I went abroad for a masters education. While my colleagues were struggling to get work visas and extensions, I was on a flight to Ghana the day after graduation. Upon arrival I instantly felt at home. Every one looks like you. I’m not leaving ever again except for sightseeing.
I'm white and was in Peace Corps Lesotho 76-78 and then Kenya 83-84 and miss it. Just wonderful people and great beauty. If I could turn back that stubborn clock I'd do it again in a heartbeat. (I also lived 2 years in Morocco and 1 in Egypt. Most hospitable and warm folks I've met ... except Lesotho and Kenya.)
I’m glad that lady made it clear that you need to go there with money. It’s great to have the desire to want to do it but it is almost impossible to go from the world’s largest economy to a developing one and think “oh, I’ll figure it out.”
To be fair, if Ghana REALLY wanted an influx their government could easily create new sectors of work/industry and promise everyone who comes back from america would get jobs in that industry. It would put a lot into the economy that wasn't there before while also bringing a lot of new citizens with higher levels of know how and an actual interest in improving their new homeland, the short term expense for that new industry would pale in comparison to what the future profit would be But that is also easily a 10-30 year plan, and it is hard to convince people to get on board with something who's results are so incremental you wouldn't see a noticeable difference for at least a decade
As a young African American who fully intends to move out of the US with a group once finances are right, I love and appreciate many things about this piece. One of the biggest things is one of the smallest: notice how the interviewers didn’t cut off or rush the people being interviewed, or over-edit their answers, especially Diallo at the end. They let all of their valuable perspective come through. That alone tells me a lot about how strongly I ought to be considering going back home. Thank you all for introducing us to the possibility with this video!
@@stephenlyon1358my ppl built most of America, their businesses were burnt, they were segregated and hated, yet still aren’t given their due, what do you know about some work 😂🥱🥱
@@solodondolo5890 I think you should be thankful if you live in the USA and not try to incite racial tensions. It's like winning the lottery and fighting what to buy first.
We were doing that with Libera, then someone(hint hint it was the government) talked the Liberians into declaring independence Their infrastructure was far from settled or self sustaining and it caused major problems for them especially when their neighbors decided it was a good time to exploit them, it also became more expensive for repatriation and at that point it dried up and died. Had that not been done there is a good argument that Liberia could have become one of the most successful nations in Africa; constitution modeled after the US one, good economic design, a sizeable percentage of the population being entirely african american who were all extremely hard working and task oriented people, and good port access for trade. All flushed down the drain
I was born and grew up in a country where my parents migrated and I never felt at home even though I was born there. In my twenties I went for a holiday to my parents' birthplace and I instantly felt at home. If you haven't been to your parents' birthplace just go for a trip and see.
I kind of felt that way when, after about 60 years I returned home to Portugal, where I was born. However, there is more in my psyche that is more 'American' than Portuguese. However, being in the Azores (where I was born) and on the mainland (Portugal proper) there was a sense of 'saudades' .. a kind of sense of belonging. However, coming back to the US after two years (which I've done frequently due to work) I felt the same flying over the US, especially clearing the Rockies and the Wasatch Mts. over the Great Plateau, over the Sierras and back home. Great satisfaction of the - always the land below and its beauty.
Not really infrastructure cost money and you be damned as well to get money you invest back if the people can already create the product or have no use for it.
@@hisbeautifultruth5931 Poverty, Political Unrest,Tribalism,Corruption, misogyny, Hunger,malnutrition, growing militancy, violence,inequality, lack of access to electricity, water and proper sanitation and so much more is a reason why Africa is the wrong place for anyone to live in the world right now.
The Ghanaians that I've meet in the uk here are awesome made loads of friends there's definitely a connection between them and people from the carribean
Yep, my family married into a Caribbean family with Ghanian roots. They are proud of their Ghanian and roots. Good family values, joy in life, and honest business skills.
Many of us out of Ghana, are forced to study the culture of the countries we find ourselves. To live in a country you have never been, for your own good you have to learn how to live. For any outsider who wants to relocate, Ghana is beautiful with opportunities, but you can only survive when you have money to do your own businesses, else you will find problems. Majority of the richest people in Ghana today, made life abroad and then returned to invest.
@@aberba bro, relax! You ain't the only Ghanaian. Apart from our military leaders, which one of our Presidents didn't hustle out there. The richest man in Ghana is Kofi something who was recently interviewed by Kofi TV, he made it in Spain, Kennedy agyapon, Paa Kwasi Indeom, Ibrahim Mahama, Kwame Despite, Alan Cash, including many of our top politicians.
There's actually a lot of really beautiful places to live in Africa, a lot of great coastal towns with lots of potential. But as she pointed out, it's all about having the money!
What makes you think that? Even with the trouble of poverty in the U.S. it took many genetations and lots of miseducation to create theae things. Simply to travel you are looking at a different class of individuals. Food stamps don't get you a passport, visa, plane ticket, and lodging. You didn't think this through at all huh?
@@MiguelDLewis Also, people need to stop acting like you're obligated to help out literally everyone else in the world. Don't care if that sounds selfish, but it's true. Like you said, it can even lead to something harmful.
Funny this video comes out right after I heard my father discussing moving to Ghana. I’ve never been but he has and he loved it there. Said it reminds him of our home country (Jamaica) minus the violence
You'd be surprised there are a *lot* of Jamaicans that live out there in ghana. You have other carribeans that live in ghana, but the biggest carribean group that live out there are Jamaicans
Peace of mind the first important thing as a person. I am glad they are able to find peace in Ghana, and i am glad they did their research to understand where they can find peace in Africa, not every place in Africa is conducive. I am happy that Ghana is a peaceful place and their people are nice.
