client walks in with strange accent so i say - where are u from? he says "nigeria".
i said "cool. there were two nobel prize winners, just last week." he says, "that was from LIBERIA" oops!
he says , "LIBERIA is different form NIGERIA. u know LIBERIA was a US COLONY."
O__o *as i run to google and look it up*
See? it is possible mi gente de Puerto Rico!
from wikipedia:
Along with Ethiopia, Liberia is one of two modern countries in Sub-Saharan Africa without roots in the European colonization of Africa. Beginning in 1820, the region was colonized by blacks from the United States, most of whom were freed slaves. With the help of the American Colonization Society, a private organization that believed ex-slaves would have greater freedom and equality in Africa, these immigrants from the U.S. established a new country. African captives freed from slave ships were also sent there instead of being repatriated to their countries of origin. In 1847, these colonists founded the Republic of Liberia, establishing a government modeled on that of the United States and naming the capital city Monrovia afterJames Monroe, the fifth president of the United States and a prominent supporter of the colonization. The colonists, known as Americo-Liberians, led the political and economic sectors of the country.