{"id":772876,"date":"2019-12-28T16:10:33","date_gmt":"2019-12-28T16:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/28\/popular-american-journalist-in-ghana-for-year-of-return\/"},"modified":"2019-12-28T16:10:33","modified_gmt":"2019-12-28T16:10:33","slug":"popular-american-journalist-in-ghana-for-year-of-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/28\/popular-american-journalist-in-ghana-for-year-of-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular American journalist in Ghana for Year of Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/50876451-Copy.jpg\" data-caption=\"Roland Martin, Haitian-American journalist\n\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/50876451-Copy-696x522.jpg\"   alt=\"Roland Martin, Haitian-American journalist\" title=\"Roland Martin, Haitian-American journalist\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roland Martin, Haitian-American journalist<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Popular Haitian-American journalist, Roland Martin, has joined his colleagues in making a trip to Ghana for the Year of Return.<\/p>\n<p>Since his landing, Martin has toured many parts of the country including popular places in Greater Accra, Central and Ashanti Regions.<\/p>\n<p>The former CNN contributor has been updating his Instagram followers about his travel to the country.<\/p>\n<p>In one of his post he wrote, \u201cOur first experience when we got to the Cape Coast castle last night was to tell our ancestors that we had arrived, we had libation poured at the foot of the sea. We prayed and they welcomed us! It was a very spiritual experience!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roland Martin also had the chance to hang out with some members of the diaspora who have settled permanently in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>He toured the Kakum National Park in the Central Region after his tour at the Elmina Castle. He also went to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi where the sword of one of Ashanti\u2019s best fetish priest Komfo Anokye is sited.<\/p>\n<p>Kente weaving was something he tried his hands on while in Kumasi.<\/p>\n<p>Roland Martin was also spotted sharing a laugh with President Akufo Addo at the launch of the \u2018Beyond the Year of Return: The Birthright\u2019 and had an interview with Emmy award-winning TV host, Michelle McKinney Hammond.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B6kyfnUA2-w\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B6i7K0qAOws\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roland Martin, Haitian-American journalist Popular Haitian-American journalist, Roland Martin, has joined his colleagues in making a trip to Ghana for the Year of Return. Since his landing, Martin has toured many parts of the country including popular places in Greater Accra, Central and Ashanti Regions. The former CNN contributor has been updating his Instagram followers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":772877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-772876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Popular American journalist in Ghana for Year of Return - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/28\/popular-american-journalist-in-ghana-for-year-of-return\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Popular American journalist in Ghana for Year of Return - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Roland Martin, Haitian-American journalist Popular Haitian-American journalist, Roland Martin, has joined his colleagues in making a trip to Ghana for the Year of Return. 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