[allAfrica] Monrovia -- Liberia is marking the country's founding as an independent nation in 1822 when the first group of previously enslaved African Americans arrived from the United States. "Our shared history is uncommonly unique and exceptional," President George Weah said in an address on February 14 during the ceremony that launched a year-long bicentennial commemoration. "Today we celebrate 200 years since we first began the journey to become a sovereign state, eventually to become the first African country
