Deaf cultures and Sign Languages of the world: Liberia (Liberia)

Created 10 April 2000, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

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Deaf culture Deaf education & youth Deaf health Deaf history and current events Deaf oppression & liberation
Liberia Sign Language Organizations Religion & Deafness

Deaf culture

Liberia Deaf directory.

Deaf education & youth

Stained glass bulletUnited Methodist TV. (19 June 2006). Deaf school for Liberia.British/American flags,Liberian flagSign Language iconImagine your world without sound. Deaf children in developing countries often find themselves isolated and struggling to make a living. A missionary who teaches the deaf is giving hope to Liberia's children.

Deaf health

DeafTODAY. (2004, June 25). Liberian Deaf in HIV/Aids awareness w'shop.

Deaf history and current events

Miles, M. (2005). Deaf people living and communication in African histories, c. 960s - 1960s. There is strong documentary evidence that deaf or hearing impaired men and women, girls and boys, did occupy social space and took roles across the full spectrum of life throughout Africa in earlier centuries, living lives like everyone else and also having some different experiences. Traces and signs of deaf people appear in many sorts of historical document, such as travellers' accounts, legal and genealogical records, government, institutional and missionary archives, linguistic studies, literature, folklore, religious narrative, mime, dance and drama. Many of their experiences have involved severe economic poverty and adversity, stigmatising attitudes and exclusionary practices; yet this has not been the norm everywhere in Africa, and many deaf people have shown great resilience, perseverance, humour and ingenuity in their dealings and communications with the non-deaf world.

Deaf oppression & liberation

Conscripted and raped, women of Liberia's war find new hope - Life Style - MSN Malaysia News - News. Sonnie Kollie and Lusu Sannoh, two deaf and dumb girls aged 18 and 17, experienced the same horrors during Liberia's 14 years of civil war (1989-2003). They chose to retrain as bakers. "Thanks to AGRHA and UNICEF, we are important members of our society," the duo said in sign language. "We had lost hope, but they have given it back to us," they added.

DeafTODAY. (2004, June 30). The Deaf lament being neglected, blame previous govts.

Liberia Sign Language

STAR Radio Community. General Category / General Discussion / Teach Sign Language In Liberia University and Colleges!!!! When some people, especially in our African sector hear the word "Sign Language", it may sound odd. But Sign Language is a unique God's given gift/language. If Liberians if not all, but the majority knew what path(s) Sign Language leads to, many will give support to the need for Sign Language to be taught in several Liberian colleges and universities.

Organizations

World Federation of the Deaf membership information: Liberia National Association of the Deaf. Contact info only. Scroll down to the country name.

Religion & Deafness

Stained glass bulletUnited Methodist TV. (19 June 2006). Deaf school for Liberia.British/American flags,Liberian flagSign Language iconImagine your world without sound. Deaf children in developing countries often find themselves isolated and struggling to make a living. A missionary who teaches the deaf is giving hope to Liberia's children.

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