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‘Year of return’: Hundreds of African-Americans resettle in Ghana

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'Year of return': Hundreds of African-Americans resettle in Ghana

‘Year of return’: Hundreds of African-Americans resettle in Ghana

Government has launched a campaign to reach out to descendants of African who were enslaved.

Ghana was one of the main West African departure points for the transatlantic slave trade.

The government has launched a campaign to reach out to the descendants of those Africans who were forcibly removed from their homelands.

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It has dubbed 2019 the “Year of Return”.

Several hundred people have already put down roots in Ghana, many of them African-Americans.

The programme is prepared by Patrick Lovett and James Vasina.

Source: France24

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