People look for peace of mind after they have financial security and the need for financial security what is driving Africans back to America and Europe
As an American that lived in Ghana for a couple years, it really is a great place, but the cautionary advice people gave throughout the video is 100% true. Packing up on a whim and moving is just not a good idea. It requires a lot of planning and preparation, along with a solid plan to make money. It is so much different than it is here in the US and if you think you're going to live the same lifestyle you do there as you do here, you're in for a surprise. If you're poor here, you'll still be poor there, probably even more so--jobs and income-earning methods are not exactly like they are in the US where you can get a 9-5 at plenty of businesses to scrape by, especially if you live outside of Accra and in a smaller city/town. The country is very much a developing country, and as such, you're not going to find the same infrastructure as you do in the US. The biggest factor is MONEY. If you have no money and think you're going to head over with nothing but the clothes on your back and fall into piles of money, it's not going to happen. To make it there, you need to already have lots of money built up and a cash safety net of a year in the event of serious issues finding work/paying bills. As someone else stated in the comments, most wealthy Ghanaians made their money outside the country and then came back. On top of that, most people moving from the US aren't going to want to live like the average Ghanaian (or won't be able to), so everything will cost you more money. When a tube of Crest/Colgate toothpaste is $7-8 and a box of Frosted Flakes is $10, it's easy to see just how much it costs for a couple basic "US" items, and this is just 2 examples. If you find yourself wanting to live the same way you did in the US and eat the same foods, your grocery bill will easily be double what it was here due to import costs and supply/demand for those items. Another thing to consider is your income-earning method. Just because you have a job as a yoga instructor or barista or self-employed artist here in the US doesn't mean anything over there. People have different priorities and needs--when the average person living in the lower-income areas of Ghana is struggling to put food on the table, do you really think they're going to pay for a yoga class, a $10 coffee every day, or a $500 painting? No. That $10 coffee equates to about 117 cedis, which is far more than what a homemade meal with locally purchased ingredients costs to feed a family of 5 for multiple days (at least it was when I was there in the late 2010s--I was spending around 100 cedis per week to eat, and I was mostly buying things from local stores/markets/chop bars with the occasional box of cereal or US-brand food). Lastly, VISIT before you MOVE. If you visit for a couple weeks and really try to immerse yourself in the culture, food, and way of life (not living in a resort with all the amenities), see if you'd be able to live there and merge with the culture. Don't pack everything up based on what some glamorized videos say about it. Don't get me wrong, it's great, and if you really want to move, by all means, do it. With that being said, you really need to understand what you're getting yourself into, and if you aren't prepared with knowledge, money, and a very well-thought-out plan, you're likely going to be worse off there than you perceive you are here.
This!!! 👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾 I'm at the research phase and I guess next is what is called 'scouting'? And plan to make my first visit/trip abroad FIRST to Ghana 🇬🇭 before summer. But your entire advice/tips makes me feel like Ghana will be the place for me. I don't want to leave the US to live like I still live in the US...otherwise I'd just may as well stay here, right? I want no part of American/western culture, I really don't even want to be where English is the most spoken language. I want to be wherever 'home' for me is. At 49, I know here is not home. Abba willing, I will definitely be ready after I complete ministry college spring 2025 and build savings, research housing, and plenty of time to decide if I'll sell my car bc I've already gotten rid of over half of my material possessions!
People tend to romanticize a better life elsewhere but reality is very different. If only we can move into our dreams and live in the utopian life of that realm.
I have visited Ghana 3 times but wasn't aware of the year of return until after. Recently, I've made an Ancestry DNA match in Ghana and now know why I was drawn to that place. I'm excited to learn more about my ancestry.
@@jaaksavat7916 there's not enough jobs, infrastructure and civilized institutional government. Corruption is the root cause of that. Africa has been getting about the same amount of money from the west as Israel and China for about the same length of time. Africa's politicians greed with pocketing the money is the reason Africa is in the state its in now. I think it was equatorial Guinea that has oil and enough money and resources to feed, house and cloth its people nicely but look at what he is doing to that country.
I am glad the lady, Tonya, pointed out that you should be WEALTHY before considering relocating to a country like Ghana - a place that doesn't yet have the economic, legal, or consumer protections as the United States. This is a developing nation, and one with GREAT poverty. This is not unique to Ghana. It would be the same if you choose to move to ANY country in a similar situation. (edited typos)
@@Crowned-Qwesi I should have specified that I meant when it comes to business and commerce where it is still a very patriarchal society. This is information from an American couple who moved there. They have a channel called “Expat life Ghana.”
You don’t need to wealthy to relocate to Ghana. First I’ll say visit for like a week or two. Then plan which business you would like to establish. There are opportunities to do local or international businesses. Take advantage of opportunities in 3rd world countries
While I cry that their ancestors were taken away, I smile that they finally get to return home. Everyone should have the right to feel at home, no matter where it might be. Stay strong, diaspora brothers! Much love and respect from Brasil.🙏❤
@@Highlander1432 "Their own people". Not true at all. African kings and chiefs would rarely enslave members of their own tribe, and if they did it was as punishment for a crime. The Ga Mantse did not consider the Ashanti to be "their own", they were to very different ethnic groups and were at odds for generations before the Atlantic slave trade. Saying the Ga Mantse and Ashanti are the same is like comparing the Slavic peoples and the Anglo-Saxons, they are barely the same race and have only been considered to be the same thing by outsiders who have no knowledge of history. Name 4 African tribes without using Google, if you cant you are too ignorant to speak on the history of Africa.
