Early Life
Taylor was born in Arthington, a town near Monrovia, Liberia, on 28 January 1948 to Nelson and Bernice Taylor. He took the name 'Ghankay' later on, possibly to please and gain favor with the indigenous people. His mother was a member of the Gola ethnic group. According to most reports, his father worked as a teacher, sharecropper, lawyer and judge and was an Americo-Liberian.
In 1977, Taylor earned a degree at Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.
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