I Went to America in Africa (Welcome to Liberia)

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    I have made it to the West African nation of Liberia (country 178) and I am shocked to see how much it reminds me of home!!! Everything from the country flag to the government system, sports culture, school curriculum, and even the yellow school buses are shockingly similar to the United States, and you will find out why in this video!
    Join me today on a tour around Monrovia, the lovely capital of Liberia!
    Just out of curiosity - how many of you guys out there knew that Liberia was this Americanized? Would love to hear your thoughts.
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  • @mihaim3587
    @mihaim3587 4 роки тому +7474

    VICE: "Liberia, the biggest cannibal country"
    Drew Binsky: "the most happy and welcoming people"

    • @user-jr4du7vy7f
      @user-jr4du7vy7f 4 роки тому +153

      @ABC DEF plot twist

    • @tjpotvin
      @tjpotvin 4 роки тому +149

      this is the good area

    • @maxsjoberg788
      @maxsjoberg788 4 роки тому +298

      Drew works for Mossad.

    • @user-jr4du7vy7f
      @user-jr4du7vy7f 4 роки тому +93

      @@maxsjoberg788 Plot twist 2: He tell the cia and mossad he is just with them and will never betray them but in actual he is a double agent who works for the iraniq revolutionaty guard

    • @blueburaq
      @blueburaq 4 роки тому +468

      It's crazy how a simple UA-cam algorithm can influence your entire perception of a group of people.

  • @windell_king
    @windell_king Рік тому +643

    It was an honor working with you on this Drew! Soo happy that this many people got to know my country from rumors and the negativity they see and hear on their daily News. Respect bro

    • @rahulshah9136
      @rahulshah9136 Рік тому

      Why didn't you let Yatri Doctor to take pictures in Gaddafi's hotel? You told him that you can't take pictures and other side you let drew binsky do whole photoshoot in the Gaddafi Hotel. You are the worst travel guide and not loyal to your profession i suggest everyone to not take this guy on tour guide as he Bias on Tourist and your places are also Trash Bitch you Motherfucking idiot

    • @JamesMaximum
      @JamesMaximum Рік тому +10

      Respect 😎

    • @strekozkaplays
      @strekozkaplays Рік тому

      Sounds like you guys might be believing the rumors about the US over there, maybe believe the stuff you see in the movies? The US has a big mental illness problem and many homeless people on the streets of big cities, lots of bad drugs... I think you guys are probably happier over there than the average American!

    • @nola504creole5
      @nola504creole5 11 місяців тому +1

      BIG UP!!!(BEE GUP!!)

    • @BalkanDamjan
      @BalkanDamjan 9 місяців тому

      Everything connected with USA is seen negative. Ask yourself why...

  • @PixieLem0nz
    @PixieLem0nz 11 місяців тому +33

    Watching the vice documentary on the poverty stricken parts of Liberia 🇱🇷 and then coming to this one is total whiplash 😭😭

    • @bonjourbbgs
      @bonjourbbgs 2 місяці тому

      right especially the hotel where the vice guy met up with that cannibal general

    • @ridinwithjake
      @ridinwithjake Місяць тому

      I wouldn’t trust VICE. They are always all about “doom and gloom”. They show everything in a negative light. If you won $1million tomorrow VICE would make a “documentary” how it’s going to ruin your life.

  • @Craftybeertastebuds
    @Craftybeertastebuds 3 роки тому +8

    I’ve always wanted to travel. Watching your videos are so great because you explain things so well without bias. I love your videos! Keep up the awesome work 👍

  • @colinm.4052
    @colinm.4052 4 роки тому +3914

    “We even have an American accent” in African accent

    • @therip660
      @therip660 4 роки тому +621

      Umm, the accent is not American entirely, but it's different from all others in Africa, the closest to an American one.

    • @minitwink16
      @minitwink16 4 роки тому +251

      You miss it. Liberian accent. One of the most specific accent world wide. No one else's accent is like ours. thank you

    • @colinm.4052
      @colinm.4052 4 роки тому +39

      Squirrels React not every country has their own accent! Many countries in Sub-Saharan are linguistically similar and have similar tendencies when speaking English. You can also argue there exists a Hispanic accent, a North American accent, or an Oriental Asian accent.

    • @colinm.4052
      @colinm.4052 4 роки тому +29

      minitwink16 I’m just saying you can’t claim to have an American accent if you literally don’t

    • @va9337
      @va9337 4 роки тому +96

      ​@@colinm.4052 Just like how you can't claim an entire continent to have the same accent

  • @astrofrk
    @astrofrk 4 роки тому +1883

    I have a friend from Liberia, a fellow bus driver. He is the one who saved my life when I had a brain aneurysm while driving. Hello from Tennessee.

    • @paxafricanauniversitycolle4554
      @paxafricanauniversitycolle4554 4 роки тому +63

      Thanks Liberian are wonderful people.

    • @GoneFishingAway
      @GoneFishingAway 3 роки тому +14

      Oh damn, how do you get the aneurysm and what was your experience during that episode?

    • @astrofrk
      @astrofrk 3 роки тому +50

      @@GoneFishingAway Mine came from an AVM in my brain (think of it as a malformed ball of veins and arteries) from when I was born. A bulge formed from the AVM and popped, hemorrhaging blood into my brain. I had flashes and passed out, face first on the sidewalk after I stopped the bus. I woke up in the ambulance and heard a paramedic say my heart had gone into fibrillation. I went to two different hospitals that night. If I hadn't been so close to good emergency services and my Liberian friend, I would be dead.