@@yetanothergamingchannelyag2139 Africans enslaved other Africans and sold them like they were property. They separated families. Half the things you're saying are bogus because practically none of those people wrote anything down!
@@ADITYAKUMAR-mb5ht You are talking about abortion? "An estimated 93% of women of reproductive age in Africa live in countries with restrictive abortion laws (i.e.,countries in the first four categories in Table 2). Even in countries where the law allows abortion under limited circumstances, it is likely that few women are able to obtain a safe, legal procedure."
@@cyberfunk3793 so after getting humiliation from china now united states is comparing things with African countries which had been damged by Americans ???
In the 1700s, African Americans escaped slavery and made it to Sierra Leone. They built FreeTown, Sierra Leone. They started Building schools for the locals and a couple years later, they welcomed Jamaicans and together they welcomed Nigerians and the three groups renamed themselves the krio tribe , ❤ We need more diaspora unity
You forget a glaring detail. The African Americans who escaped to Sierra Leone also brought with them the mentality of their former white slave masters. Not everything about them was positive.
My mom is from Germany, and I relocated to Germany. So I understand African-Americans wanting to come home to their ancestral area, a place that is a bit different but can feel like a home, where you look around and everyone looks like you. Besides this, Africa is fascinating, and I would love to visit. There are problems everywhere in the world, but Africans I've known were all good people. Things will only get better in Africa.
I’m African and German and feel connected to both I understand how you feel going to the land of ancestors and leaving USA it is best move one can make
Wow that's nice planning to have your retirement here in our MOTHERLAND Ghana 🇬🇭. Let connect as I will guide you with all the information you will need to know about you.Which State are you from ?
i have a group of online gamers from Ghana as friends. Often, they are more supportive than the people I have here in the states. I immediately recognized their family focused lives. Beautiful people, much love.
His example of going to DMV to renew your drivers license , without knowing the lay of the land, is code for ' You have to pay a bribe to get anything done"
This is such a wonderful example of how expats can improve the communities they relocate to, unlike some expats in parts of Latin America and Asia who gentrify the area for themselves (Bali, Mexico City, Medellin) and don't contribute to the locals. This is a very wholesome report.
They interviewed exactly 0 locals in this report, and only talked to the expats. The businesses of both the second woman in the video and of the guy in the second half seem to be mainly focused on serving other expats looking to move there. Is this really more than just people from high income, high cost of living countries, finding that their dollar goes much further in a low income, low cost of living country, where they get to be part of a richer class? I guess it could go both ways - if the people moving there bring businesses, skills, and funding that help the local economy and develop various industries, it could be a good thing. If most of them just do stuff like buy up AirBnbs and raise the cost of housing, it will be no different that what people are complaining about elsewhere in the world.
Many African Americans have expressed positive experiences going to and settling in Ghana. I have spoken to their free trade zone and G30 school. I can see this can be an excellent opportunity for all sides. I want to visit, and eat the good food!
I remember of hearing of African Americans moving to I think Ghana back in 2017 or 2018. Seems like they're following in the footsteps of W. E. B. Du Bois and looks like this is benefiting Ghana. By the way, the guy who was interviewed makes a very good point.
@@royceb4814 WEll it reminds me of what a New Zealand prime minister once said about kiwis leaving New Zealand to go to Australia. The average IQ of both places went up.
Now my take on all this is as follows: I was born in Ghana but moved out at an early age, one of my parents is a diplomat so i was able to experience different cultures from their origin point, essentially growing up in that culture, ive been in and out of Ghana until 2019 when my diplomat parent retired and I started University here. Now not having a sustained exposure to Ghanaian culture is what people tell me the problem is, I am told i need to act more Ghanaian since I am one but this attitude taken towards me really hasn't made me feel like am home. Just because I don't move like you do doesn't mean I'm not one of you. so my "year of return" has really been just a downward spiral, personally I don't have the best opinion of Ghana as there is alot wrong, but we also do a lot right, maybe its my attitude to the problem and I simply cannot conform to what's expected of me. Does anyone feel the same?
I've lived outside my home country for 14 years. I just went back for a long visit and I can't live there anymore. I don't have the same attitude those people do anymore.
Be yourself. You will always belong there, even if you don't fit in with the other people. These things heal some people but not everyone needs the same medicine.
No! Let it be home to us Africans!!! F everyone else. We have no friends. The rest of the worlds people only want to destroy our motherland. We must unify & take back what’s rightfully ours.
As soon as I finish my degree, I'm out of here. I'd rather help build something productive than struggle in a country that has made it very clear that they detest my presence
I have to congratulate the Ghanan government for their great marketing. "The Year of Return" attracts Americans that bring money and knowledge to the country. This is actually the best immigration you can wish for your country.
Hi hopes for the beautiful country of ghana and the other countries of Africa. They deserve to thrive and make their economy and countries strong.❤️🔥💪🏼
Great to see. Proud of African Americans for doing this. Hope more common to get in touch with their roots and experience a new life, free from racism.
Fantastic! Even though the african americans were taken to the stolen land of America against their will, it is still stolen land. Returning and improving Africa, their contintent and humanity's birth place, is a very important and meaningful task. Thanks for this feature.
