Liberia Culture

Many people here were struck by two things when Defense Minister Gray D. Allison was arrested and charged in June with having made a human sacrifice to further his career. They thought Allison was paying the price of plotting a coup against President Samuel K. Doe. And they thought he was almost certainly guilty. The latter assumption had only a little to do with the public's deep loathing for Maj. Gen. Allison.

Many people here were struck by two things when Defense Minister Gray D. Allison was arrested and charged in June with having made a human sacrifice to further his career. They thought Allison was paying the price of plotting a coup against President Samuel K. Doe. And they thought he was almost certainly guilty. The latter assumption had only a little to do with the public's deep loathing for Maj. Gen. Allison.