“People are dying everywhere!” was the subject of an email message received by FOL members Angene and Jack Wilson late in June. Monrovia was experiencing a sudden spike in Covid-19 deaths due to the deadly [...]
The Liberian Studies Association announces with deep sadness the passing of Yekutiel Gershoni, Professor Emeritus, Department of Middle Eastern and African History, Tel Aviv University and former President of the Liberian Studies Association. Professor Gershoni [...]
May of 2022, we will publish 65 stories and poems from 99 submissions.
Presentations on creating structures and favorable conditions that lead to a functional state can now be viewed on the LSA website.
To provide hair dressing, soap making and bean bag production skill training to 250 young adults and school age girls in the Soul Clinic Community, FOL has awarded a small grant to our in-country partner, [...]
To extend income opportunities from a new rice mill built by the Pengia Village Women’s Farming Cooperative in Bong County, FOL has awarded a small grant to our in-country partner, Kpo’ma Women, Inc., to help [...]
July 1 through August 15, 2021 is when we will conduct the second of three online auctions of donated items to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Peace Corps this year to benefit the Friends of Liberia General [...]
April 22-24, 2021 Topics, Schedule, Panelists, FAQs, New Publications, Etc.
April 22-24, 2021, the Liberian Studies Association will discuss The Functional Liberian State: Historical Lessons, Current Best Practices, and Future Paths. The conference will be streamed on Facebook via Focus on Liberia and broadcast at [...]
We have added a new link to our website.