ballon d'Or
*Three times African
Footballer of the Year
*FIFA 100 list of the world's
greatest living players

13. Played for:
*Monaco (1982~92)
*PSG (92~95)
*Milan (95~2000)
*Chelsea (99~2000)
*Manchester City (00~01)
*Marseille (00~01)
Scored 22 times in 60 games
for Liberia national team

14. Ellen Sirleaf
The first elected female
head of state in Africa

15. *Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
*29 October 1938
*24th President of Liberia
*Won the 2005
presidential election
*Took office on 16
January 2006
*Re-elected in 2011
*Awarded with 2011
Nobel Peace Prize

16. “As more men become more
educated and women get
educated, the value system
has to be more enhanced and
the respect for human dignity
and human life is made
better.”
“All girls know that they can
be anything now. That
transformation is to me one
of the most satisfying
things.”