Liberia has a rich history with regards to textile art and quilting. Martha Ann Ricks, a famous Liberian quilter, presented a quilt featuring the Liberian coffee tree to Queen Victoria in 1892. Liberia’s customary law allows men to have up to four wives. Liberia’s cuisine heavily ...
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The present pattern of population distribution in Liberia is both a reflection of its migration history and a response to such social, economic, and cultural factors as war, employment, and superstition. Migrants from north-central Africa, who began to arrive in the 13th century, originally settle...