L.I.B. Free Talk

'LIB Free Talk' is a paradox of the day to day affairs in post war Liberia. It is a drama about three friends, Che-che-poley, Dropping-figuel, and Too-open who meets regularly at the Altai (Chinese gunpowder tea) center to argue and analyze the latest gossip around town, which, according to Liberians, has some truth behind it.


Che-che-poley: My man whettin' dis I hereing so? so dat true lay say lay papay na comin' back again?

Too- open: Dat woo you assing, you can go ass lay O'ma, ehn dat her bring dey Papay here? Becusor powor bisness na she gay lay papay to lay peepo, but allor dem way go, jeas witt!

Che-che-poley: Go where? Dat Uncool Sam own sef put dey o'ma here you na no, pekin you junkay enh?

Dropping-figuel: Aaa my man, your pa your like noise business oh.

Too- open: You pa you no plentay bolk.

Dropping-figuel: My man shet lup let me talk! You na know lay papay tone? Weh carray him in lay peepo kontray?

Too- open: For lay diemon bisness na? But, hi but Amerika dat go in Irik for lay peepo oil bisness? Who hummor dem?

Dropping-figuel: You pa Open, you say you open, but you close. We and Amerika dat the same? You na know we poor country, and we jest from fightin' war?

Che-che-poley: I swear oh. We and Uncool Sam dat lay same? Talk na, you jekin'.

Too- open: Jekin' for wat, Amerika dat whettin'? Oooh, dat yor can respet dem oh, but lay na nantin'! Dat wat lay papay wanneh to dirlay dem for. You na no dat lay papay open our eyeball?

Che-che-poley: Oh, so we was blind firs?

Too- open: Yea, you na no? Normal day yor papay dem wuz using cellfone.


Dropping-figuel: My man Open, you neel to go back to school before a get late for you oh, eversince you say lay papay will come, now you nan see he'ain't coming jest now, so go lant something aah my man before it get too late a.

Che-che-poley: And you see lay people say lay pikin na no book, so he go lant, and na he na feney wit scool.

Too- open: Lay one yor lant, whet lay job yor doing for it na? Na me and yor here drinking atai?

Dropping-figuel: Okay oh my man, sorry ya. My own pa any time compny start operating I sure of myself,  I way get work, but you pa, you still waiting for lay papay to come so yor can start operating like before, and na jest na oh. Me I see yor ya, one of my boy jest dropd from the cold, I won go drop him outta some kinda quick mal.

Che-che-poley: Okay oh doctor, you pa dropping figuel that yor araw.

Too- open: Hi but you, wheyor owna araw? A look let lay o'ma paying you to talk plentay ehn?


Che-che-poley: Me pa I won no oh, i husoler, any govman come dat it. And Mary Broh will gave vacation job to lay stulen dem wen Chrismas come, i will go there again for my tear five.

                                                             To be continue...

On Israel Plan to Attack Iran

As I sat listening to the purported plan of Israel to attack Iran being reviewed on BBC, I was quite thrilled with the dramatic details that rendered me totally speechless, as if i was watching a Hollywood Thriller of  Tom Clancy's wildest imagination.

What have this world come to? I asked myself. And pondered, haven't people realized that this is the twenty first century, the age of wisdom, and not the old days of religious hypocrisy that divides us as a people?

For the Free World to sit and watch Israel attack Iran, or even plan to attack Iran is something I find hard to comprehend. Such plan is a ghastly recipe for international catastrophe and has the propensity to drag the rest of the Free World into a nonsensical religious war, believe me, where Christians would be bond to help Israel, and Muslims, Iran.

Somebody tell me if this is not Armageddon!!!!

This plan is a doom's day conspiracy that needs to be condemn by the Free world.

As UNHCR Repatriates Liberian Refugees From Ghana, Buduburam Refugee Camp Becomes Gangster Paradise

As the ongoing UNHCR's repatriation exercise for Liberian refugees living in Ghana draws to an end, there is a growing threat of insecurity amongst thousands of Liberians still living on the Buduburam Refugee Camp in Ghana without UNHCR's identification cards, and those who have not yet made up their minds to be repatriated. Over the past months, there have been incessant acts of violence in the refugee settlement as UNHCR rounds up its operation to  repatriate thousands of Liberian refugees, many of whom have sold their homes to Ghanians and other foreigners in search of cheap dwellings. But as it's turned out, most of these cheap homes' buyers are local and foreign gang members wanted by the Ghanian National Police. And with the mass repatriation exercise finally coming to an end, the camp has now become a gangster paradise ruled by motorbike riding thugs who attack people at broad day light for money or phones, and break into houses at night. 

previously, a gang war sparked out between two rival gangs, the infamous Ghanian/Nigerian thugs that now control the camp and a handful of Liberian thugs, over the flogging of one of its members. The precarious situation which saw several young men severely wounded and more than a million Cedis worth of properties destroyed hardly arouse the police interest. And about a week ago another violent clash erupted between two local armed gangs, and led to the shooting to death of one of the gangs' members who pulled out a pistol at the police officers who had come in to intervene after the episode had lasted about an hour.

With several thousands families now repatriated, the once bustling camp now looks like a ghost town at night. More than a thousand Liberian Refugees without UNHCR's identification cards, who are unqualified for any of the two programs, and still residing on the camp, are now living in constant fear, as the UNHCR's repatriation program draws to a close. Already, UN has warned that it will not be responsible for the well being of any Liberian refugee who had not made the choice to repatriate or  locally integrate. And even those who opted for the local integration package are worried about the slow process their option is being looked at.