    • @GoneFishingAway
      @GoneFishingAway 3 роки тому +17

      @@astrofrk Oh man that's is one hell of experience you went through. It really sucks that medical conditions can happen like that out of nowhere or that we're born with but keep up positive mind and be thankful to everyone that was besides you during that experience, especially your Liberian friend. God bless you

    • @toddmaek5436
      @toddmaek5436 3 роки тому +12

      Glad youre still with us.

  • @i-35vagabond56
    @i-35vagabond56 2 роки тому +161

    I've always been kind of curious about Liberia mostly because it was settled by former US slaves. In the United States we seem to hear so little about it compared to other African countries such as South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, etc. I don't remember being taught about it in my US history classes in 8th and 11th grade back in the the late 1960's and early 1970's. Being that the country was Founded by the United States, it seems to me it should be one of the most prosperous countries in all of Africa. In my opinion the United States all along should have been playing a bigger role in Liberia to help it prosper. I doubt Liberia is even on the radar as a tourist destination for most Americans who visit Africa. With it's link to the United States and location on the Atlantic Coast, it seems to me Liberia could easily be turned into a really nice tourist destination destination for Americans.

    • @ashdav9980
      @ashdav9980 2 роки тому +22

      It’s 150+ years later, how many centuries will US taxpayers be expected to fund the rest of the world’s failures? Liberia has had many decades to improve their country….and somehow it’s still US responsibility to see them prosper. 🙄 Your comment is such an American narcissistic comment….that we should be involved around the world converting it into a mini America. Nope…. I think many of us are done with that.

    • @walimorris2406
      @walimorris2406 2 роки тому +31

      You don’t remember learning it because they didn’t teach it. I’m just finding out 😑

    • @chatsonthematwithedrence3910
      @chatsonthematwithedrence3910 2 роки тому +1

      It will be.

    • @sqbrazy3283
      @sqbrazy3283 2 роки тому +1

      A lot of black people in America ancestors came from Nigeria and central Africa the hold and ivory coast too. But a lot of people who came from the hold coast and senegambia did not make the boat ride across

    • @bilqiis9099
      @bilqiis9099 2 роки тому

      @@ashdav9980 Then u shouldn't have enslaved innocent people at the first place, shame on you!! America is a shit hole anyway 😒

  • @misseli1
    @misseli1 3 роки тому +33

    Sending love to Liberia from the U.S.
    God bless you guys!

  • @druvjuice6906
    @druvjuice6906 4 роки тому +876

    Oh I like your accent, where are you from?
    I’m Liberian.
    **whispering** oh I like your accent

  • @jakeseymour1901
    @jakeseymour1901 4 роки тому +3188

    Liberia: "Can I copy your homework"
    USA: "Yes"

    • @olatunjiolakunle6908
      @olatunjiolakunle6908 4 роки тому +162

      With all the copy,
      Liberia score : 2/10
      USA score : 10/10.

    • @asaremusic9322
      @asaremusic9322 4 роки тому +262

      Nah, let me correct you!!
      USA: colonized, dehumanized and terrorized Liberians
      Liberia:*faces years of destruction while trying to fix themselves*
      Liberia: “can we copy u”
      USA: *yea

    • @__ph.comrade__
      @__ph.comrade__ 4 роки тому +76

      Philippines: can i copy your homework, spain did not allow me.

    • @someunknownperson7674
      @someunknownperson7674 4 роки тому +40

      USA: *yes and let’s blame the Maine on spain*

    • @tajaun3467
      @tajaun3467 4 роки тому +59

      @@om606channel But that's exactly the truth and you know what else, it wasn't white people who did it as you would expect. Freed African American slaves after suffering the abuse of slavery did exactly to the indigenous tribes of Liberia as the slavemaster had done to him, despite the fact that these are African people just like them. They thought their 'Americanness' made them superior to indigenous Liberians and seriously oppressed them.

  • @jasonmccord4580
    @jasonmccord4580 3 роки тому +4

    I am really loving these videos!!! Thank you so much for these amazing gems on UA-cam 😎

  • @williamgamelisenaya793
    @williamgamelisenaya793 3 роки тому +3

    I enjoyed this post
    We're living our lives vicariously through your lens
    Watching from Sydney Australia

  • @xxnirvandabossxx8304
    @xxnirvandabossxx8304 4 роки тому +3708

    Me: can we get america
    Mom:we have america at home
    America at home:

    • @alvin-ob3yx
      @alvin-ob3yx 4 роки тому +59

      coppied comment

    • @xyvbzz1856
      @xyvbzz1856 4 роки тому +43

      @BlasianGuy copied comment

    • @connieshoes9564
      @connieshoes9564 4 роки тому +33

      @@xyvbzz1856 copied comment

    • @dfgprs6454
      @dfgprs6454 4 роки тому +29

      @@connieshoes9564 copied comment

    • @JaseyStudios
      @JaseyStudios 4 роки тому +21

      @@dfgprs6454 copied comment

  • @trojan064
    @trojan064 4 роки тому +2547

    Kid: Mom, can we go to America
    Mom: We have America at home
    America at home:
    no offense

    • @dee-jh3bl
      @dee-jh3bl 4 роки тому +64

      Lmao

    • @dee-jh3bl
      @dee-jh3bl 4 роки тому +146

      @Meer 48
      It is tho lol

    • @_iamjva
      @_iamjva 4 роки тому +73

      @Meer 48 It is funny you muppet

    • @natashazen
      @natashazen 4 роки тому +17

      @Meer 48 I know. It's not funny because I don't get the joke. I don't even think that it's a joke.

