Joseph M. Woah-Tee was a Liberia

Liberia

Liberia , officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Sierra Leone on the west, Guinea on the north and Côte d'Ivoire on the east. Liberia's coastline is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the more sparsely populated inland consists of forests that open...

n politician and member of the Labor Party of Liberia

Labor Party of Liberia

The Labor Party of Liberia is a political party in Liberia. It fielded candidates in the 11 October 2005 elections.LPL candidate Joseph Woah-Tee won 0.6% of the vote in the presidential poll. The party failed to win any seats in the Senate or House of Representatives....

 (LPL). A native of Bong County

Bong County

Bong is a county in the north-central portion of the West African nation of Liberia. One of 15 counties that comprise the first-level of administrative division in the nation, it has twelve districts. Gbarnga serves as the capital with the area of the county measuring...

, he founded the Woah-Tee Progressive Movement.

Early life

Woah-Tee was born on August 16, 1949, in Gbaomu, Bong County

Bong County

Bong is a county in the north-central portion of the West African nation of Liberia. One of 15 counties that comprise the first-level of administrative division in the nation, it has twelve districts. Gbarnga serves as the capital with the area of the county measuring...

. He earned a bachelor of science degree from the University of Liberia

University of Liberia

The University of Liberia is a publicly funded institution of higher learning located in Monrovia, Liberia. Authorized by the national government in 1851, the school opened in 1863 as Liberia College and became a university in 1951. The school is one of the oldest institutions of higher learning...

 as well as two masters degrees in the United States

United States

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 from Morgan State University

Morgan State University

Morgan State University, formerly Centenary Biblical Institute , Morgan College and Morgan State College , is a historically black college in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Morgan is Maryland's designated public urban university and the largest HBCU in the state of Maryland...

. Woah-Tee also was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy

Doctor of Philosophy

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 from the University of Maryland, College Park

University of Maryland, College Park

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Politics

Running as the LPL presidential candidate in the 11 October 2005 elections

Liberian elections, 2005

The 2005 Liberian general election was held on 11 October 2005, with a runoff election for the presidency held on 8 November of that year. The presidency, as well as all seats in the House of Representatives and Senate were up for election. The election marked the end of the political transition...

, Woah-Tee placed 14th out of 22 candidates, receiving 0.6% of the vote. He is the founder of the Woah-Tee Progressive Movement.

Death

Joseph Woah-Tee was murdered on May 31, 2009 during a robbery attempt in Baltimore, Maryland.3:30 a.m. Joseph Woah-Tee, a 60-year-old man from Liberia who had lived in Baltimore since the 1970s, was killed. He ran an event hall called the Gaimei Nangbn Woah-Tee Multi-Purpose Neighborhood Center in the 4300 block of York Road. Woah-Tee, who (while living in Baltimore) ran for president of Liberia in 2005, rented the center out for events. A party had just let out when a man walked into the office and demanded money from Woah-Tee. A struggle ensued and Woah-Tee was shot in the chest and died.