GRAND KONIA ORGANIZATION
OUR STORY
The journey of Grand Konia Organization is deeply entrenched in the struggle to preserve the history and future of the Mande speaking people of West Africa. It is a journey of culture and tradition, firmly pillared on kinship, tradition, identity. It is to foster these values that Grand Konia was established 15 years. The organization was founded by passionate men and women who envisioned the creation of an enabling environment in a non typical African setting, Western Countries, to enhance the practice of tradition and keep families together. Since then, Grand Konia has grown to have members and officials across the world, including in the US, Canada, Europe, and Africa. The "Konia Radio" (videos here) has especially helped to keep the founding vision alive.
PHILOSOPHY
The Konia tradition, which drives the philosophy of Grand Konia Organization, is based on five pillars of FABADINYA, KAMISANYA, SANANKUNYA, LAMII, and TIN. These traditional pillars form the basis of our social interaction, add meaning to the N’ko language, and propel our culture and tradition through passages to current and future generations. Based on these pillars, Grand Konia hopes to reawaken our collective identity, our sense of community beyond boundaries, and to highlight the urgent need to forge an economic and political frontier and create mutually beneficial support group that spans across continents based on in-group loyalty and “Konia patriotism.”
CURRENT PRESIDENT
President Sam Mohammed Kromah has a rich history of service to the diaspora African communities in general and Liberian ones in particular, dedicating over a quarter of a century to impactful service. In 2002, he served as National President of the Union of Liberian Associations in the Americas (ULAA). Before then, he held several positions within the organization and its affiliates, including National Vice President (1996-99); Vice President of the Delaware Valley Chapter of ULAA (1983-84); and, Founding Member and Advisor to the Liberian Association of Maryland. Mohammed is also a former National President of the United Bong County Associations in the Americas (2000-01).
Mohammed has consistently advocated for various Liberian national causes within Liberian communities abroad, with the Government and people of the United States, and within the international community. He headed the ULAA delegation and provided leadership for “Liberians in the Diaspora” at the Liberian Peace Talks in Accra, Ghana, which process led to a ceasefire, cessation of hostilities, a negotiated political settlement, power sharing, and the formation and installation of the National Transitional Government of Liberia. He is a former member of the Association for Constitutional Democracy in Liberia, (ACDL) and a founding member of the Liberia Islamic Union for Reconciliation and Development, (LIURD).
President Kromah is a staunch believer of voluntarism and charitable services. He served as Council Vice Chairman of the All Saints Lutheran Church in Baltimore (1996-97). He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Independent Advisory Board of Maryland; member of the Maryland Friends of Foster Children Foundation; and, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Resources and Outreach for Liberia (ROL), an educational and charitable organization dedicated to the education, health and welfare of Liberians. Through these organizations, Mr. Kromah has been able to touch the lives of many vulnerable families and, women, and children.
Sam Mohammed Kromah has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and History from Cheyney State University in Pennsylvania and a Law degree from the Western State College of Law in San Diego, California and University of Detroit, Michigan. He is happily married to Dr. Margaret Ngangana-Kromah with three natural children and a host of adopted ones.
Sam Mohammed Kromah
PAST LEADERS
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