The Year Of Return Ghana 2019
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- April 3, 2019
Would You Consider Returning to Africa?
This is a question that has been in the hearts and minds of our people for quite some time. Should we return to the home of our ancestors? Should we experience this life changing energy that has remained a distant thought for too many of us? But more importantly, if we are to return, how would we be accepted?
We all are far too familiar with the stories of both the Arab Slave Trade and it’s spawn, the so-called TransAtlantic genocide. Let’s face it, we as a people haven’t recovered from the traumas of yesteryears. But if we are to rebuild a strong people and build a stronger nation, then The Year of Return should be something of great consideration.
That’s what our guest has done. Andrae Walsh, the founding director of FAM (Fearless African Movement) TV, took it upon himself to jump on an opportunity to return back to the land of our ancestors with long time bredren, Kofi Yaboah from the Global African Communities Network.
When Hear 2 Help began our conversation with Andrae, we could hear that this brother has gone through a transformation. This transformation was so profound, that Andrae and Kofi have put their resources together and have planned 3 separate trips throughout the year to return home. And this time they are bringing the Toronto Pan-African Community with them to experience it first hand.
Sit back and enjoy the conversation we had with these two brothers, who have so much to share with our audience.
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Here’s a little information that we found on about The Year of Return.
The Year of the Return
In Washington, D.C., in September 2018, Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo declared and formally launched the “Year of Return, Ghana 2019” for Africans in the Diaspora to commemorate 400 years since the arrival of Africans in the Americas, starting in 1619.
Speaking at the launch, President Akufo-Addo recalled Ghana’s early Pan African leadership role and pledged that “under my leadership, Ghana will continue to ensure that our hard-won Pan African reputation is not lost. Making Ghana the focus of activities to commemorate the landing of the first enslaved Africans in the English colonies in North America is, therefore, a huge opportunity to entrench Ghana’s leadership.”
The Joseph Project
Began 2007, the Ghanaian government initiated the project to commemorate 200 years since the abolition of slavery and to encourage Africans in the Diaspora to return.
The Joseph Project is named for the biblical Joseph who was sold into slavery in Egypt but would later reunite with his family.
The Rights of Abode Program
Which gives people of African descent the right to gain permanent residency. According to the Ghanaian Immigration Act of 2000, “The concept of right of abode under Immigration Law is that person having the right of abode ‘shall be free to live and to come and go into and from the country without let or hindrance.’”
Adinkra Symbols used in The Year of Return Logo
The West African country has made it a necessity to ensure that year long activities have been planned out. Just by looking at the program below, we could see that there is a little something for everyone.
For more information about the Back To Africa Tour with Brother’s Kofi and Andrae, please click here.
See you all next week.
