My attention is drawn to Sunday, January 22, 2012 publication of the Africa Standard News outlet captioned: Irony of Prez. Sirleaf latest appointments-Guinean Mandingo heads Liberia’s financial sector in which one Lee H. Williams ignorantly delved into issues way above his understanding.

Well, as a residence of the cyberspace, I believe God, the almighty have sent some of us here to serve as the mirrors to reflect the realities on the little minds of the likes of Lee. We have been here for long and will stay to address insanity of such nature.

Sometime we take comfort in the fact that based on our collective experience of the war and the hardship it has brought upon us as a people and nation and the fact that many Liberians, more than ever before, have traveled widely and have become much more enlightened about the issue of hate and bigotry and therefore embracing of the values of tribal and religious diversity. But whenever a Mandingo person is appointed to a key position in Liberia, tribal hatred and bigotry have always raised their ugly heads.

While relaxing in my study room browsing the Internet I came across this war of words between Mr. Mohamed Sheriff and Mr. Lee H. Williams. It all started when Mr. Williams wrote an article attacking the Mandingo ethnic group. I thought it wise to respond to Mr. Williams’ article.

My response will critique Mr. Williams’ article in accordance with its sequential arrangement. To begin with, Mr. Williams, in his article choose to describe president Sirleaf’s appointments as ironical because of “her appointment of Information technology person (Amara Konneh) as finance minister designate and an agriculturist (Jerolinmek Piah) as presidential press secretary to the Executive Mansion”.

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