    • @ehansalman8461
      @ehansalman8461 4 роки тому +28

      Meer 48 bruh ur mindset is paralyzed

  • @MotherlandmomsCrafting
    @MotherlandmomsCrafting 3 роки тому +5

    "Home sweet home" Thanks Drew for highlighting our country.

  • @jeremiahkezelee6910
    @jeremiahkezelee6910 3 роки тому +76

    Love my country Liberia 🇱🇷 so much

  • @90GMix
    @90GMix 4 роки тому +1355

    I kinda feel sorry for them after reading their history and how everything really took place..

    • @jtrolepays2512
      @jtrolepays2512 4 роки тому +240

      Right did you know that exslaves from America enslaved them like talk about a hypocrit

    • @90GMix
      @90GMix 4 роки тому +34

      @@jtrolepays2512 that's really pathetic! 😕

    • @actualideas8078
      @actualideas8078 3 роки тому +37

      Still better than living segregated in America for 100 years, then integrating in... brilliant

    • @WhitehornMichael
      @WhitehornMichael 3 роки тому +124

      @Amy williams How is it a blatant lie? The descendents of those 16,000 returnees dominated the goverment and society of Liberia for over 125 years, from 1847 to 1980.
      They restricted suffrage of the indigenous people - they even had the same party rule the country for over 100 years. It wasn't enslavement in the traditional sense, that their ancestors were subject to before - but it's nevertheless enslavement.

    • @WhitehornMichael
      @WhitehornMichael 3 роки тому +6

      Amy williams one of the poorest - sure. At least it’s a representative democracy now...

  • @cjfrench5401
    @cjfrench5401 4 роки тому +240

    I never had a clue about Liberias history and American influence. So interesting

    • @worldtraveller1900
      @worldtraveller1900 3 роки тому +13

      Educate yourself.

    • @renehopkinson5079
      @renehopkinson5079 3 роки тому

      Boy do i have a video for you.

    • @Iamtheliquor
      @Iamtheliquor 2 роки тому +15

      @@worldtraveller1900 had it occurred to you that the OP may not be American?

    • @antmck99
      @antmck99 5 місяців тому

      Its was run by American politicians before they were oust

  • @Just2gofoods
    @Just2gofoods 11 місяців тому +6

    Love this video and Liberia! Greetings from Chicago, IL ~Elizabeth

  • @bobmcgee6538
    @bobmcgee6538 3 роки тому +3

    No way! This is sooo cool, you learn something new everyday! Sending love from Canada

  • @squirrele.1266
    @squirrele.1266 3 роки тому +1414

    🇺🇸❤🇱🇷 love from America to Liberia

    • @whatkarmasays8663
      @whatkarmasays8663 3 роки тому +51

      América its a Continent lolz im from Colombian im born in América.

    • @skyrrmish868
      @skyrrmish868 3 роки тому +96

      @@whatkarmasays8663 I mean not anymore really. U were born in South America and South America and North America combined is just called
      (The Americas) plural not single

    • @itrend4468
      @itrend4468 3 роки тому +52

      🇲🇾❤️🇺🇲❤️🇱🇷

    • @ppgang1694
      @ppgang1694 3 роки тому +9

      @@skyrrmish868 we see América as one land not 3 in South América

    • @luc4s_4lmeid4
      @luc4s_4lmeid4 3 роки тому +6

      @@skyrrmish868 Go study geography bro

  • @remaismybf8732
    @remaismybf8732 4 роки тому +447

    I’m Liberian and proud! Edit: can people stop spreading rumors of Liberia

    • @wyclifejoseph8463
      @wyclifejoseph8463 4 роки тому +21

      And you have american names too

    • @ishanoscopybitch6708
      @ishanoscopybitch6708 4 роки тому +24

      I've seen a documentary on liberia..... You eat children?

    • @jl5529
      @jl5529 4 роки тому +46

      Prashant Bhusari wtf are you saying?

    • @vanillamiilk1306
      @vanillamiilk1306 4 роки тому +2

      Gloria Barclay same uwu

    • @maxsjoberg788
      @maxsjoberg788 4 роки тому +25

      Proud of what? Being one of the poorest countries in the world?

  • @SwiftNedujr
    @SwiftNedujr Рік тому +2

    I’ve traveled all the world just by watching your UA-cam 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙏🏼💯❤️

  • @magicianowl
    @magicianowl 3 роки тому +120

    Vice: Cannibals and chaos civill war.
    drew: It beautiful.

    • @grtinfulleffect8349
      @grtinfulleffect8349 2 роки тому

      I agree. But from 1847 - 1980 the country was not in civil war / cannibalism.

    • @playboi_caid8301
      @playboi_caid8301 2 роки тому

      @@grtinfulleffect8349 nah there was conflicts and even slavery

    • @grtinfulleffect8349
      @grtinfulleffect8349 2 роки тому

      @@playboi_caid8301 Ok. Have a nice life.

