Tag: Year of Return
American rapper T.I., wife arrive in Ghana for ‘Year of Return’
American rapper and actor T. I. has arrived in Ghana with his wife as part of the Year of Return initiative championed by the Tourism Ministry.
Clifford...
Year of Return: Cardi B lands in Ghana Sunday for a...
Grammy award-winning rapper and social media sensation, Cardi B is on her way to Africa to perform for the first time on the continent in Nigeria...
Ghana grants citizenship to over 120 African-American diasporans
Ghana has granted citizenship to 126 African-American diasporans as part of its 'Year of Return' celebrations.
They were administered the Oaths of Allegiance by a...
Ben Dotsei Malor writes: How does the name of Ghana get...
THE “QUEEN MOTHER OF GHANA”? “AFRICAN QUEEN MOTHER”? How does the name of Ghana get taken so lightly and in vain by a celebrity...
Ghana’s welcoming arms to the African diaspora
Halfway across the Atlantic Ocean, the plane carrying Tani Sanchez and her daughter Tani Sylvester on a heritage tour to Ghana, crossed paths with...
Ghana declares September as tourism month as ‘Year of Return’ attracts...
The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has declared September of every year as tourism month to encourage patronage of important festivals and tourist sites in...
FIVE-POINTER: African-American Celebs Who Could Mark ‘Year of Return’
2019 -- the 400th year since the first African slaves made it to America
-- is well underway, with some African-American celebrities having already
visited to...
Ghana’s Year of Return 2019: traveler, tourist or pilgrim?
“We may call ourselves African Americans but we are truly disconnected from Africa. I say WE because I’m not excluded! I thought ‘my people’...
New York Attorneys storm e-Ananse Book Reading as part of Year...
The Association of Black Woman Attorneys in New York who recently celebrated their week-long retreat in Ghana stormed the 3rd edition of e-Ananse book...
Ghana draws African-American tourists with ‘Year of Return’
Cape Coast (Ghana) (AFP) - US preacher Roxanne Caleb blinked away the tears as she emerged from a pitch-dark dungeon where African slaves were...