Monrovia, Liberia – Bicentennial Steering Committee yakatanga kurangarira makore mazana maviri eLiberia senyika uye yakazivisa dingindira uye sirogani yechiitiko cheBicentennial. Chiitiko ichi chiri kupembererwa muna 200 kubva muna Ndira 2022 kusvika Zvita 7, 10, nemhemberero yekuvhura zviri pamutemo inoitika Kukadzi 2022, 14.
Liberia yakavambwa muna 1822 nevanhu vakasununguka verudzi rweAfrica kubva kuUnited States of America.
Dingindira rakanangana nekurangarira rusununguko rwevatema uye nyika uye kutsunga kuzvitonga kwakatanga makore 200 apfuura, tichibatana zvakare nevari kunze kwenyika kubva kuAmerica uye. Europe.
Sekureva kweSteering Committee, dingindira rinoti “Liberia: The Land of Return – Kurangarira Makore 200 eRusununguko nePan-African Leadership” ukuwo sirogani inoti “The Lone Star Forever, Stronger Together.”
Steering Committee inoti dingindira iri rinoratidza zviitiko zvitatu zvakakosha zvenhoroondo zvakaitwa nenyika kubva payakavambwa muna 1822 nevanhu vakasununguka verudzi rweAfrica nevatsigiri vavo kubva kuAmerica.
Chekutanga, dingindira rinopemberera Liberia, kuWest Africa, senyika yakasarudzwa sehutiziro nevanhu vakasununguka verudzi rweAfrica vakatsungirira hunhapwa kwemakore akawanda muAmerica, kuti vagare senyika yavo. Somugumisiro, vachitsigirwa neAmerican Colonization Society (ACS), vakawanda vevanhu vakasununguka vemavara vakatama vachibva kuUnited States ndokuburukira paProvidence Island muLiberia pana January 7, 1822, senyika yokumusha kwavo.
Chechipiri, dingindira rakanangana nekurangarira rusununguko neurudzi hwevatema uye shungu dzekuzvitonga dzakatanga makore 200 apfuura pakavambwa Liberia muna 1822. Munguva apo vanhu veAfrica vaitsvaga rusununguko uye kuzvitonga, kuvambwa kweLiberia. , “Black Republic,” iyo yakawana kuzvitonga muna 1847 yakamira sechiratidzo chakajeka chokuti vaAfrica vaigona kuzvitonga.
Uye chetatu, dingindira rinobvuma basa rakakosha rehutungamiriri hwePan-Africanist rakaitwa neLiberia, kurwira kubviswa kwehukoloni uye kuzvitonga kweAfrica, kusanganisira chimiro chayo chekusapindirana mukusarurana kwemarudzi muSouth Africa kwaizivikanwa panguva iyoyo seApartheid.
Liberia yaizotsigira kuumbwa kwemibatanidzwa yemarudzi akawanda muAfrica Continent uye pasi rose. Kunyanya, raive basa rayo rehutungamiriri hwePan-Africanist mukuronga nhoroondo ye1959 "Sanniquellie Conference" inosanganisira Liberia, Guinea, neGhana izvo zvakazoguma nekuumbwa kweOrganisation of African Union (OAU) mu1963.
Liberia yakatora hutungamiriri hwakafanana hwePan-Africanist mukuumbwa kweAfrican Union (AU), mutsivi weOAU. Yakabatanawo nedanidziro yekondinendi yekuumba masangano ehupfumi ematunhu, akadai seEconomic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) neMano River Union.
Uye waive mumweya wakafanana wePan-Africanism wakakurudzira Liberia kubatana nedzimwe nyika mukutsigira kuumbwa kwemasangano epasi rose, anosanganisira United Nations, World Bank, neInternational Monetary Fund (IMF).
Semutungamiri wePan-Africanist, Liberia yakava mutarisiri uye muvambi weAfrican Development Bank apo bhanga iri rakavambwa kuma1960 kukurudzira kubatana kwehupfumi muAfrica Continent.
Zvinogona kuyeukwa kuti kunyange nepo hutapwa hwakaramba huri pamutemo muUnited States kusvika 1865, kuedza kwekugadzirisa patsva kweACS kwakaguma nekugadzwa kweLiberia yemazuva ano kuWest Africa kutamisa varume, vakadzi nevana vakasununguka kubva kuUnited States nedzimwe nyika. vanhu vane ruvara kubva kune dzimwe nzvimbo dzenyika. Izvi zvakakonzera kusimuka kweboka rekutanga revatema vakasununguka vangangosvika makumi masere nematanhatu kubva kumahombekombe eNew York muna 86.
