Traveling dangerously on tattered, overloaded boats, they have been drowning by the hundreds, if not thousands, in the Mediterranean. In that same Editorial, we were pleased to indicate that so far Liberian youth were not among the African youth fleeing Africa for Europe. Fortunately, we know of at least one such Liberian who has returned home, a classic example of the Biblical prodigal son. Because his own father called him that; and just as happened in the Bible, this father, James T. Weleyon, stretched out his arms to welcome back home his estranged son, Bill Weleyon. Indeed, Bill was a student of the African American Episcopal University (AMEU), where he was fully supported by his beloved entrepreneurial father, a Ganta businessman.

Source: Daily Observer January 05, 2018 02:15 UTC