{"id":768216,"date":"2019-12-19T15:36:40","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T15:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/19\/minister-explains-why-sarkodie-hasnt-performed-any-tasks-as-year-of-return-ambassador\/"},"modified":"2019-12-19T15:36:40","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T15:36:40","slug":"minister-explains-why-sarkodie-hasnt-performed-any-tasks-as-year-of-return-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/19\/minister-explains-why-sarkodie-hasnt-performed-any-tasks-as-year-of-return-ambassador\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister explains why Sarkodie hasn&#8217;t performed any tasks as Year of Return Ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Barbara Oteng Gyasi, has given reasons to why Ghanaian rapper, Sarkodie (born Michael Owusu Addo) has not been engaged with any activities by the Ministry since he was appointed Ambassador for the Year of Return a few months ago.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/\/8N1N2OkKAcA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Responding to a question by <strong>Citi FM<\/strong>\u2018s Kwame Dadzie at a Press Meeting today at the Ministry of Information, the Minister said Sarkodie\u2019s appointment was to honour him for mentioning the Year of Return while delivering his acceptance speech at the BET Hip Hop Awards.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSarkodie was appointed a Year of Return Ambassador in view of his contribution to the Year of Return campaign when he received his award in the U.S. He entreated everybody to visit Ghana as part of the Year of Return. And for that singular effort on such a major international platform we felt that he marketed the Year of Return project and therefore he deserved to be made ambassador for the project,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, it came at the tail end of the Year of Return programme but we are going to involve him very much in activities which are outstanding for this year and we\u2019ll actually draw a programme for him in the ensuing projects that we are going to launch as a follow-up to the Year of Return.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The government is planning on introducing a 10-year comprehensive project to be launched to sustain the Year of Return drive.<\/p>\n<p>On October 30, 2019, Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie was named an Ambassador for the Year of Return celebration at the Creative Industry forum at the National Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>He was also honoured with a citation for his achievement and immense contribution to the music industry.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-578718 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/sarkodie-citation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"869\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Year of Return<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cYear of Return, Ghana 2019\u201d is a major landmark spiritual and birth-right journey inviting the Global African family, home and abroad, to mark 400 years of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in Jamestown, Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>The arrival of enslaved Africans marked a sordid and sad period when our kith and kin were forcefully taken away from Africa into years of deprivation, humiliation and torture.<\/p>\n<p>While August 2019 marks 400 years since enslaved Africans arrived in the United States, \u201cThe Year of Return, Ghana 2019\u201d celebrates the cumulative resilience of all the victims of the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade who were scattered and displaced through the world in North America, South America, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia.<\/p>\n<p>So far, there have a been a litany of activities that have been held as part of the celebration \u2013 and there are a lot more to be held this December, as the programme reaches its climax.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Barbara Oteng Gyasi, has given reasons to why Ghanaian rapper, Sarkodie (born Michael Owusu Addo) has not been engaged with any activities by the Ministry since he was appointed Ambassador for the Year of Return a few months ago. 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