  • @EmyLaGargola
    @EmyLaGargola 4 роки тому +774

    The LIBERIA flag 🇱🇷 looks like a mixer between US and Puerto Rico flag 🇵🇷🇺🇸

    • @nightxgeorge.
      @nightxgeorge. 3 роки тому +6

      Emy La Gargola damn that’s true

    • @yuhmuther
      @yuhmuther 3 роки тому +5

      No shit

    • @dalzvert9206
      @dalzvert9206 3 роки тому +16

      🇺🇸 ❤ 🇱🇷 ❤ 🇵🇷
      Aye You already kno mane or as y'all say would say it " Oye Ya Tu Sabe Papi " ❤✊🏿One Luh bruh

    • @rft9776
      @rft9776 3 роки тому

      Mixture*

    • @skyler1887
      @skyler1887 3 роки тому +5

      More like a mixture of US and Chilean flag

  • @chelseamichael7587
    @chelseamichael7587 3 роки тому +46

    That’s so nice of you sir. I pray I get to see you when you come back to Liberia 🇱🇷. I love my country Liberia 🇱🇷 so much

  • @abrahamb.freeman4987
    @abrahamb.freeman4987 3 роки тому +3

    Great video, thanks for that. I'm from Liberia 🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷

  • @nightuniverse8314
    @nightuniverse8314 2 роки тому +36

    I hope Africa becomes wealthy and advanced as a whole one day. Asia & South America too.

  • @spacecowboy3693
    @spacecowboy3693 4 роки тому +276

    Every time I hear about Liberia my mind goes to General Buttnaked

  • @Da_Real_llIusion
    @Da_Real_llIusion 4 роки тому +128

    Lots has changed in Liberia in the last 7 years..... Good to see how Liberia has got back up on its foot.

    • @giladlevitz3283
      @giladlevitz3283 4 роки тому +7

      I hope it stabilizes further, one day I want to eat a sandwich whilst riding a plane in liberia. Specifically a cheese sandwich, and YOU KNOW it's gotta be muenster.

    • @tadficuscactus
      @tadficuscactus 3 роки тому +4

      It's foot, was it's other foot amputated for food?

    • @prettyeyes1752
      @prettyeyes1752 Рік тому +1

      IT CAN IF WE CAN MAKE STRIDES TO COME BACK THERE , LIBERIANS ARE GREAT PEOPLE AND MORE RECEPTIVE TO US AS THEIR PEOPLE

  • @dgkl3
    @dgkl3 Рік тому +1

    This was a great report as always. Windell is the best too❤️

  • @gi_veronezze
    @gi_veronezze 2 роки тому

    i just did my geo work with this video about Liberia, tnks @drew Binsky :)

  • @lepotato135
    @lepotato135 4 роки тому +826

    I'm just happy to see a for once positive video about Liberia.
    Edit: I get that there are still some unfortunate things shown in the video, but what I mean is that at least it's trying to promote a positive image of Liberia. Aren't you guys sick of videos that give others the idea that Liberia is a cannibalistic country?? Sure, now so many people are going to say that Liberia "copied America's homework" after watching the video, but I'm at least grateful for the purpose of the video. I can safely say he was trying to put Liberia in a good light. Which is a lot to say after all the things that went on there. I'm not oblivious to the fact that things aren't well. But when there are people left and right telling me that the place I was born in is a shitty country, I'm going to want to find something to redeem that.

    • @caycameout2play
      @caycameout2play 3 роки тому +20

      Positive while being shown to have no identity of their own? 😲 Lemme not judge

    • @Mncrete3
      @Mncrete3 3 роки тому +12

      Lyric Venom there are plenty of positive videos on Liberia. Wode Maya has some. Some here are just happy to hear from a white boy.

    • @lepotato135
      @lepotato135 3 роки тому +10

      @@Mncrete3 Oh thanks. It's just when I look up "Liberia" on UA-cam, the first few things I see are either this video or a lot of others related to the bad things that have happened there.

    • @ebolavirus6799
      @ebolavirus6799 3 роки тому +1

      @@lepotato135 what like ebola and stuff

    • @lepotato135
      @lepotato135 3 роки тому +10

      @@ebolavirus6799 Not really. I think that started in the rural region of southeastern Guinea. (The 2014 one if I'm correct).
      So far all I've seen is Liberia being famous for its cannibalistic past and it's Civil War.

  • @margretta824
    @margretta824 4 роки тому +104

    So emotional... Liberia is blessed.... I love my country Liberia and I'm always proud to matter where I'm to be call Liberian🤝🙏💪💟😘

    • @er0k646
      @er0k646 3 роки тому +1

      Can i have a question? Is true that Liberia is one of the poorest country in the world and are there still slums when kids take drugs? No offence to your country im asking just by couriosity.

    • @emericgoat6477
      @emericgoat6477 3 роки тому +9

      exograelus iksdé that isn’t true vice completely lied

    • @emericgoat6477
      @emericgoat6477 3 роки тому +12

      exograelus iksdé it’s a poor country because of really bad leadership and corrupt leaders and government,like right now

    • @emericgoat6477
      @emericgoat6477 3 роки тому +1

      Deirdre Morris obviously

    • @denisitele
      @denisitele 3 роки тому +3

      Extremely brainwashed it is so sad

  • @abrahamben-dayan9843
    @abrahamben-dayan9843 10 місяців тому +6

    Liberians always seem so happy to be alive. Poverty is a state of mind and unity is paradise❤

  • @n00n1n
    @n00n1n Рік тому +89

    I am an American. Nothing but love to the people of Liberia.

  • @Andrew-pu8ly
    @Andrew-pu8ly 4 роки тому +787

    Plot twist : The former slaves that were repatriated there formed a subset of residents that lorded it over ( oppressed ) the natives , there .
    Now THAT'S American !!!

    • @nigerdeltamirrortv9311
      @nigerdeltamirrortv9311 4 роки тому +110

      Sam Spade Yeah, American racism was replicated by the repatriated slaves in Liberia. ..reason for the war in the country some years ago. Ironic isn't it?

