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Why African descendants are moving to Africa
2021-01-01
[Aljazeera] Citing racism and a desire for belonging, Americans and Britons of African descent are moving from the West to the African continent. It’s part of a Pan-African campaign to encourage repatriation and investment in tourism in Africa, and it’s a trend that culminated in 2019 with Ghana’s Year of Return, which marked 400 years since the first enslaved people from Africa were brought to the Americas. We speak to two women about their decision to leave the US and the UK to move to Ghana and The Gambia for good.
Posted by:Besoeker

#9  We get these stories periodically — the idea is very popular in certain circles, but it turns out that the numbers involved are generally in single digits. Because moving to a Third World country isn’t nearly as romantic as it appears from a distance.
Posted by: trailing wife   2021-01-01 20:43  

#8  Americans and Britons of African descent are moving from the West to the African continent. It’s part of a Pan-African campaign to encourage repatriation and investment in tourism in Africa

Go. The more the better. Better for them and better for us. Not sure it will benefit the Africans but that's another matter
Posted by: Spats Lumplump4765   2021-01-01 19:01  

#7  I had a pleasant experience employing a hard-working man from Cameroon. He was a truck driver that part-timed doing yard work and, what I was interested in, tree surgery. He immigrated because over Cameroon was corrupt and "He wasn't related to anybody so he couldn't get a job." He had been in the US previously on a church sponsored green card and found the US Embassy was appreciative of someone that followed the law.
Posted by: magpie   2021-01-01 18:05  

#6  "Hail Wakanda! Ehhh...wot? Fiction? But I saw the movie..."
Posted by: Frank G   2021-01-01 14:26  

#5  Why African descendants are moving to Africa

Because they believe BLM means what they say?
Posted by: gorb   2021-01-01 14:19  

#4  Kinda like the rest of this country sees New Yorkers, huh? Er, or Californians.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2021-01-01 12:59  

#3  From what I understand, blacks to come to the US from the Caribbean do very well scholastically. Hmmm.
Posted by: Clem   2021-01-01 12:25  

#2  I've worked with many Africans in the oilfield. They do not like American blacks. Not in the slightest. Many of the Africans in the oilfield that make it to the US are the really sharp ones and good at their jobs.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2021-01-01 12:11  

#1  They will not be welcomed. They will experience a more severe racism there. Their label will be African American.
Posted by: Dale   2021-01-01 11:53  

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