{"id":771129,"date":"2019-12-24T19:12:39","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T19:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/24\/year-of-return-has-branded-ghana-well-ablakwa\/"},"modified":"2019-12-24T19:12:39","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T19:12:39","slug":"year-of-return-has-branded-ghana-well-ablakwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/24\/year-of-return-has-branded-ghana-well-ablakwa\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Year of Return’ has branded Ghana well – Ablakwa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nMP for North Tongu Constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
North Tongu Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has praised the government for it\u2019s\u00a0\u2018Year of Return\u2018\u00a0declaration.<\/p>\n
According to him, the initiative has placed the country in the good graces of Africans in the\u00a0diaspora and raised the reputation of the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s branded Ghana beyond what we could pay for. We had a whole congressional delegation and as Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, I met some of these delegations, the Prime Minister of Barbados and when you hear them, the excitement and the connection to Ghana, it\u2019s been fantastic,\u201d he told Kojo Yankson on the Super Morning Show on Joy FM, Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Mr Ablakwa urged the government to maintain the initiative and sustain the momentum it has created.<\/p>\n
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\u201cOf course there have been other issues of exaggerated data but we can put that aside and celebrate the \u2018Year of Return\u2019 for what it has come to represent,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The ranking member said regardless of the challenges he believes that the country could not have declared a better celebration adding that \u201cwe can all share our thoughts on what can be done to improve the celebrations as we reach a climax.\u201d<\/p>\n
About Year of Return<\/strong><\/p>\n
It has been exactly 400 years since the first black slaves landed in Jamestown Virginia in the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ghana initiated the \u2018Year of Return\u2019 to invite all diasporans back home to not only learn more but explore and even invest in the country.<\/p>\n
Since this initiative began many African Americans have made their way into the country to learn more about their history. Some were Steve Harvey, Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Anderson, Micheal Jai White, Boris Kodjoe, Nicole Ari Parker, Diggy Simmons and many others.<\/p>\n
The Tourism Ministry outlined numerous activities including the \u2018December in Ghana\u2019 events to bring the \u2018Year of Return\u2019 to a fruitful end.<\/p>\n
The programme includes Afro Nation, Afrochella, Gold Coast Experience, Full Circle festival, Ghana Festival of Light and many others.<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
The Way Forward<\/strong><\/p>\n
Government is hoping to launch an initiative that would take over the \u2018Year of Return.\u2019<\/p>\n
The initiative dubbed\u00a0\u2018Beyond The Year of Return \u2013 a Birthright\u2019 was announced by the president\u00a0at his recent media encounter.<\/p>\n
The government intends to implement a campaign-oriented project, \u2018Beyond the Year of Return \u2013 a Birthright,\u2019 over a\u00a010-year-period to continuously carry out activities to sustain the Diaspora relationship\u00a0and build on the positive impact of the initiative.<\/p>\n
The campaign is on the theme: \u2018A decade of African Restoration 2020-2030.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MP for North Tongu Constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa North Tongu Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has praised the government for it\u2019s\u00a0\u2018Year of Return\u2018\u00a0declaration. According to him, the initiative has placed the country in the good graces of Africans in the\u00a0diaspora and raised the reputation of the country. \u201cIt\u2019s branded Ghana beyond what we could […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":771130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-771129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"\n
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