    • @bobbye.wright4424
      @bobbye.wright4424 4 роки тому +84

      They learned from the best oppressors in history white ones

    • @charlywood
      @charlywood 4 роки тому +15

      Accurate ASF

    • @bobbye.wright4424
      @bobbye.wright4424 4 роки тому +40

      @@nigerdeltamirrortv9311 actually the americo liberian government was overthrown by samuel k doe an indigenous liberian in 1980 he was overthrown by a coalition of rebel forces led by charles taylor who was of americo and indigenous heritage his soldiers were 100pct indigenous so it wasnt racism from americo liberians that started the civil war it was misgovernment and tribalism that started with samuel doe who came to power by murder and who targeted rival ethnic groups

    • @joepiedepoepie7973
      @joepiedepoepie7973 4 роки тому +4

      Hope you get sick in a terrible way.See who is going to help you and see which tools and medicines they will give you.ungrateful bastard

  • @emiliocarver2061
    @emiliocarver2061 4 роки тому +16

    They’re accent is very unique, it’s not perfectly American. Though it’s not perfectly west African. It’s between those two I love it

  • @arealphantom2859
    @arealphantom2859 3 роки тому +13

    All these countries are so interesting, unique and different shows how diverse and wonderful all world cultures are!!!

  • @themaximum97
    @themaximum97 3 роки тому +133

    Liberia has so much potential! With the right leadership and proper funding the future could be very bright for them 🇱🇷 ❤️ 🇺🇸

    • @M_Julian_TSP
      @M_Julian_TSP 2 роки тому

      I mean the USA created this country and made it that poor unfair colonized and violent, it has no potiential because of the USA because it has been actually designed to be an american nightmare

    • @M_Julian_TSP
      @M_Julian_TSP 2 роки тому +2

      @Loj32Learn history, it's not "always USA's fault", but you must admit that the colonizer institution is somehow systematically in charge of its colonization, common sense (spoiler, there are other colonizers throughout history).
      You clearly have no idea how Liberia was created. Right-wing american companies with the Wigh Party stole lands on these western African coasts from the indigenous people in order to cleanse the USA of newly freed Black People, exploit them in Africa and enslave the local people, all of that in an authoritarian segregationist state, this for more than a century and before a terrible ten years civil war.
      That is more of a "how to make chaos and barbarism sustainably rise in there" than a "I just wanted you to be civilised and progressive" story.

    • @M_Julian_TSP
      @M_Julian_TSP 2 роки тому +2

      @Loj32 Maybe you can inform me about political motivations of the American Colonization Society as you seem so aware?
      Firstly, I never said that black people were forced to move to Liberia, that’s ridiculous as only something like 20k people decided to move and most of them died in a matter of years (the american colonization of Africa project was such a failure that it has been stopped quickly). Then even though nobody was forced, the ACS told them that going back to Africa was the only way to bee actually free, as life would be like heaven there, compared to the highly segregationnist society in the USA at the era, the choice was easy even if it was just a bunch of lies.
      And finally this wasn’t even my point, concentrate please.
      Btw are you telling me Liberia is not influenced by the USA nowadays ? xD this must be a kind of a joke or something right, otherwise you just shate your brain dude. You know almost all wealth produced in Liberia belongs to Europe and USA right?
      Funny how the two only options for you is either :
      -Colonizing the world
      -Colonizing the world, making it a hell and then giving it admistrative independence even though 80% of the produce wealth still belongs to us.
      What could have been done better? Dunno like not considering every other human a serf and stop colonize and wage war all around the globe in order to enrich oneself might be a good approach

    • @CLSGL
      @CLSGL 2 роки тому +5

      I mean to be completely fair, that could be said about anywhere on earth. Good leadership and plenty of funding will be good for any nation.

    • @brotherkareem181
      @brotherkareem181 Рік тому +2

      @@CLSGL Exactly

  • @jojottheprodigaldaughter
    @jojottheprodigaldaughter 4 роки тому +45

    Love your visit to Liberia, I am a Liberian that lives in United states now naturalize American citizen. I remembered that building when I was young, it was beautiful. I attended school at cathedral.

    • @dalzvert9206
      @dalzvert9206 3 роки тому +1

      🇺🇸 ❤ 🇱🇷
      Much luh sista ❤✊🏿
      💯🔥💯🔥💯🔥💯🔥💯🔥

    • @obforeign9806
      @obforeign9806 2 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/YgnTBZjCaRY/v-deo.html Like and subscribe.

  • @TuanNguyen-pf7rt
    @TuanNguyen-pf7rt 3 роки тому +50

    Love from Vietnam 🇻🇳🇱🇷

  • @Queenblessful
    @Queenblessful 2 роки тому +1

    I came from Facebook to find this video and I knew you would of had a great time in Liberia, Liberian makes everyone feel at home like they belong almost like America.

  • @jewelsbyk
    @jewelsbyk 8 місяців тому +5

    Our independence is also in July. We celebrate thanksgiving in November. We use the American school curriculum. We have the same pledge allegiance as America. Replacing the word America with Liberia.
    We have many places named after places in the USA. For example, we have MaryLand county, Florida community, our national referral hospital is called : John F Kennedy Hospital.
    Etc.

  • @willsantac
    @willsantac 4 роки тому +646

    Love Liberia from Brazil 🇧🇷🇱🇷

  • @quaid-e-azamforcesacademyr6522
    @quaid-e-azamforcesacademyr6522 4 роки тому +20

    I am from Pakistan.. Performed my duties in Liberia for one year under UN Flag. Very good country.. Beautiful.... Natural beaches.. Cristal clear water on beaches... Pineapple.. What and whatnot... I remain in paleebo.. Harper.. Monrovia.. Timanbarg...zawidroo.. I traveled complete Liberia via car as well as Helecopter. I really missed my past time..