If they made a colony and brought American labor rights and voting and equality and etc etc yes it would be very positive. We should start with Liberia.
They keep saying this. But it's not actually happening. Its very small minority of us leaving the U.S that's just the truth. So small that it's not even worth talking about.
@@fujithegreat6069 well that’s too bad because African leaders will not allow . One thing about Africans we stand STRONG with our morals, values and culture.
Honestly more countries should do this not just African ones, this is a great idea! I'm happy for everyone that found where they feel like they belong in Ghana. ☺
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I went abroad for a masters education. While my colleagues were struggling to get work visas and extensions, I was on a flight to Ghana the day after graduation. Upon arrival I instantly felt at home. Every one looks like you. I’m not leaving ever again except for sightseeing.
I wanna go too. Good husbands to marry in Ghana
Went abroad? Smart move
😎👍
Thank you for admitting you are a racist and leaving the US
I'm white and was in Peace Corps Lesotho 76-78 and then Kenya 83-84 and miss it. Just wonderful people and great beauty. If I could turn back that stubborn clock I'd do it again in a heartbeat. (I also lived 2 years in Morocco and 1 in Egypt. Most hospitable and warm folks I've met ... except Lesotho and Kenya.)
Much better than America.
I’m glad that lady made it clear that you need to go there with money. It’s great to have the desire to want to do it but it is almost impossible to go from the world’s largest economy to a developing one and think “oh, I’ll figure it out.”
Duh
That part
To be fair, if Ghana REALLY wanted an influx their government could easily create new sectors of work/industry and promise everyone who comes back from america would get jobs in that industry. It would put a lot into the economy that wasn't there before while also bringing a lot of new citizens with higher levels of know how and an actual interest in improving their new homeland, the short term expense for that new industry would pale in comparison to what the future profit would be
But that is also easily a 10-30 year plan, and it is hard to convince people to get on board with something who's results are so incremental you wouldn't see a noticeable difference for at least a decade
The way she says it makes it seem like “someone, friends, or family” are all sending her money... well she at least said that.
Why is it developing? I’m sure the US has nothing to do with it
As a young African American who fully intends to move out of the US with a group once finances are right, I love and appreciate many things about this piece. One of the biggest things is one of the smallest: notice how the interviewers didn’t cut off or rush the people being interviewed, or over-edit their answers, especially Diallo at the end. They let all of their valuable perspective come through. That alone tells me a lot about how strongly I ought to be considering going back home. Thank you all for introducing us to the possibility with this video!
Great points ! Moving out is awesome :) also consider Vietnam (where I am)
Wishing the best for Africa. They deserve so much more.
Why do they sorry?
@@stephenlyon1358 do you oppose to the statement?
@@LadyMarie599 Sure - I don't think anyone deserves anything. You work for what you have.
@@stephenlyon1358my ppl built most of America, their businesses were burnt, they were segregated and hated, yet still aren’t given their due, what do you know about some work 😂🥱🥱
@@solodondolo5890 I think you should be thankful if you live in the USA and not try to incite racial tensions. It's like winning the lottery and fighting what to buy first.
This is what our return should be about, adding more value to the people and the continent overall.
We were doing that with Libera, then someone(hint hint it was the government) talked the Liberians into declaring independence
Their infrastructure was far from settled or self sustaining and it caused major problems for them especially when their neighbors decided it was a good time to exploit them, it also became more expensive for repatriation and at that point it dried up and died. Had that not been done there is a good argument that Liberia could have become one of the most successful nations in Africa; constitution modeled after the US one, good economic design, a sizeable percentage of the population being entirely african american who were all extremely hard working and task oriented people, and good port access for trade.
All flushed down the drain
Unfortunately the African Americans will just destroy the land they go to
@@victorkreig6089 Which govt?
@@virtuouswoman4life555 US, Jackson administration
That’s why you gotta go with money
I was born and grew up in a country where my parents migrated and I never felt at home even though I was born there. In my twenties I went for a holiday to my parents' birthplace and I instantly felt at home.
If you haven't been to your parents' birthplace just go for a trip and see.
I can understand this.
Where's your parents from Buddy ?
Where were you born ?
There is a beach for everyone - don't like it - your in the wrong place. ( obviously move)
I kind of felt that way when, after about 60 years I returned home to Portugal, where I was born. However, there is more in my psyche that is more 'American' than Portuguese. However, being in the Azores (where I was born) and on the mainland (Portugal proper) there was a sense of 'saudades' .. a kind of sense of belonging. However, coming back to the US after two years (which I've done frequently due to work) I felt the same flying over the US, especially clearing the Rockies and the Wasatch Mts. over the Great Plateau, over the Sierras and back home. Great satisfaction of the - always the land below and its beauty.
It's so great seeing lot of families relocating back home, Africa is land of opportunity.
Not really infrastructure cost money and you be damned as well to get money you invest back if the people can already create the product or have no use for it.
No it isnt 😂
@@Tatum89 please explain....
@@hisbeautifultruth5931 Poverty, Political Unrest,Tribalism,Corruption, misogyny, Hunger,malnutrition, growing militancy, violence,inequality, lack of access to electricity, water and proper sanitation and so much more is a reason why Africa is the wrong place for anyone to live in the world right now.
Its not even their home.
The Ghanaians that I've meet in the uk here are awesome made loads of friends there's definitely a connection between them and people from the carribean
Yep, my family married into a Caribbean family with Ghanian roots. They are proud of their Ghanian and roots. Good family values, joy in life, and honest business skills.
