Liberia: A Radical Agenda for Re-Imagining Liberia National Oration177th Independence Day Celebration, Republic of Liberia July 26, 2024

[SALUTATIONS; ALL PROTOCOLS OBSERVED]

As someone who loves this country with every fiber of my being, I feel very honored and privileged to address you today.

When I think of Liberia’s birth as a nation, I often picture fists of all shapes and sizes raised in the air [like this]. Because our declaration of independence on July 26, 1847 was a revolutionary act of defiance.

Back then, when blackness was synonymous with bondage, we Liberians dared to be free. Inspired by our Haitian sisters and…