Amb. Dew Mason Delivers Keynote Address at Grebo Convention in Rocktown

The leaders, men, women and youths of the only two chiefdoms (Kudemoweh & Numoweh) of the Harper District will converge in Rocktown, Maryland County. Both Chiefdoms will bring together closed to forty towns and villages.

The host, Rocktown, is the oldest town and the Headquarters of the Kudemoweh Chiefdom in Maryland County. This Convention will be the very first of its kind of the Grebo people in the last twenty years.

The reason behind the discontinuation of such historic occasion is due to a long standing dispute between Rocktown and Bigtown.

Bigtown, like Rocktown, is the oldest town and Headquarters of the Numoweh Chiefdom. And because both towns (Rocktown & Bigtown) were involved in a boundary dispute, the conflict dragged down to the other towns and villages in both chiefdoms. As a result, this conflict did not only plunge both chiefdoms into a serious quagmire, it also undermines the growth and development of the entire county of Maryland. As such, peace and unity needed to be pursued. Many local and international nongovernmental organizations tried their best to bring both peoples together but up to no avail.

One year ago, The KudeNumo Peace Initiative Foundation, Inc. began to pursue the same process of peace and unity.

We are proud to report that The KudeNumo Peace Initiative, Inc. has succeeded in bringing peace and unity back to the Grebo Peninsula.

On April 11 & 12, 2011, both towns (Bigtown & Rocktown) met in Rocktown for the very first time decades to begin talks in resolving their misunderstandings. History will record this date as the most outstanding dates in the experience of all Grebo people.

Amongst all the ambiances, Amb. Dew Mason will deliver the Keynote Address. He will be speaking on peace, unity as the right path to our future as Liberians and Africans.

Six thousand people are expected to attend the Convention.

Everyone is invited to attend the Convention as history is being made.



I am Thomas G. Bedell speaking and working on the ground in Liberia.