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This Ashanti prince became the First Black Mining Engineer in the world in the 1850s | Face2Face Africa

February 9, 2020February 9, 2020Ghana, Technology

Born on April 24, 1827, Ghana’s Kwasi Boakye is the world’s first black mining engineer. The African-Dutch mining engineer was a prince of the Ashanti Empire and the eldest son of Kwaku Dua II, a king of the Ashanti kingdom. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] In 1837, along with his cousin Kwame Poku, the prince left to pursue […]

Ghana: How Ghana Went Above and Beyond For Year of Return 2019 | AllAfrica

January 31, 2020January 31, 2020African History, Ghana

Cape Town — Ghana is to launch a multi-million dollar fund aimed at attracting investment from members of the African diaspora in the United States and around the world – a follow-up to the “Year of Return 2019” in which the nation reached out to the diaspora on the 400th anniversary of the arrival of […]

How Kwame Nkrumah used metaphor as a political weapon against colonialism | The Conversation

January 21, 2020January 21, 2020African History, Ghana

Kwame Nkrumah (1912-1972), a pioneering pan-Africanist and Ghana’s independence leader (1957-1966), is regarded by many as one of Africa’s greatest politicians . [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Commentators, historians and scholars have given him accolades such as ‘the Black Star’, ‘Africa’s Man of Destiny’ and ‘the Pride of Africa’. Twenty years ago, the BBC’s African listeners voted him […]

How Ghana’s historic homecoming is changing Africa | CNN

January 16, 2020January 16, 2020Ghana

(CNN) — It’s the last Saturday of the year in the heart of Accra, Ghana’s capital. The air is thick with the anticipation of the thousands of revelers who have swarmed the gates of El Wak Stadium to take part in an annual celebration of African culture known as Afrochella. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Inside it’s a […]

Everyone And Their Mama Was In Ghana For The Holidays | Essence

January 10, 2020January 10, 2020African American Travel, Ghana

The FOMO was real this holiday season as Black excellence hit the streets of Accra, Ghana. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] If you weren’t in Ghana for the holidays, you were probably the only one. Melanin of all shades descended on the streets of Accra to close out not only the decade but the country’s ridiculously successful Year […]

Black Queens Came To Afrochella Dressed To Impress | MadameNoire

January 5, 2020January 5, 2020African Cuisine, African Culture ...

This weekend Ghana hosted their annual Afrochella festival, a celebration of the different types of African cultures through music, food, fashion and much more. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] In contrast to Coachella, Afrochella is an entirely black experience where every attendee has a feeling of solidarity. This year’s theme is Year of the Return of the African […]

The story of Breffu, a female slave from Ghana who led a massive slave revolt to take over the West Indies in 1733 | Face2Face Africa

December 28, 2019Africa, Ghana ...

Many rebellions took place during the peak of the slave trade. The reasons for the uprising are simple; enslaved Africans were tired of being abused, misused and mistreated. They were also tired of seeing each other die and living in stark poverty all their lives. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Enslaved Africans were not allowed to voice out […]

Afrochella Is Ghana’s Ultimate Party With A Purpose | Essence

December 26, 2019December 26, 2019African History, African Tourism ...

Cofounder and CEO Abdul Karim Abdullah hopes Year of the Return visitors will feel “a vibration of the country and what it feels like to be with the people.” [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] On January 1, 2019, London-based British-Ghanaian lawyer Yvonne Kramo was definitely feeling some FOMO when she tweeted, “Christmas/ NYE 2018 clearly belonged to Accra. […]

Ghana granted citizenship to over 100 African Americans and Afro-Caribbeans as part of Year of Return |Quartz Africa

November 28, 2019December 26, 2019Ghana

As Osibisa’s “Welcome Home” played in the background, 126 African-Americans and Afro-Caribbeans, dressed in colorful traditional costumes, became Ghana’s newest citizens. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The oath of allegiance was administered by a judge in a ceremony at Jubilee House, the seat of government. The ceremony is the biggest highlight as Ghana marks 2019 as the Year […]

Why more and more black Americans are moving to Ghana | The Week

August 28, 2019August 28, 2019African American Travel, KINDR'D ...

Mark Beckford, Mark Beckford Natalija Gormalova/Narratively. Featured Image [dropcap]W[/dropcap]hen Lakeshia Ford decided she was going to pack up her life and her budding career and move from New Jersey to Ghana, her family could not understand why she wanted to make the trek to a country thousands of miles from home. Even more surprising, to […]