Pakupera kwema1800, vangangoita 17,000 vakasununguka Vatema kubva kuUnited States neCaribbean vakadzoserwa kuLiberia. Vamwe vanhu vane ruvara vaizoramba vachitsvaka utiziro muLiberia, “nyika yorusununguko.”
Kubva pavakasvika, vagari venzvimbo iyi vakatanga kuzvitonga muLiberia naJoseph Jenkins Roberts wekuVirginia wekuUnited States achishanda semuAfrica wekutanga kusarudzwa semutungamiri wenyika. Mushure mezvo, vamwe vapfumbamwe vakaberekerwa muAmerica kubva kuMaryland, South Carolina, Ohio neKentucky vakashanda sevatungamiri veLiberia, iyi yekutanga yeAfrican Republic.
Guta guru reLiberia rinonzi Monrovia zita raJames Monroe, Mutungamiriri wechishanu weUnited States, mutsigiri akasimba weACS uye mureza wenyika ino mufananidzo wemureza weAmerica kuratidza hukama hwakasimba pakati penyika mbiri idzi.
Kuchengetedza uye kuchengetedza chisungo chakasimba chehukama neUnited States of America, vagari venzvimbo iyi vakatumidza matunhu mazhinji nemaguta eLiberia nenhamba yeAmerica States, kunyanya kusanganisira Maryland neMississippi muAfrica, pakati pevamwe "kuramba vachichengetedza." hukama hwetsika nenzvimbo dzavakabva kuUnited States.
Sirogani inoratidza Liberia senyika yeLone Star uye yekutanga yakazvimirira republic yevatema muAfrica. Zvisinei nekunetsana kwakaitika munyika, Liberia yakadzoreredza runyararo nekugadzikana uye inoramba yakasimba pamwe chete senyika kuburikidza nehutongi hwegutsaruzhinji. Nyika yaita sarudzo nhatu dzakatevedzana dzegutsaruzhinji, idzo dzakaita kuti Amai Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf vave mutungamiri wechikadzi wekutanga kusarudzwa munyika neAfrica.
Muna 2017, nyika yakaona kuchinjirwa kwemasimba kubva kune mumwe mutungamiri akasarudzwa nedemocracy kuenda kune mumwe apo Mutungamiri Sirleaf vakaendesa masimba kuMutungamiri George Manneh Weah zvichibva mukubuda kwesarudzo yegutsaruzhinji. Uku kuendeswa kwemasimba kwaive chiitiko chakakosha icho nyika isati yawana mumakore anopfuura makumi manomwe.
Sekureva kweSteering Committee, dingindira uye sirogani zvakagadzirirwa kutsigira zvinangwa zveBicentennial Commemoration, zvinova zvekupemberera upfumi hwenhaka yeLiberia; kuratidza kushanya kwenyika nemikana yekudyara; kubatanidza uye kubatanidzazve maAfrica America muUnited States nevamwe vatema mukati mediaspora kune yavo tsika muLiberia.
Chinangwa chikuru chekurangarira Bicentennial ndechekusimbisawo hukama hwakapfuma hwenhoroondo pakati peUnited States neLiberia kubvira kuma1800s pakavambwa Liberia.
Kuitira kuti mhemberero yeBicentennial ibudirire, Mutungamiriri wenyika Dr. George Manneh Weah veRiphabhuliki yeLiberia, vari kudaidzira vanhu vese vemuLiberia, vemunyika muno nevekunze pamwe nevekunze kwenyika kuti vatore chikamu muchiitiko ichi chekupemberera makore mazana maviri kuvambwa kwenyika nevanhu vakasununguka vanobva kuUnited States nedzimwe nzvimbo dzepasi rose, kusanganisira Caribbean neEurope; uye mwero werusununguko uye hutungamiriri hwePan-Africa iyo nyika yakanakidzwa nayo ichiratidza nyika senzvimbo yakanaka yekushanya nekudyara.
Makomiti madiki akasiyana ari kubatsira National Steering Committee yeBicentennial mhemberero vachiona danho rinosanganisirwa rekuvimbisa kubudirira kwechiitiko ichi. Mutungamiri ari kudana vose veRiberia uye shamwari dzakanaka dzenyika kubva kumativi ose enyika kuti vashande pamwe chete pamwe chete, pasinei nemagariro avo emagariro uye ezvematongerwo enyika, kuti vave nechokwadi chekubudirira kwechiitiko ichi kuitira kuti nyika yose ibatsire.
Thanks Mr President