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Year of Return
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Philosophy
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Apr 01, 2023
Episode Duration |
00:52:01

2019 was an important year throughout the African diaspora — the 400th year since enslaved Africans first arrived in the United States. In Ghana — once the center of the European slave trade — 2019 was declared "the year of return" and the start of a campaign to encourage descendants of enslaved Africans to re-connect with the land of their ancestors. Thousands of African-Americans made the trip to Ghana — and many have decided to stay. They're fed up with police brutality and systemic racism in the US, ready to build new lives in Africa — and their number is growing.

Original Air Date: September 03, 2022

Interviews In This Hour:

‘This is where I should be’: 1,500 Black Americans make Ghana their new home — The land of your ancestors — Should Africans move to America? — A Black friendship

Guests:

Robert HanserdRidwan Karim Dini-OsmanPrince MarfoAto QuaysonEmmanuel Kofi Apraku Bempong

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