Text written by Frank Sainworla, Jr., fsainworla@yahoo.com
A grave yard, where our dead loved ones—relatives and friends—are buried should be a place of serenity and tidiness.
But shamefully in our Liberian setting, the filth and stench in two of our major cemeteries in Monrovia and Paynesville bring tears to one’s eyes when visiting these burial grounds. Is this how their “final resting place” should be desecrated?
The desecration of the main Palm Grove Cemetery on Center and Gurley Streets in central Monrovia, which has been turned into a dumpsite, has now been extended to the Paynesville Cemetery in the Duport Road suburb of Monrovia.
For this society, such a sad spectacle appears to be a norm. But for people from many other societies, it is despicable. This is how the Duport Road Cemetery looks, as captured by the camera lens of a friend and brother (Christopher Johns) who accompanied me to this area late this week.
In fact, this grave yard hosting the bodies of hundreds of our compatriots has been in this deplorable state for a protracted period now. So heart-wrenching, isn’t it!!
