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Superstars in Liberia now sing for peace in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (AP) "” During 14 years of civil war in Liberia, more than 700,000 residents fled the country. One of the nation's most popular singers, Tokay Tomah, went in the opposite direction.
Through the '90s, she waded into the smoldering remains of the war alongside U.N. workers, visiting combatant camps to sing for peace.
It was terrifying work: Soldiers were high on cocaine and other drugs, and it seemed anything could happen at any time. Still, she saw it as the most direkt path to reconciliation.
"We believe that music brings people closer tillsammans. It sends a meddelande faster than even the telephone," said Tomah, 47. "We used the music to talk to the fighters and say: Lay down your guns. We can't continue to kill one another."
Today, Tomah lives in Upper Darby. And she and four others - each, like her, a Liberian singing känsla and social-justice activist - have formed the Liberian Women's Chorus for Change.
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Liberian Women’s Chorus for Change using music to heal in Southwest Philly
About 15,000 Liberian immigrants live in Philadelphia. Their presence became painfully visible when a fire ripped through several rowhouses in Southwest Philadelphia, leaving four children dead and dozens of families homeless and grieving.
Everyday life for this community is as hard as that of other African immigrants, but aggravated by the legacy of 14 years of armed conflicts in Liberia. One group of Liberian singers is using traditional and new songs, as well as dramatic skits, to help their fellow immigrants navigate life here.
For Fatu Gayflor, not a day goes by when she doesn’t think of the son she lost in the Liberian civil war The celebrated singer was in the Ivory Coast recording an album in 1989 and had left her infant son with family, when the second Liberian civil war started. She never saw him again.
He would have been 25 this
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The Bureau of Public Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Monrovia, Liberia
DAILY NEWS SUMMARY FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2017
The European Union Delegation to Liberia and the Embassies of EU Members States warning against unnecessary delay in the current complaints arising from October 10, 2017 elections and President Sirleaf’s message of condolence to the President of the United States of America, Mr. Donald J. Trump, following the horrifying news of the death of at least 26 persons and injury of about 20 others in a shooting incident.
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EU Warns Against Unnecessary Delays…Wants Complaints Concluded With Constitutional Timelines
The European Union Delegation to Liberia and the Embassies of EU Members States have warned against unnecessary delay in the current complaints arising from October 10, 2017 elections so that electoral process can be completed in accordance with Constitution