‘African Americans are not as far removed from the continent’: Feeling seen, understood in Ghana
- Aside from joyful everyday experiences in Ghana, there’s an abundance of history lessons never taught in American schools.
- Ghana’s “The Year of Return” was part of a multi-year initiative to increase global tourism to the country.
- Maybe there isn’t a universal Black utopia in Ghana, but rather provides refuge for so many Black people.
I had a transformative experience in Ghana.
I visited the African country in 2019 and at that point, I had the privilege of visiting more than 10 other countries in the continent. But there was something intangible in Ghana that blew me away. It was the most earnest sense of welcome I had ever felt. I enjoyed everyday experiences, but it was also history lessons that I never learned in more than 15 years of formal education.