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Our Mission

The Liberian Mandingo Association of New York (LIMANY) seeks to:

• build mutual support networks among its members

• promote unity among all Liberians

• communicate and work with other Liberian organizations for peace, democracy, reconciliation, and reconstruction

• ensure that human rights are protected under Liberian laws and that no group of Liberians is prosecuted or killed on the basis of religion and ethnicity

• ensure that all Liberian children receive an education

History

The idea for LIMANY was around long before it establishment as Mandingo Association. On this darkest day of Liberian history, 1990, all the Liberian Mandingoes in New York City assembled at Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Turay's residence, after seeing the brutal and barbaric killing of a Liberian woman and her child. The reason given by the murdered was that the woman and her child were Mandingoes and Moslems as reported by BBC.

The need for organizing ourselves and consoling each other could not be over emphasized. And this was the birth of the Liberian Mandingo people organization, called the Mandingo Association, chaired by Mr. Abraham Turay. A year after its founding, Mandingo Association elected its first elected President, Mr. Bangalee Fofana.

Over the years the membership has grown, and has been able to refine its focus as stated in our mission statement. We are now and shall forever be known as the Liberian Mandingo Association of New York (LIMANY)

Sources of Funding

LIMANY's work is financed entirely by the generous due payments from its registrar members. LIMANY often stages fundraising programs to generate needed funds.

LIMANY is working on obtaining its 501(c)(3) US Federal tax exempt status, at which time we will encourage public funding.

Contact Information

LIMANY welcomes any comment or question regarding LIMANY or this website. Please direct your communication to:

editors@limany.org

917-685-1212