Ghana’s innovative Beyond The Return program represents a transformative movement enabling Black Americans to reclaim their African heritage through citizenship. This initiative marks a significant ...
As a vibrant West African nation, Ghana stands out as a top destination for travelers seeking to connect with African heritage and culture. With its rich history, diverse landscapes, and welcoming ...
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Flipping through a family album, Keachia Bowers paused on a photo of her as a baby on her father’s lap as he held the 1978 album “Africa Stand Alone” by the Jamaican reggae band ...
When Ghana announced its initiative, The Year of the Return, in 2019 to welcome the African diaspora back to the continent ...
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — In a captivating exploration of heritage through a transformative journey, Richmond native Rita Ricks shares her profound quest to Ghana and how it reconnected her with her ...
On January 20, Christa Núñez, a 51-year-old Cornell Ph.D. student and mother of three, booked five one-way tickets to Ghana. “It just happened to be Inauguration Day,” Núñez told me. It was a humid ...
The first chapters to reach African soil appeared in Liberia in the late 1940s, but it is in Ghana that this movement has ...
Students last June traveled to Ghana, where they joined African American expatriates in a daylong celebration of Juneteenth. Associate professor Shannen Dee Williams shares the students’ journey and ...
How do I describe my cultural identity: African American or American African? As someone grew up in a Congolese family in Nashville, Tennessee, this is a question I often asked myself. Despite being ...