The west African nation of Liberia, founded by freed American slaves in 1847, has been wracked by civil wars and disease in recent years, leaving thousands dead and a generation of orphaned children throughout the country.
Scattered about the U.S. are pockets of Liberian refugees with ties to the home country. Among them are the family of Nets guard David Duke Jr. whose parents escaped and settled in Providence. And this past weekend, Duke’s foundation opened a dining hall for children in a suburb of the capital Monrovia.
As Front Page Africa reported Sunday...
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