US President Donald Trum has praised Liberian Presiden Joseph Boakai for speaking good English and asked him where he go to schoo,
It may have been this accent that Trump picked up on.
What Trump might have missed is that Liberia shares unique long standing historical connection with America.
English is country official language and many Liberian speak with American accent famous as American Serees.
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The capital is named after a former US president
Liberia capital Monrova was named in honour of America 5th President James Monroe who was supporter of American Colonization Society ACS
The ACS was responsible for resetting freed African Americans in West Africa which finally led to founding of Liberia.
Many streets in Monrovia are named after Colonial American figures reflection city founding and historical ties to America.
Ex-president son plays for US Soccer team
Timothy Weah the son of Liberia former President George Weah is US professional footbal player who plays for Italian club juventus as well as American national team.
His father George is Liberian football legend who won Ballon d’Or in 1995 while playig for Juventus Italian rivals AC Milan.
He is African winner of this award and went to elected president in 2018.
The 25 year old forward was born in America but start his career with Paris St Germain in France where he won Ligue 1 title before moving on loan to Scottish team Celtic.
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Same flags
The flags of libera same the American flag. It features 11 changes red and whte stripes and blue square with single white star.
The Liberian flag was designed by seven black lady all born in US.
The white star symbolises Liberia as first independent republic in Africa.
The US flag has 13 stripes showing the original 13 colonies and 50 stars one for each state.
Former president the Nobel Peace Prize winner
Liberia produce Africa first elected female president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
She was elected in 2005 two years after nation bloody civil war ended and served as president until 2018.
Sirleaf has strong background as she studied at Madison Business College and later went to Harvard University where she graduated as economist.
She get worldwide recognition and accolades for maintaining peaced during administration.
In 2011 along with Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman she won Nobel Przie for peace for attempts to further women rights.
In 2016 Forbes listed her among powerful lady in world.
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Founded by freed slaves
Liberia was founded by fredd African American slaves in 1822 before declaring independence in 1847.
Ten of Liberia 26 president were born in America.
Thousand of black Americans and liberated Africans rescued from translantic slave ships settled in Liberia during colonial era.
US President Abraham Lincoln declared Liberia independence in 1862 but country gained a lot of US heritage and remained in America sphere of influence during colonial period.