Amidst the hustle and bustle of the impending 170th independence anniversary and political campaigning comes the death in his 61st year of Forkpa H. Kemah, one of a very small number of professionally trained Liberian librarians and archivists.
A Tribute to Svend E. Holsoe (1939-2017), a Tireless American Scholar of Liberia
Once again I bring to the community of Liberia scholars the sad news of the passing of a renowned scholar of the Liberian experience. Professor Svend E. Holsoe, an expert on the Vai people and an avid and unrelenting collector of things Liberian passed away at a Philadelphia hospital on the morning of May 4, 2017 after a protracted illness at age 78.
A Tribute to Historian Mohammed Alpha Bah (1943-2017)
Our ranks have been thinned by the passing on April 25, 2017 in Maryland, U.S.A. of Dr. Alpha Bah, one of the very few Liberians trained as a professional historian.
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