    • @Inspirenation41
      @Inspirenation41 4 роки тому +2

      You are welcome again

    • @prachet3334
      @prachet3334 2 роки тому

      Funfact pakistanis were used to be indian but one night changed all system😥😥😥😥😥😥😥

    • @sandernista6499
      @sandernista6499 Рік тому

      @@prachet3334 another funfact, Indians used to shi t on the streets and to this day they still sh it on the streets. Amazing, isn't it?

  • @obfn9456
    @obfn9456 2 роки тому +101

    As an American, I've been so fascinated with the history and culture Liberia. It sounds like such an interesting and nice place to visit

  • @junebug225
    @junebug225 3 роки тому +2

    WHATTTT THATS AMAZING 💙 I wanna visit. Love New York💙💙💙

  • @legbreaker
    @legbreaker 3 роки тому +17

    Many years ago I went to Liberia for work, fell in love with a Liberian co worker, but I lost contact.. a few years later MJ came up with the track Liberian Girl.. a year ago, my heritage made me 14% west African. Even though I'm considered as a white man, all these things made me cry. Miss you Liberia(n) girl!

  • @MillennialTravelConfessions
    @MillennialTravelConfessions 4 роки тому +3

    Your content is always top quality Drew! You'll hit 2M subs in no time! 🙌🙌🙌

  • @diacallynediagor8295
    @diacallynediagor8295 3 роки тому +6

    Home is where my heart is, and will forever stay that way. 🇱🇷

  • @maninedoow5895
    @maninedoow5895 2 роки тому +2

    I have a friend from Liberia. We met in junior college and she now resides in Japan but her family is coming back to the states soon.

  • @lastking2252
    @lastking2252 4 роки тому +24

    Wow am happy to see you in my country Liberia 🇱🇷✌️

    • @nyantubolo3040
      @nyantubolo3040 3 роки тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/fBClwxZp-t8/v-deo.html liberia our land of liberty. ua-cam.com/video/fBClwxZp-t8/v-deo.html let’s keep the love. God bless😇 subscribe to my channel my people😇😇😇😇😇😇 Nyantu Bolo is my channel. Hit the red subscribe button 🙏

  • @winnykazungu8675
    @winnykazungu8675 4 роки тому +3

    I love your channel. You’re never demeaning and on point

  • @dangercat9188
    @dangercat9188 Рік тому +4

    Wow. This is such an interesting country. I'd like to visit. Love from 🇺🇸 ♥ 🇱🇷

  • @melvinLIBGA
    @melvinLIBGA 3 роки тому +2

    I am from Liberia 🇱🇷 but Live in Minnesota. Amazing video

  • @nateteano4181
    @nateteano4181 4 роки тому +127

    Love Liberia 🇱🇷 from Philippines 🇵🇭

    • @doeweeyah1236
      @doeweeyah1236 3 роки тому

      Haha Can you go there?

    • @brudooo1519
      @brudooo1519 3 роки тому +1

      ❤🇵🇭

    • @almightyziz
      @almightyziz 3 роки тому

      @@doeweeyah1236 General Mosquitoe will bbq him ALIVE!

    • @omgaracy19
      @omgaracy19 3 роки тому +3

      Love Philippines From Brazil 🇧🇷

    • @volcarona.
      @volcarona. 3 роки тому

      @@omgaracy19 🇧🇷🤝🇵🇭💕

  • @cmiller122returned
    @cmiller122returned 4 роки тому +193

    S/O general But Naked the true king of Liberia

    • @moonlitm3285
      @moonlitm3285 4 роки тому +5

      Lol I heard about that through the Vice video on the cannibal warlords of Liberia ua-cam.com/video/ZRuSS0iiFyo/v-deo.html

    • @omnipotentiq
      @omnipotentiq 4 роки тому

      Cameron .Miller true😂😂😂😂 you have seen the interview as well?

    • @saskabooshsnareman6685
      @saskabooshsnareman6685 4 роки тому

      Little does he know that he walks amongst butchers

    • @officerricky5065
      @officerricky5065 4 роки тому +7

      The events of VICE news Documentary actually happens more than 15 years ago

    • @Baboonery_
      @Baboonery_ 4 роки тому

      beat me to it - fucker :P

  • @gabrielkantu413
    @gabrielkantu413 3 роки тому

    Thanks Drew, for the documentary. 👍🇱🇷

  • @tennehmama1046
    @tennehmama1046 3 роки тому +81

    Proudly Liberian, home sweet home.

  • @vlaszestyle3848
    @vlaszestyle3848 4 роки тому +205

    All I can hear: "Liberian girl."

    • @amazingabby25
      @amazingabby25 4 роки тому +3

      And his upcoming Sierra Leon videos, all I hear is frank oceans Sierra Leon

    • @F7YUBVlogs
      @F7YUBVlogs 4 роки тому +1

      Vlasze Style My journey is 1mill subs,
      Come watch my vlogs and join me

    • @cobrabhai1446
      @cobrabhai1446 4 роки тому

      Hey beautiful hi

    • @ThatisnotHair
      @ThatisnotHair 4 роки тому +4

      Michael Jackson song

    • @TheMrPeteChannel
      @TheMrPeteChannel 4 роки тому

      I'm the 200th like!

