14/09/2025
โBefore Politics, There Was Liberia and Liberians coexisted: Reclaiming the Unity we NEEDโ
By George S. Tengbeh
Labour and Environmental Justice Advocate
โ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ. ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐โ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ฅ (๐๐๐) ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ (๐๐๐), ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ. ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ (๐๐) ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐ (๐๐๐), ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ. ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ (๐๐๐) ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ (๐๐๐), ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ. ๐๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐, ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ.โ ~๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ก
My people, let us be honest with ourselves: parties do not make Liberia, Liberians do. Parties rise and fall, leaders come and go, but the Republic remains because it is built on the sweat, the sacrifice, and the shared blood of its people.
The Disease of Hate and Segregation
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๐๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐. ๐๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐๐ญ๐ซ๐๐, ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ, โ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ,โ ๐ฐ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐. ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐, ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ, ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
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When our forefathers declared independence in 1847, they did not say โWe the True Whig Partyโ or โWe the Congress for Democratic Change.โ No! They said, โWe the People of the Republic of Liberia.โ The Constitution begins with the people, not politicians. That sacred document, the foundation of our freedom, reminds us that sovereignty belongs to the people and all power is inherent in the people. Not in one tribe. Not in one county. Not in one party. In the people!
But today, what do we see? Hateful language tearing families apart. Tribalism raising its ugly head again. Political segregation making some feel more Liberian than others. And while we fight each other with words of bitterness, corruption robs our resources, foreign companies exploit our workers, and the poor sink deeper into misery.
I ask you: Is this what our ancestors fought for? Is this the Liberia of Joseph Jenkins Roberts, of Edward J. Roye, of Albert Porte, of Gabriel Kpolleh, of all those who stood tall for justice and equality?
Let us remember our history: Liberia collapsed into war not because of hunger alone, but because of division, hatred, exclusion, and injustice. The cries of โyou are not one of usโ turned into gunfire that killed our brothers and sisters. We must never walk that path again.
Fellow Liberians, the Constitution charges us to โlive together in peace and harmony, to practice fraternal love, and to promote unity.โ These are not empty words. They are a duty, a national obligation. If we fail to unite, we betray the very spirit of our Republic.
So I say: enough of the insults! Enough of the tribal superiority! Enough of the politics of hate! We are Liberians first, everything else is second.
If we must disagree, let us disagree with dignity. If we must debate, let us debate with ideas. If we must fight, let us fight poverty, corruption, injustice, and exploitation, not each other.
My call today is simple but urgent: Let us reclaim Liberia from the hands of hate and rebuild it with the bricks of unity, love, and justice. We cannot eat insults. We cannot drink division. We cannot build a future on tribal lines. But we can build a future on unity, because united, we are strong; divided, we are nothing.
Let the world hear it loud and clear: Liberia is bigger than any party, any politician, any tribe, and any government. And as long as Liberians stand together, no force of hate will ever break us again.
โBefore parties, before tribes, there was Liberia. Together, we rise.โ~George S Tengbeh
Long live the Republic of Liberia!
Long live the unity of our people!
George Sahr Tengbeh Writes โ๏ธโ๏ธ