Ghana is so peaceful and beautiful place
dangerous in the north because they have terrorist groups
Many of us out of Ghana, are forced to study the culture of the countries we find ourselves. To live in a country you have never been, for your own good you have to learn how to live. For any outsider who wants to relocate, Ghana is beautiful with opportunities, but you can only survive when you have money to do your own businesses, else you will find problems. Majority of the richest people in Ghana today, made life abroad and then returned to invest.
Don't you need money to survive in the west?
Majority? Where did you get that information from?
@Lawrence Aberba majority of the rich, who made it. Not majority of the population.
@@susuilu and where are you getting your information on that fact from?
@@aberba bro, relax! You ain't the only Ghanaian. Apart from our military leaders, which one of our Presidents didn't hustle out there. The richest man in Ghana is Kofi something who was recently interviewed by Kofi TV, he made it in Spain, Kennedy agyapon, Paa Kwasi Indeom, Ibrahim Mahama, Kwame Despite, Alan Cash, including many of our top politicians.
There's actually a lot of really beautiful places to live in Africa, a lot of great coastal towns with lots of potential. But as she pointed out, it's all about having the money!
Also one has to be very patient, bcs the amount of dishonesty and corruption at all levels of society is overwhelming and exhausting.
Yeah no whypipo there, to pay their foodstamps and Medicare
@@Ellada-hu5tx aw and yet you say its because of whypipo in the US. Nobody to blame but yourselves now.
@@CorntwallLipstickQueen You are replying to the wrong person. Please learn to read more carefully.
@@Ellada-hu5tx No I'm not. You are who I intended to. Please learn to think.
I hope millions find happiness and the peace they deserve.
That true peace will be with Jesus Christ
In a few years, we will see
-bloods and crips
-foodstamps
-worldstarhiphop
-booty twerking at age 12
What makes you think that? Even with the trouble of poverty in the U.S. it took many genetations and lots of miseducation to create theae things.
Simply to travel you are looking at a different class of individuals. Food stamps don't get you a passport, visa, plane ticket, and lodging.
You didn't think this through at all huh?
@@TommyTomTompkins
Christianity was used to enslave Africans. It's the religion of colonialism.
@@TommyTomTompkinsAfrican Americans don't believe in "Jesus Christ".
Great may all African American find good home in Africa ❤️
Returning back to their roots
@@annan7728 They're actually doing something tho instead of complaining in the UA-cam comment section.
@@SeptikAvenger Sometimes doing nothing at all is better than doing something potentially harmful. Look at Liberia.
@@MiguelDLewis Also, people need to stop acting like you're obligated to help out literally everyone else in the world.
Don't care if that sounds selfish, but it's true. Like you said, it can even lead to something harmful.
@@hunterhq295 I wasn’t born in Africa neither were they so how is it our roots?
Finally something positive about Africa from the media. Wow...its a good day!
This would never air on news in Sweden where Im from, never heard a good word on any country in Africa or middle east on tv here
Dw is an exeption to occidental media
@@leob4403When are there ever positive news about anything?
Funny this video comes out right after I heard my father discussing moving to Ghana. I’ve never been but he has and he loved it there. Said it reminds him of our home country (Jamaica) minus the violence
Yeah Ghana is a bigger version of Jamaica and very peaceful. Plus most Jamaicans especially the maroons are from akan tribe in Ghana
Yeah. Jamaica is terribly violent unfortunately
You'd be surprised there are a *lot* of Jamaicans that live out there in ghana. You have other carribeans that live in ghana, but the biggest carribean group that live out there are Jamaicans
Jamaica is Ghana in terms of many things even the bells the ice cream men ring the same in Ghana.
Ghana is a perfect place and easy to make good family.
Peace of mind the first important thing as a person. I am glad they are able to find peace in Ghana, and i am glad they did their research to understand where they can find peace in Africa, not every place in Africa is conducive. I am happy that Ghana is a peaceful place and their people are nice.
People look for peace of mind after they have financial security and the need for financial security what is driving Africans back to America and Europe
As an American that lived in Ghana for a couple years, it really is a great place, but the cautionary advice people gave throughout the video is 100% true. Packing up on a whim and moving is just not a good idea. It requires a lot of planning and preparation, along with a solid plan to make money. It is so much different than it is here in the US and if you think you're going to live the same lifestyle you do there as you do here, you're in for a surprise. If you're poor here, you'll still be poor there, probably even more so--jobs and income-earning methods are not exactly like they are in the US where you can get a 9-5 at plenty of businesses to scrape by, especially if you live outside of Accra and in a smaller city/town. The country is very much a developing country, and as such, you're not going to find the same infrastructure as you do in the US.
The biggest factor is MONEY. If you have no money and think you're going to head over with nothing but the clothes on your back and fall into piles of money, it's not going to happen. To make it there, you need to already have lots of money built up and a cash safety net of a year in the event of serious issues finding work/paying bills. As someone else stated in the comments, most wealthy Ghanaians made their money outside the country and then came back. On top of that, most people moving from the US aren't going to want to live like the average Ghanaian (or won't be able to), so everything will cost you more money. When a tube of Crest/Colgate toothpaste is $7-8 and a box of Frosted Flakes is $10, it's easy to see just how much it costs for a couple basic "US" items, and this is just 2 examples. If you find yourself wanting to live the same way you did in the US and eat the same foods, your grocery bill will easily be double what it was here due to import costs and supply/demand for those items.
