It is commonly written that once you study your history, you are not liable to repeat the mistakes of the past. A little over 30 years ago, the Ghanaian Government sent back to Liberia a large number of Liberians who had been living in that country for more than 30 years. Before Ghana's independence these Liberians were engaged in menial labor in what was then known as the Gold Coast. After that country gained independence it sent back home a large number of Africans who had been living there and carrying on the activities which the Ghanaians themselves did not wish to do.