Madam Klayonoh Bleorplue of Nimba and Grand Gedeh, Over 150 years old;
and 132 Year-old Tailor and Country Cloth Designer from Kolahun, Alhaji Muana
Kamara.
A special souvenir program honoring a distinguished Liberian tailor and
country cloth designer of Kolahun District, Lofa County, was held on Sunday
June 19, 2016 in Monrovia.
The program marked the 132nd birth anniversary of Alhaji Muana Kamara,
which means that Alhaji Muana (which in Mende means "We are here) Kamara
is the world's second oldest living human being.
The first, according to The Inquirer, a Liberian daily, is Madam
Klayonoh Bleorplue of Nimba and Grand Gedeh, Over 150 years old.
The Internet records the oldest living person as Madam Misao Okawa of
Japan, who turns 117 years old today, June 22, 2016. The world's fourth oldest
person is Madam Susannah Mushaft Jones, an African American from Brooklyn, New
York, who is 116 and 311 days.
Alhaji Kamara was born on May 27, 1884, during the administration of the
11th President of Liberia, Hilary Richard Wright Johnson. He was President from
January 1884-1892. Alhaji Kamara was born four months after President Johnson
took the oath office
The old man, Alhaji Kamara, vividly remembers his life under the
presidency of the following Liberian heads of state: Hilary Richard Wright
Johnson (1884-92), who retired when Alhaji Kamara was only eight years old;
Joseph James Cheeseman (1892-96); William David Coleman (1896-1900); Garretson
Wilmot Gibson (1900-04); Arthur Barclay (1904-12); Daniel Edward Howard
(1912-20); Charles Dunbar Burgess King (1920-30); Edwin J. Barclay (1930-44);
William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman (1944-71); William Richard Tolbert Jr.
(1971-80); Samuel Kanyon Doe (1980-90); Dr. Amos Sawyer (1990-94); David D.
Kpormakpor (1994-95); Wilton G.S. Sankawulo (1995-96); Ruth Perry (1996-97);
Charles McArthur Gankhay Taylor (1997-2003); Charles Gyude Bryant (2003-06);
and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (2006-present).
The President that Alhaji Kamara most vividly remembers is President
Tubman. Old Man Kamara recalls that President Tubman was the one the President
that did more than most "to open up the interior of Liberia."
The official ceremony was held at the Larkpazee residence of the
honoree, Alhaji Muana Kamara, who was born in Grand Cape Mount County in the
year 1884, during the administration of.
Chief organizer and sponsor of the honoring program, Momo Boima Kamara,
proprietor of African Country Cloth Tailoring and Design Shop on Camp Johnson
Road, said he undertook the initiative as a mark of respect for his mentor and
teacher.
At the well-attended ceremony, the honoree, the 132 year-old country
cloth designer and professional tailor, Alhaji Muana Kamara, urged Liberians
that unity and prayers are key recipes for nation building.
Alhaji Kamara added that in unity there is strength and in sustained
prayers there is a great deal of success stories and splendid achievements.
"In doing anything on the planet earth," Alhaji Kamara
cautioned Liberians to, "Pray all times, even if one wants to go do
business, office work and work on the farm."
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