Another thing to consider is your income-earning method. Just because you have a job as a yoga instructor or barista or self-employed artist here in the US doesn't mean anything over there. People have different priorities and needs--when the average person living in the lower-income areas of Ghana is struggling to put food on the table, do you really think they're going to pay for a yoga class, a $10 coffee every day, or a $500 painting? No. That $10 coffee equates to about 117 cedis, which is far more than what a homemade meal with locally purchased ingredients costs to feed a family of 5 for multiple days (at least it was when I was there in the late 2010s--I was spending around 100 cedis per week to eat, and I was mostly buying things from local stores/markets/chop bars with the occasional box of cereal or US-brand food).
Lastly, VISIT before you MOVE. If you visit for a couple weeks and really try to immerse yourself in the culture, food, and way of life (not living in a resort with all the amenities), see if you'd be able to live there and merge with the culture. Don't pack everything up based on what some glamorized videos say about it. Don't get me wrong, it's great, and if you really want to move, by all means, do it. With that being said, you really need to understand what you're getting yourself into, and if you aren't prepared with knowledge, money, and a very well-thought-out plan, you're likely going to be worse off there than you perceive you are here.
This!!! 👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾 I'm at the research phase and I guess next is what is called 'scouting'? And plan to make my first visit/trip abroad FIRST to Ghana 🇬🇭 before summer. But your entire advice/tips makes me feel like Ghana will be the place for me. I don't want to leave the US to live like I still live in the US...otherwise I'd just may as well stay here, right? I want no part of American/western culture, I really don't even want to be where English is the most spoken language. I want to be wherever 'home' for me is. At 49, I know here is not home. Abba willing, I will definitely be ready after I complete ministry college spring 2025 and build savings, research housing, and plenty of time to decide if I'll sell my car bc I've already gotten rid of over half of my material possessions!
You did wonderful job explaining everything 😊
People tend to romanticize a better life elsewhere but reality is very different. If only we can move into our dreams and live in the utopian life of that realm.
I have visited Ghana 3 times but wasn't aware of the year of return until after. Recently, I've made an Ancestry DNA match in Ghana and now know why I was drawn to that place. I'm excited to learn more about my ancestry.
You're always welcome home beautiful😊
@@kofi_blvck Than you
@@seresar1574 always a pleasure ❤️
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@@AL-ALady 😒
Absolutely LOVE this! I want to help the kids also when / if I relocate to Africa.
You can establish a business in Ghana
Help them how?
@@db6881anyway he or she can 😊
Thank you for covering stories like this! I'm interested in what's happening in Africa too
Shutit 'Tard
@@vooteimer1234 Take a shower, your room smells like puberty.
There's many countries in Africa, unfortunately there's much poverty, corruption and abuse of power in too many
@@jaaksavat7916 there's not enough jobs, infrastructure and civilized institutional government. Corruption is the root cause of that. Africa has been getting about the same amount of money from the west as Israel and China for about the same length of time. Africa's politicians greed with pocketing the money is the reason Africa is in the state its in now. I think it was equatorial Guinea that has oil and enough money and resources to feed, house and cloth its people nicely but look at what he is doing to that country.
@@jaaksavat7916 if the west would have really tried to help Africa instead of exploit resources then Africa would have been better off.
I am glad the lady, Tonya, pointed out that you should be WEALTHY before considering relocating to a country like Ghana - a place that doesn't yet have the economic, legal, or consumer protections as the United States. This is a developing nation, and one with GREAT poverty. This is not unique to Ghana. It would be the same if you choose to move to ANY country in a similar situation. (edited typos)
Exactly! Also, I think many people may struggle with the cultural norms of Ghanaian society, especially the way women are viewed and treated.
Wealthy ? No
Steady income definitely. But in comparison to American major cities? Nah
@@stefanossmitty3318
How women are viewed? What do you mean by that?
Our women here are treated with respect, and love.
@@Crowned-Qwesi I should have specified that I meant when it comes to business and commerce where it is still a very patriarchal society. This is information from an American couple who moved there. They have a channel called “Expat life Ghana.”
You don’t need to wealthy to relocate to Ghana. First I’ll say visit for like a week or two. Then plan which business you would like to establish. There are opportunities to do local or international businesses. Take advantage of opportunities in 3rd world countries
Patricia what an amazing woman, what you are done is extremely selfless and will help alot of young Africans ❤
While I cry that their ancestors were taken away, I smile that they finally get to return home. Everyone should have the right to feel at home, no matter where it might be. Stay strong, diaspora brothers! Much love and respect from Brasil.🙏❤
Their own people captured and sold them to the highest bidder.
Don't forget this
@@Highlander1432 "Their own people". Not true at all. African kings and chiefs would rarely enslave members of their own tribe, and if they did it was as punishment for a crime. The Ga Mantse did not consider the Ashanti to be "their own", they were to very different ethnic groups and were at odds for generations before the Atlantic slave trade. Saying the Ga Mantse and Ashanti are the same is like comparing the Slavic peoples and the Anglo-Saxons, they are barely the same race and have only been considered to be the same thing by outsiders who have no knowledge of history. Name 4 African tribes without using Google, if you cant you are too ignorant to speak on the history of Africa.
@@yetanothergamingchannelyag2139
Africans enslaved other Africans and sold them like they were property.
They separated families.
Half the things you're saying are bogus because practically none of those people wrote anything down!
@@yetanothergamingchannelyag2139yea they did and still did it until 1996 to the Middle East
They didn't all come from Ghana 🤦.