  • @jacobdupre1400
    @jacobdupre1400 3 роки тому +46

    Speaking as an American, they don’t sound American. I’ve met several Liberians and sometimes their accents can be hard to understand depending on how thick their accent is.

    • @Legend-lc9bv
      @Legend-lc9bv 2 роки тому +1

      Sitting in a van with some too sometimes I understand sometime s I don’t

    • @LivingPrayingAndMedicine
      @LivingPrayingAndMedicine 2 роки тому +8

      They somehow do especially when you compare their accents with other African countries I can hear it because I am not from America you guys can’t because you are used to the pure form

    • @bf5175
      @bf5175 2 роки тому +2

      I think it is more that they don't have a British accent. In many parts of the world the default accent in English is the British accent.

    • @glyphosate5592
      @glyphosate5592 2 роки тому

      no but they dont drop their r’s after vowels and they pronounce their r’s the same way we do instead of a tap or trill like in most african accents

    • @upendo.3570
      @upendo.3570 2 роки тому +1

      America do have different accent

  • @Phizzo4real
    @Phizzo4real 2 роки тому +1

    Just found your channel... cool video man. I wish i had the opportunity to look at Liberia the way u do. I was born and raised and some of these things I took for granted. Yes, Liberians are overwhelmingly friendly and welcoming.

  • @danielarruda7849
    @danielarruda7849 3 роки тому +5

    Beautiful this is amazing the best place love the people of liberai

  • @Pcharmin3
    @Pcharmin3 4 роки тому +7

    Cool! Born and lived in Liberia until 12 yrs of age! Good to c it again!

  • @ImLiterallyYourDaddy
    @ImLiterallyYourDaddy 4 роки тому +21

    Liberia: Hey, USA can I copy your homework?
    USA: Sure but don't make it obvious.
    Liberia:

  • @douglasthompson9070
    @douglasthompson9070 3 роки тому

    Wow, that's amazing. I kinda want to visit now.

  • @marsmohr1122
    @marsmohr1122 11 місяців тому

    Nice and cool video about Liberia. One feels invited to go there.

  • @joelmurray7004
    @joelmurray7004 4 роки тому +10

    Before watching this video, I honestly knew nothing about Liberia. Now I'm going to spend the next few hours researching it. Thanks drew for showing us places like this.

    • @kekelauren6251
      @kekelauren6251 4 роки тому +2

      Look for the good and not only the war atrocities

  • @liberianplayer9079
    @liberianplayer9079 4 роки тому +9

    I been waiting for this episode!

  • @justinnietengarten6315
    @justinnietengarten6315 Рік тому +1

    As a fellow Liberian born in America happy to see my and my brothers homeland!

  • @varneyjohnson
    @varneyjohnson 2 роки тому

    May God bless mama Africa! thank u for the video

  • @ginowildfire.3124
    @ginowildfire.3124 4 роки тому +5

    Hello Drew, I Have to say u done a great job on this video.

  • @elroc1
    @elroc1 4 роки тому +11

    I’ve always been curious about Liberia. It’s a pretty interesting country

  • @adast7467
    @adast7467 2 роки тому

    i did visit Liberia when i was little and lived in Monrovia for years.feels like home.

  • @vervetech9395
    @vervetech9395 3 роки тому +21

    I sincerely hate that mindset Liberians have about the US. Work hard and smart to make your country the paradise you want not crave to be a foreigner in another country

    • @edub1026able
      @edub1026able 3 роки тому +19

      It's not that Liberians crave to be in another country, it's wanting to see something that you've heard so much about, something that you're country is influenced after. It's no different than someone from America wanting to visit/live/embrace another country or culture that they haven't seen. Side note, not one person makes a country, and all countries have it's good and bad regardless of how hard you work.

    • @goat8219
      @goat8219 3 роки тому +1

      Nah, my country is far beyond fixable, plus it's a monarchy, so even if I wanted to be the king, I cant

    • @boomboombaby9140
      @boomboombaby9140 2 роки тому

      Well the country was founded by the USA

  • @samuelbloe6561
    @samuelbloe6561 4 роки тому +15

    Wooooow!!! The moment I have been waiting for, This is my country Liberia and am proud to be a Liberian...

  • @kuxnal
    @kuxnal 4 роки тому +330

    2:05 "We even have American assent"
    Me : *laughs in Indian accent*

    • @alegazza2736
      @alegazza2736 4 роки тому +4

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @miguelvina7188
      @miguelvina7188 3 роки тому +10

      Me: sweats in Filipino American English

    • @teakookflower4196
      @teakookflower4196 3 роки тому +1

      Lol we do speak like that at times

    • @chickennugget6654
      @chickennugget6654 3 роки тому +1

      @Mø Nälayé the fact that you don't know dialect and accents are 2 different things really just proves his point

    • @ahmedhassan129
      @ahmedhassan129 3 роки тому +1

      😂😂😂😂

  • @kgaclash
    @kgaclash 3 роки тому +3

    Watching drew be all positive and cheerful after watching vice's cannibal warlord video... lol

  • @cowser67
    @cowser67 3 роки тому

    Can’t wait to visit

  • @charliebrown1665
    @charliebrown1665 4 роки тому +6

    Thanks for showing my country💪🙏

  • @wyclifejoseph8463
    @wyclifejoseph8463 4 роки тому +13

    *Thats one of the richest countries with untapped resources Drew. Liberia is a nation rich with natural resources including iron ore, gold, diamonds, natural rubber, vast forest for logging and timber harvesting, and vast agriculture land for ensuring food security. Africa generally got resources and one day no country here will be called poor. Proud African. Great videos*

