age ▁mostly ▁in ▁trade , ▁and ▁the ▁F anti , ▁who ▁are ▁often ▁fish erm en ▁or ▁trad ers ▁of ▁fish , ▁usually ▁from ▁Gh ana , ▁living ▁season ally ▁and ▁more ▁and ▁more ▁often ▁perman ently ▁in ▁Liber ia . ▁ ▁Then ▁there ▁are ▁Amer ico - L iber ians , ▁who ▁are ▁descend ants ▁of ▁free - born ▁and ▁formerly ▁ens la ved ▁African ▁Americans ▁who ▁arrived ▁in ▁Liber ia ▁from ▁ 1 8 2 2 ▁on ward ▁and ▁Congo ▁People ▁( desc end ants ▁of ▁imm igr ants ▁from ▁the ▁Car ib bean ), ▁making ▁up ▁an ▁estimated ▁ 5 % ▁of ▁the ▁population . ▁They ▁used ▁to ▁domin ate ▁political ▁life ▁in ▁Liber ia ▁and ▁still ▁have ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁influence . ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁about ▁ 5 , 0 0 0 ▁people ▁of ▁European ▁descent , ▁many ▁of ▁them ▁having ▁settled ▁down ▁as ▁min ers , ▁mission aries , ▁business ▁people , ▁and ▁so ▁on . ▁There ▁also ▁is ▁a ▁size able ▁number ▁of ▁Leb an ese , ▁Indians , ▁and ▁other ▁people ▁with ▁Asian ▁roots ▁who ▁make ▁up ▁a ▁significant ▁part ▁of ▁Liber ia ' s ▁business ▁community . ▁Because ▁of ▁the ▁civil ▁war ▁and ▁its ▁accomp any ing ▁problem ▁of ▁in security , ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁non - A fr icans ▁in ▁Liber ia ▁is ▁low ▁and ▁conf ined ▁largely ▁to ▁Mon ro via ▁and ▁its ▁immediate ▁surr ound ings . ▁The ▁Liber ian ▁constitution ▁restrict s ▁citizens hip ▁to ▁people ▁of ▁African ▁descent . ▁