By Ndaba Nhuku| Ghana has broken history beating Zimbabwe, South Africa, and every other African country on restoring the ancestral and citizenship rights of black Americans.
34 black Americans have been swiftly made citizens in the continent’s first mass move to fixing the injustices of the slave trade which happened 300 years ago. The announcement can be seen in the following letter:
How will this benefit Ghana and it’s new citizens? Do the new citizens really see themselves as Africans? Africa is riddled with tribalism, where will they fit in? Will they be influential to help destroy the negative aspects of tribalism? How do Ghanaian people generally feel about the new citizens? Can the rest of Africa follow suit? How does one choose which country to go to? And what will their countries want and expect from their sons and daughters? Will this be for the rich only so that they set up businesses in Africa?
This is an exciting move by the Ghanian govt as it makes all black people unite in their continent of origin. This will raise interesting debate.
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In 1987, Zimbabwe granted several African Americans citizenship after their stay in the country for more than five years. Ethiopia, during Emperor Haile Selassie granted HUNDREDS of African Americans and Caribbeans and gave them land to resettle back in the early 1970’s. Ghana, under Nkrumah made overtures to Africans in diaspora, but fell short of granting them citizenship, as the coup that removed him put a stop to the grand plan.
Why is South Africa refusing its “citizens” just across the northern border this right to return?