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African Americans are returning to countries like Ghana more than 400 years after their ancestors left Africa as slaves. Many say they want either to reconnect to history, or resettle on the continent.#ghana #yearofreturn2019 #tanzania #movingtoafrica #gambia #blackamerican #africanunion #gambia African Americans are returning to countries like Ghana more than 400 years after their ancestors left Africa as slaves. Many say they want either to reconnect to history, or resettle on the continent. Moving to ghana,Moving to Tanzania,Moving to Africa,Moving to Gambia,Black Americans,African Americans,Black Americans in ghana,Diaspora,African Americans in africa,julius malema,south africa,capetown,eff,anc,indians in south africa,malema,mandelaThe Ghanian declaration of 2019 as the year of the return, was significant because it came at a time when African-Americans, in general, were facing increased racial discrimination in the US. St Georges Fort at Elmina, built by the Portuguese in 1482 -- and infamous for its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade through the door of no retutn. Tourists at a slave castle in Elmina, Ghana. The Cape Coast Castle, a former slave-holding place, is huge tourist attractionImage: Isaac Kaledzi/DW ADVERTISEMENT Tonya Saafir-Ankomah originally hails from Mississippi in the United States of America, but more than ten years ago, she decided to move abroad. At least 1,500 African Americans have moved to Ghana since 2019, following a campaign by Ghana's government. The campaign, dubbed the “Year of Return,“ became a catalyst for many descendants of Africans in the diaspora to embark on a spiritual journey. At the time, it also marked 400 years since the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in Jamestown, Virginia. Year of Return“ was also to celebrate the resilience of all the victims of the trans-Atlantic slave tradewho were forcefully displaced throughout the world, ending up in North America, South America, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia.
