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Why black Americans are moving to Africa

By Princess Jones| New York Post

Monique John wasn’t sure what to expect when she stepped off the plane in her new home: the West African nation of Liberia.

“It was very rundown looking,” the Brooklyn-born 28-year-old recalled of her first glimpse of the capital, Monrovia, nearly three years ago. “But my feeling as I was walking along the city’s main streets was a sense of excitement . . . it felt almost like an out-of-body experience to finally be in Africa.”

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African-American plans $50m Diaspora Palace, Resort in Badagry, Nigeria

By Abdullateef Aliyu

Some of the visiting African-Americans in Badagry, Lagos. An African-American, David Anderson, who is the founder and president of the Bridge Leader Network (BLN), a diversity consulting firm, is set to build a multimillion dollar Diasporan Royal Palace and Resort in Badagry, the ancient Lagos Town and centre of the Transatlantic slave trade.

The gigantic project estimated to cost between $30m to $50m would be sited at Gberefu, a community known as the ‘Point of No Return’, where the European slave merchants took their captors to board ship to unknown destinations.

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30 African Americans arrive in Kenya to seek for their roots

With her long but neatly kept dreadlocks and a white t-shirt emblazoned with a Kenyan flag, Kea Tiffani Simmons, looks every inch Kenyan.She even has a Kenyan name, Wakesho Akinyi.

It is only when she speaks that you can hear her rich South Carolina accent.“I live in one of the most progressive cities in the US, but Nairobi is three times as many homes as the city of North Carolina,” she says.

Simmons is leading a group of 30 African-Americans on a five-day safari in search of their African roots.

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An African American mother and daughter journey to their family’s past in Ghana

By Alessandra Prentice

Halfway across the Atlantic Ocean, the plane carrying Tani Sanchez and her daughter Tani Sylvester on a heritage tour to Ghana crossed paths with a powerful storm.

A sharp drop in elevation hurled flight attendants to the floor. Passengers started screaming and crying.

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Steve Harvey receives a copy of ‘the right stuff comes in black too’ from Ghanaian inventor

The Famous Fiber Optic Inventor , and Founder of Silicon valley of Ghana, Dr Thomas O. Mensah, presented an autographed copy of his book, The Right Stuff Comes in Black Too, to Entertainer Steve Harvey during his Year of Return Visit to Ghana. The year of return is the Brain Child of His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo , President of the Republic of Ghana. This Program has been very successful in bringing blacks from the Diaspora in the United States of America, United Kingdom, The Caribbean and Brazil. to Ghana this year. 

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Trip to Africa is one to remember for students in the Bronx

Bronx high school students got an incredible opportunity to learn more about the rich cultural history of Senegal. Students traveled overseas just last month and say the trip changed them. Natoya German and Makkedah Ramsey were among the few that spent a week in Senegal last month. “I can finally find meaning in the word, ‘black is beautiful,’” said German.   Read more from source Continue reading Trip to Africa is one to remember for students in the Bronx

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American actor Samuel L. Jackson in Ghana to shoot documentary on slavery

World-acclaimed American film actor  Samuel L. Jackson, is currently in Ghana. The actor, whose films have made the highest total gross revenue is in the country to shoot a documentary on slavery.

The documentary, ‘Enslaved’,  will be a six-part series which will be hosted by Samuel L. Jackson. The series, created by documentary will chart the horror of slavery through underwater archaeology. Continue reading “American actor Samuel L. Jackson in Ghana to shoot documentary on slavery”

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American actor Samuel L. Jackson travels to Africa to meet his relatives in Gabon

By Halligan Agade American actor and film producer Samuel L. Jackson has traced his ancestry through Finding Your Roots, an American docu-series that uses traditional genealogical research and genetics to discover the family history of celebrities.American actor Samuel L. Jackson travels to Africa to meet his relatives in Gabon. The Hollywood veteran found discovered his roots to the Bantu tribe in the West African nation … Continue reading American actor Samuel L. Jackson travels to Africa to meet his relatives in Gabon

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