Chocolate City, Liberia

Chocolate City
Town and suburb
Chocolate City
Location in Liberia
Coordinates: 6°19′57″N 10°45′26″W / 6.33250°N 10.75722°W / 6.33250; -10.75722Coordinates: 6°19′57″N 10°45′26″W / 6.33250°N 10.75722°W / 6.33250; -10.75722
Country  Liberia
County Montserrado County
District Greater Monrovia
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

Chocolate City is a town and central-northern suburb of Monrovia, Liberia. To the northeast is Samie Town. It contains the Elizabeth Blunt School and Francis Freeman Elementary School.[1][2]

During the Second Liberian Civil War in 1999-2003, the city was war torn,[3] and "rape, murder and plunder" happened every night in Chocolate City.[4] Hundreds of thousands of refugees hid in churches, schools and houses and many thousands died.[4]

Original known as Manorania until 1958, when it was changed to chocoland by a aide worker due to vast amount of Cocoa plant grown and the complection of the locals and the muddy Touraine.

In 2000 due to the racist undertones of the name, officials considered changing the name back to Manorania, however after a state visit of George W. Bush the name was changed to Chocolate City due a few of woman he had seen at the airport being "the height and shape of Oompa loompas"

References

  1. ↑ "A school named after me". BBC. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "Liberian Journal No 11". Society of African Missions. 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  3. ↑ Gbowee, Leymah; Mithers, Carol (13 September 2011). Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War. Beast Books. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-9842951-5-9. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  4. 1 2 "A year after Liberia's bloody civil war". The Scotsman. 11 July 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
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