... strongman Charles Taylor sealed his control over the nation. Civil strife has destroyed much of Liberia's economy and caused business people to leave the nation. Liberia's recent history is a sad chapter for a nation whose founding was steeped in freedom. The Boers In 1652, a group of people from the Netherlands settled in South Africa. The Netherlands are also known as Holland, ... of the homelands and thus, were excluded from participating in the governing of South Africa. Other South African laws forbade most social contacts between races, authorized segregated public facilities, es...

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