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Facts and Figures: 

World Fact Book: Liberia—A comprehensive list of basic information about Liberia from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/li.html 

Liberia: A country study— An online book on Liberia from the Library of Congress.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1985/liberia_contents.htm 

Languages of Liberia— An authoritative listing of the spoken living languages of Nigeria by the SIL International’s Ethnologue site.
http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Liberia

 Joseph Jenkins Roberts, First President of Liberia

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Articles and Links: 

University of Pennsylvania African Studies Center— Information and links to Liberian News, Art, and Languages
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Country_Specific/Liberia.html

Liberia News— An online resource to Liberian life, news articles, and more
http://www.liberianews.com/

Liberian Resources—An annotated guide to internet resources on Liberia http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/liberia.html

Liberian Culture—Online authentic Liberian recipes
http://www.elca.org/dgm/country_packet/liberia/recipes.html 

TLC Africa—Online information on Liberia including culture, news, and business
http://www.liberian-connection.com/

Lonely Planet—Liberia- An overview of Liberia from Lonely Planet’s online magazine.
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/africa/liberia/

Encarta on Liberia— A comprehensive overview of Liberia and its land, resources, climate, and animal life among other things.
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761565772/Liberia.html 

Liberian News from AllAfrica.com—Provides Liberian top news stories
http://allafrica.com/liberia/ 

Liberian History— A timeline of Liberian history
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/libhtml/liberia.html

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Oral Narratives from Residents of Greater Mecklenburg County, NC:

Shem Logan—Shem Logan talks about his life in Liberia, Liberian history and the recent civil war, and Liberian organizations in the US.
http://education.uncc.edu/more/SearchRes/Logan_Shem_LG-LO0262.htm

Juwoe Woah-tee—Juwoe Woah-tee tells of how he escaped war-torn Liberia and came to live in the US. http://education.uncc.edu/more/SearchRes/Woah-tee_Juwoe_LG-WO0281.htm

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Lesson Plans: 

“The Talking Goat,” story and lesson plans collected by Peace Corps volunteer John Acree: http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/guides/voices/talkinggoat/home.html

Colonization and Migration, including lessons on Garvey, for middle and high school: http://www.inmotionaame.org/education/detail.cfm?migration=4

Links to migrations, letters, decisions and politics, including specific links within the African American Mosaic collection at the Library of Congress: http://www.inmotionaame.org/migrations/links.cfm?migration=4&src=edu

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