Liberia: Before We Lose Ourselves

As Liberia closes another Independence Week, perhaps the most important question before us is not whether we celebrated well. It is whether we remember well.

For many Liberians, Independence Day has become another public holiday, another parade, another speech, another social media post–another jolly-jolly. Yet Independence was never meant to be merely celebrated. It was meant to be understood.

In that regard, this year’s Independence Orator, Dr. Herbert Brewer, did the nation a service by…