  • @046sebaquesuleyman7
    @046sebaquesuleyman7 3 роки тому +1

    Thats the beauty of our world you never know what you find interesting in each country

  • @enderless6055
    @enderless6055 2 роки тому +2

    MY PARENTS ARE FROM LIBERA THIS MAKES ME HAPPY TO SEE OTHER PEOPLE THATS LIBERAN LIKE ME

  • @geniusnoble842
    @geniusnoble842 4 роки тому +863

    Liberian"We eat human meat here"
    Drew " That is so American"

    • @BLACQCHILD
      @BLACQCHILD 4 роки тому +8

      What that mean

    • @LuckySingh-ln9ox
      @LuckySingh-ln9ox 4 роки тому +3

      😆😆😆

    • @saloni22815
      @saloni22815 4 роки тому +4

      What ❓❓

    • @hddnndsbsbb9419
      @hddnndsbsbb9419 4 роки тому +97

      Bro shut the fuck up, they don’t eat fucking human meat there 🙄

    • @heyitsbrianna136
      @heyitsbrianna136 4 роки тому +52

      Genius Noble that’s not true at all. That’s a fake ass stereotype.

  • @mississippiball1003
    @mississippiball1003 4 роки тому +507

    Liberia: one of the poorest nations on Earth
    Drew: *ThE SeCoNd aMeRiCa*

    • @astraea770
      @astraea770 4 роки тому +47

      Regular people in Liberia aren’t cannibalistic

    • @user-iz5eg3nr4l
      @user-iz5eg3nr4l 4 роки тому +23

      @@astraea770 bro iam really confused, the VICE video on liberia showed kids talking about how they raped women, men eating other men, and a general named butt naked and how he ate many children and now he is reformed and shit, like wtf is going on there, is everything normal now, like no wars and children eating and stuff

    • @astraea770
      @astraea770 4 роки тому +56

      Evan Riley exactly. that’s a rather small slum in a singular city. equating that to all of liberia would be foolish.

    • @lumatic6624
      @lumatic6624 4 роки тому

      yeehaw huntley oh they are

    • @astraea770
      @astraea770 4 роки тому +2

      GPU NUMEROUS what do you mean?

  • @kieranshae
    @kieranshae 2 роки тому +1

    my grandparents lived in liberia in the early 80s and they loved it

  • @NewDreamsAfrica
    @NewDreamsAfrica 3 роки тому

    Thanks I love this video

  • @jandeblay-walkerliberia1110
    @jandeblay-walkerliberia1110 4 роки тому +13

    Welcome to Liberia! Happy you liked it here!

  • @JayWeight
    @JayWeight 4 роки тому +21

    Sweet! I've been to Liberia 3 times and I want to go back SOOO baaad!

    • @doogie1841
      @doogie1841 4 роки тому +4

      How was it

    • @JayWeight
      @JayWeight 4 роки тому +7

      @@doogie1841 it was sweet!

    • @kekelauren6251
      @kekelauren6251 4 роки тому +5

      @@JayWeight that's the best word to describe LIB, sweet

    • @torlokollie5045
      @torlokollie5045 4 роки тому +5

      Nice hearing that. Please come again.

  • @MissAliceTVLib
    @MissAliceTVLib 2 роки тому

    Thanks for sharing

  • @theresa.y5221
    @theresa.y5221 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks Liberia! It’s good to meet your country

  • @TheRawCamShow
    @TheRawCamShow 4 роки тому +6

    I hope you enjoy your stay in Liberia 🇱🇷

  • @gashiee
    @gashiee 4 роки тому +5

    Thanks for putting a highlight on my country.. thank you very much

    • @denisitele
      @denisitele 3 роки тому

      That was a show of shame.. Seems the people are super brainwashed

  • @Litepaw
    @Litepaw 2 роки тому +5

    It's obvious Liberia is still healing from the quite recent war and dealing with extreme poverty, but it's nothing like Vice made it out to be.

  • @aleduntv5735
    @aleduntv5735 Рік тому

    Amazing!

  • @nicklatino7157
    @nicklatino7157 4 роки тому +45

    Drew, Liberia is portrayed as super dangerous in the media and other channels such as Vice and Vox. Thank you for educating us!

    • @Lunar4
      @Lunar4 2 роки тому +39

      yea no shit. this 3 minute video doesnt show the whole truth lol.

    • @javamocha01
      @javamocha01 2 роки тому +1

      As it is portrayed of all places and/or peoples and thier culture - who are seen as a threat.

    • @notinonit
      @notinonit 2 роки тому +1

      because it is

    • @aliciasharpe21
      @aliciasharpe21 Рік тому

      @@Lunar4 you’re an idiot you think because you saw a vice documentary of a war that you know anything? Pls stfu

    • @joseenriquejoson1994
      @joseenriquejoson1994 9 місяців тому

      Isn't that how the media portrayed other countries too in the Middle East? Such as Iraq, Iran, Syria, and oh boy, Israel and Palestine. Drew visited them too, but he never got raided by terrorists or getting his car bombed in front of him

  • @bestvibes1848
    @bestvibes1848 4 роки тому +4

    Thanks for showing true Liberia love my country

  • @nelsonqueeseso1051
    @nelsonqueeseso1051 3 роки тому

    He is finally in Venezuela. Can't wait for those episodes.

  • @pla4825
    @pla4825 3 роки тому +2

    Oh wow every country in the world awesome goal 😁