Welcome home to the motherland. This is home. Y'all welcome 🇬🇭
Africa is everybody’s homeland. We should repatriate the whole human race to Africa.
do they really welcome you with open arms?
@Roxy Lasch you would have to add north Korea to that list.
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Africa is the brith place of humanity and everyone should respect the beautiful people of this continent
I'm sad to hear there is renew civil war in Sudan. 😞
@@lawrencekling8598 I'm sad to hear there is no women rights in United States
@@ADITYAKUMAR-mb5ht You are talking about abortion? "An estimated 93% of women of reproductive age in Africa live in countries with restrictive abortion laws (i.e.,countries in the first four categories in Table 2). Even in countries where the law allows abortion under limited circumstances, it is likely that few women are able to obtain a safe, legal procedure."
@@cyberfunk3793 so after getting humiliation from china now united states is comparing things with African countries which had been damged by Americans ???
All animals birth place is in Africa.
There is also just something about living in a society that respects you as a person.
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Powerful statement!
This.
I'm loving it here in Ghana 🇬🇭
God bless beautiful Africa ❤
In the 1700s, African Americans escaped slavery and made it to Sierra Leone. They built FreeTown, Sierra Leone. They started Building schools for the locals and a couple years later, they welcomed Jamaicans and together they welcomed Nigerians and the three groups renamed themselves the krio tribe , ❤ We need more diaspora unity
I don't blame them at all.
Wow! I didn't know that!
wow!
You forget a glaring detail. The African Americans who escaped to Sierra Leone also brought with them the mentality of their former white slave masters. Not everything about them was positive.
Source please
I’ll be going to study abroad in Ghana this summer can’t wait !
Wow you are welcome my bro let connect as I will like to guide you with all the needed information you need to know.
@@fredkofiodoom5499 u got Facebook, Instagram or email?
@@fredkofiodoom5499 reply Him
which university in ghana are you coming to?
Enjoy Ghana ✨
My mom is from Germany, and I relocated to Germany. So I understand African-Americans wanting to come home to their ancestral area, a place that is a bit different but can feel like a home, where you look around and everyone looks like you.
Besides this, Africa is fascinating, and I would love to visit. There are problems everywhere in the world, but Africans I've known were all good people. Things will only get better in Africa.
Yeah but for the Germans your american and not one of them
@@Aligartornator13there’s no shame in reconnecting with your heritage, chill out
I’m African and German and feel connected to both I understand how you feel going to the land of ancestors and leaving USA it is best move one can make
Yes!! I am going to! 6 more years until retirement! And then I will come home to the Motherland (I am of Ghanaian Ancestry ✨✨✨🙌🏾
Wow that's nice planning to have your retirement here in our MOTHERLAND Ghana 🇬🇭. Let connect as I will guide you with all the information you will need to know about you.Which State are you from ?
You're most welcome ☺️❤️
you'd have to take big precautions because it's more dangerous for old people...
they are going to eat you alive
@@javiervega1065 🙄🙄
I'd definitely leave Mississippi too. On a serious note: it's cool hearing and seeing these stories.
I have visited Ghana three times now, in preparation for a permanent move within a year and a half. I love it there.
I support this move with all my heart. I hope many, if not all of them, move to Ghana
i have a group of online gamers from Ghana as friends. Often, they are more supportive than the people I have here in the states. I immediately recognized their family focused lives. Beautiful people, much love.
You should pack up and go there.
His example of going to DMV to renew your drivers license , without knowing the lay of the land, is code for ' You have to pay a bribe to get anything done"
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Welldone DW news.Watching from Tripoli Libya.
At least 1,500 Africans Americans moved to Ghana 🇬🇭 since 2019 .
It's glad to see our cousins returning to other motherland. Africa is a continent full of opportunities for them!!
🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
This is such a wonderful example of how expats can improve the communities they relocate to, unlike some expats in parts of Latin America and Asia who gentrify the area for themselves (Bali, Mexico City, Medellin) and don't contribute to the locals. This is a very wholesome report.
They interviewed exactly 0 locals in this report, and only talked to the expats. The businesses of both the second woman in the video and of the guy in the second half seem to be mainly focused on serving other expats looking to move there. Is this really more than just people from high income, high cost of living countries, finding that their dollar goes much further in a low income, low cost of living country, where they get to be part of a richer class?
I guess it could go both ways - if the people moving there bring businesses, skills, and funding that help the local economy and develop various industries, it could be a good thing. If most of them just do stuff like buy up AirBnbs and raise the cost of housing, it will be no different that what people are complaining about elsewhere in the world.
Many African Americans have expressed positive experiences going to and settling in Ghana. I have spoken to their free trade zone and G30 school. I can see this can be an excellent opportunity for all sides. I want to visit, and eat the good food!
It is an extremely welcoming place. Have fun!
I remember of hearing of African Americans moving to I think Ghana back in 2017 or 2018. Seems like they're following in the footsteps of W. E. B. Du Bois and looks like this is benefiting Ghana. By the way, the guy who was interviewed makes a very good point.
He did not finish his statement about the DMC. Why is he not explaining hospitals and food n markets. Do they even have banks Americans can use?
This is what Africa needs
It's what America needs, too. Wins all around.
@@mr2981 what
@@mr2981 except for Native Americans
@@mr2981 more so Africa
@@royceb4814 WEll it reminds me of what a New Zealand prime minister once said about kiwis leaving New Zealand to go to Australia. The average IQ of both places went up.
