Five things should know Trump and why they speak “good English”

US President Donald Trump praised Liberian President Joseph Boakai for saying “good English” and asked him where he went to school.

What Trump may have missed is that Liberia shares a unique and long relationship with the United States.

English is the official language of the country and many Liberians speak an American accent because of these historical ties with the United States.

Maybe it’s the accent that Trump took.

Here are five things you need to know about the country:

Liberia was founded by released African-American slaves in 1822 before declared independence in 1847.

Thousands of black Americans and liberated Africans – saved by transatlantic slaves, settled in Liberia through the colonial era.

Former US President Abraham Lincoln has officially announced Liberia’s independence in 1862, but the country has retained many of us inheritance and it remains in the US “sphere of influence” during the colonial period.

Because of this integration, Liberian culture, sights and institutions have severe African-American influence.

Ten of the 26 Liberia presidents were born in the United States.

The capital of Liberia, Monrovia, was appointed in honor of America’s fifth President James Monroe, who was a strong supporter of the American Colonization Society (ACS).

ACS was the organization responsible for the resettlement of released Afro -Americans to West Africa – which ultimately led to the founding of Liberia.

Not surprisingly, the early architecture of the city was largely influenced by American -style buildings.

Many streets in Monrovia are named after colonial American figures, reflecting the founding of the city and historical ties with the United States.

Liberia’s flag is very similar to the American flag. It has 11 alternating reds and white stripes and a blue square with a white star.

The White Star symbolizes Liberia as the first independent republic in Africa.

The American flag, for comparison, has 13 stripes, representing the original 13 colonies and 50 stars, one for each condition.

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

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

The 25-year-old striker was born in the United States, but began his professional career with Paris Saint-Germain in France, where he won the League 1 title before moving to the Scottish team, Celtic.

His father, George, is a Liberian football legend who won the Ballon D’Or in 1995 while playing for the Italian rivals of Juventus AC Milan. He is the only African winner in this award – and continued to be elected president in 2018.

Liberia produced the first elected woman of Africa Ellen Johnson Sirlif.

It was elected in 2005, two years after the end of the bloody civil war of the nation and is president until 2018.

Sirlif is of strong American origin as he studied in the Madison Business College and later went to Harvard University, where he graduated as an economist.

She has received worldwide recognition and confessions to maintain peace during her administration.

Her story is dug with remarkable feats of challenge and courage.

In 2011, along with Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karmān, she won the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to further the rights of women.

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