Hello everyone and welcome!

I decided to share a new featured post as a way to share some light on who I am. My name is Lawuo. I was born and raised in the Republic of Liberia. I am currently living in the Untied States of America.

I will be sharing some of my stories, my father’s stories, my mother’s stories, and etc….therefore, my blog posting will be infuse with my Liberian up-bringing, and that of my ongoing American up-bringing.

Ku Kaa Tornor, the name of my blog–which reads Cool-Car-Ton-None—in the Kpelle language–one of the 16 native languages, spoken in the Republic of Liberia translates to “We Are One” in English.

The words “Ku Kaa Tornor ” also happened to be my late father’s high school class motto: in 1968, in the Republic of Liberia, during the periods of strong rooted divide amongst the Liberian people, which led to years of terror…

Like my father, my family, my friends, and readers like you. I strongly believe that We Are One. We all have our differences, and these differences are the things that makes us unique.

You will get to know about some of these differences as you follow and read my blog postings.

I will explain to you one of these differences…

My little brother shared the above picture of me with the comment that you see “She loves books more than any other thing”….

Liberia is an English speaking country but certain words and phrases means slightly and or completely different things depending on how they are used…some cultural differences because of the other native languages that are spoken.

If you read that someone loves books, the first thought of an American or someone not born and or raised in Liberia will be that the person loves reading…which is partially true. But for a Liberian born and raised, when they hear or read the words “she loves books” they hear and read that she loves education, in all forms and in all shapes. That she loves learning…you will sometimes hear the words…”she eats books” “She knows books don’t play with her”…which means she is smart. She is intelligent. She is educated. She is brilliant and don’t mess with her.

With my many names: Lawuo, Yemah-Gbokwoh, Zorkleene, Aalafayiah, Dolokolliemah, Cummings, and sometimes Naimah, I will be telling you some stories using some of these differences. I will be going between Liberian English and traditions, and that of American English and traditions, with a focus mostly on Liberian traditions.

Thank you for reading!!

Lawuo, Yemah-Gbokwoh, Zorkleene, Aalafayiah, Dolokolliemah, Cummings, and Naimah