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Anner, Sept. 4, 2008, http://www.baystatebanner.
com/Local19-2008-09-04.
489 Jesse Delaughter, U.S. Comm. for Refugees &
Immigrants (USCRI), “Little Liberia,” http://www.
refugees.org/article.aspx?id=1540 (last visited Dec.
30, 2008).
490 The actual New Kru Town is a populous borough
of the city of Monrovia, located in northwestern
Bushrod Island on the outskirts of Monrovia.
491 Telephone interview with Georgette Gray, Board
Member, Organization of Liberians in Minnesota
(Nov. 7, 2008).
492 Id.
493 See Delaughter, supra note 489 (describing the fact
that the Liberian community in Albany has “an
African shop run by a leader from the local Liberian
community who stocks his shelves with African
videos and foods like cassava leaf and plantains”).
494 See Interview with Doris Parker, Exec. Dir.,
Liberian Women’s Initiative – Minnesota (LIWIM),
Minneapolis, Minn., (Aug. 1, 2008); Telephone
interview with Jacob Massaquoi, Exec. Dir., African
Refuge, Staten Island, N.Y. (September 24, 2008);
Telephone interview with Vofee Jabateh, Founder,
African Cultural Alliance of North America
(ACANA) (Nov. 14, 2008).
495 See TRC Diaspora Statement Recs. 1551, 1011.
496 Telephone interview with Rufus Z. Arkoi, Roza
Productions (Aug. 6, 2008); Telephone interview
with Telee Brown, president, Staten Island Liberian
Community Association, Inc. (SILCA) (Aug. 6,
2008).
497 Telephone interview with Rufus Z. Arkoi, Roza
Productions (Aug. 6, 2008).
498 Id.
499 Susu is an informal savings system in Liberia, where
members contribute and collect money and take
turns to receive the whole sum as a means of savings.
500 E.g., Junior Lone Star (Philadelphia, PA); Club
Cavalla (Philadelphia, PA); Coatesville United
(Coatesville, NJ); Roza Promotions (Staten Island,
NY); New York FC; Mission Professionals (Bristol,
PA); A Mon-Nue Sports and Social Association,
Brooklyn Park (MN); Old-Timers Sports Club
(Brooklyn Park, MN).
501 Telephone interview with Rufus Z. Arkoi, Roza
392
Productions (Aug. 6, 2008).
502 Id.
503 Any single July 26 event could bring together from
5,000 to 10,000 Liberians in a given area. Id.
504 Id.
505 Id.
506 Id.
507 Telephone interview with Abdullah Kiatamba,
Publisher, The Liberian Journal (August 7, 2008).
508 Id.
509 E.g., FrontPage Africa (http://frontpageafrica.
com/), The Perspective (http://www.theperspective.
org/), The Liberian Journal (http://www.
theliberianjournal.com/), Running Africa (http://
www.runningafrica.com/).
510 See, e.g., ‘Bleeding Hearts’: Family in Awe after
Liberian Confesses to Killing Girlfriend,
frontPAge AfriCA, May 14, 2007 (describing a
statement that one Liberian family distributed on
the Organization of Liberians in Minnesota listserve
after their son confessed to a shooting), http://www.
frontpageafrica.com/newsmanager/anmviewer.
asp?a=3957.
511 Telephone interview with Abdullah Kiatamba,
Publisher, The Liberian Journal (August 7, 2008).
512 Telephone interview with Hassan Kiawu, Liberian
Association of Metro Atlanta (May 21, 2008).
513 Interview with Anonymous (May 23, 2008).
514 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 1015.
515 TRC Diaspora Statement Rec. 1015; see also TRC
Diaspora Statement Rec. 1345.
516 Telephone interview with Dr. Patricia Jabbeh-
Wesley, Professor, Pennsylvania State Univ. (Sept.
23, 2008).
517 Group interview with Mitzi Heath, Student
Assistance Counselor, Melody Hahn-Merges,
English Language Learners School Social Worker, &
Sandra Buechel, Social Worker, Park Center Senior
High School, Brooklyn Center, Minn. (June 4, 2008).
518 Interview with Anonymous (June 2, 2008).
519 Interview with John Bartee, Brooklyn Center, Minn.
(May 15, 2008).
520 Presentation by Ev Lennon & Gboyee Seeyon,
Center for Victims of Torture, Healing Through
Faith Conference, St. Paul, Minn. (March 7-8, 2008).