Now my take on all this is as follows:
I was born in Ghana but moved out at an early age, one of my parents is a diplomat so i was able to experience different cultures from their origin point, essentially growing up in that culture, ive been in and out of Ghana until 2019 when my diplomat parent retired and I started University here. Now not having a sustained exposure to Ghanaian culture is what people tell me the problem is, I am told i need to act more Ghanaian since I am one but this attitude taken towards me really hasn't made me feel like am home. Just because I don't move like you do doesn't mean I'm not one of you. so my "year of return" has really been just a downward spiral, personally I don't have the best opinion of Ghana as there is alot wrong, but we also do a lot right, maybe its my attitude to the problem and I simply cannot conform to what's expected of me.
Does anyone feel the same?
I've lived outside my home country for 14 years. I just went back for a long visit and I can't live there anymore. I don't have the same attitude those people do anymore.
Be yourself. You will always belong there, even if you don't fit in with the other people. These things heal some people but not everyone needs the same medicine.
Great content. Loving it
It's time I was in Ghana for 6 months .Came home to finish somethings.Moving in June 1,2023..Back to Ghana
Akwaaba and welcome back home karibu. May Yah bless your journey back to the motherland!
Ghana🇬🇭 is home to the world 🌎
No! Let it be home to us Africans!!! F everyone else. We have no friends. The rest of the worlds people only want to destroy our motherland. We must unify & take back what’s rightfully ours.
No
Unless you're gay. Then you end up in jail or get physically attacked. NOT home to the world. That is a misrepresentation of the truth.
The same Ghana which immigrants are drowning in the Mediterranean Sea going to Europe.
Home to which world? Silly people😂😂😂
Ghana made a good move here. Hopefully the nation can start to thrive with more foreign connections.
F
Keep going...heres your bags.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Be nice 🤦🏾♂️
Why are you even here?
As soon as I finish my degree, I'm out of here. I'd rather help build something productive than struggle in a country that has made it very clear that they detest my presence
Shout out to Ghana! We are going to Sierra Leone as well as they have an established route to citizenship and cultural integration ceremonies
they'll eat you alive out there.
@@javiervega1065 why do you say that?😮
@@LexiNc8284 they don't want entitled foreigners occupying there land
I think Javier confused Sierra Leone with whatever banana republic he’s from
Cultural integration ceremonies 😂😂😂😂 please stop
I have to congratulate the Ghanan government for their great marketing. "The Year of Return" attracts Americans that bring money and knowledge to the country. This is actually the best immigration you can wish for your country.
This made me cry in a good way...😊
Wow; Ghana showing Rwanda how to do this thing..
Beautiful culture and nice to see it being celebrated.
Superb!
This is what true humanity looks like.
or imperialism
Hi hopes for the beautiful country of ghana and the other countries of Africa. They deserve to thrive and make their economy and countries strong.❤️🔥💪🏼
Good job my people. Nobody will lift us up . WE must repair our continent
This is so cool 🕊️. Not only are they returning to their ancestral lands, but they are helping the economy.
Great to see. Proud of African Americans for doing this. Hope more common to get in touch with their roots and experience a new life, free from racism.
Jah bless Ghana...give support
Africa is a great place of humanity ❤
EVERY part of it.
i hope more Americans could follow their heart.
Except the Native Americans 😂
@@feartheghostinme675 native Americans are already in their home.
so nice people coming back to where they belong
Maybe the YT people can do the same. Also, the YT pple should stop molesting kids in South east Asia
Thanks to wode maya as well for preaching the "come back home"
07:55 "i left for piece of mind" amen brother
My late husband grew up
In Accra. This is super news.
Fantastic! Even though the african americans were taken to the stolen land of America against their will, it is still stolen land. Returning and improving Africa, their contintent and humanity's birth place, is a very important and meaningful task. Thanks for this feature.
We paid cash
@@TheZumph who is we?
@@Leviathan_Art farmer
Like they did when they returned to Liberia???
Hopefully such a return will turn out better for the natives of Ghana than it did for the people of Liberia.
Am very proud of her
Great work Patricia. Keep it up.
everyone should go to where they feel welcomed, i had an african american friend that left the usa , i can't remember what part of africa he went to
It would be SO positive for more Americans to move to Africa. It is too much to ask for most I’d imagine but still: right on! ❤
Also if the Africans stopped immigrating to the west & stayed to make it better. Instead they choose to be a burden on US taxpayers!
That would mean leaving Jordan’s and clout behind. American culture. Ppl need to become in tune with what’s more important tho
If they made a colony and brought American labor rights and voting and equality and etc etc yes it would be very positive. We should start with Liberia.
@@yourfinalhiringagency3890 Liberia was at one point the most prosperous place in Africa now look at it? I’m good bro but you have fun though.
@@braxtonjones6163 oh really, at one time was that?
I support this movement 100%.
I would welcome a "Return Home" program for Europeans in America. I'm sure they would love to have European Americans back. Not. 🙄
I'm half african american, my ancestry is west African / ivory coast. This is the a really interesting initiative!!
Communication is the path to peace. Respect
Or violence. Or BOTH.
May the Almighty God bless you for helping the poor. Amen.
Very very nice documentary
They keep saying this. But it's not actually happening. Its very small minority of us leaving the U.S that's just the truth. So small that it's not even worth talking about.
They are welcomed but better not bring that Western /American mentality here.
Oh they definitely will
Might help build your country up.
We pulling up deep.
@@fujithegreat6069 well that’s too bad because African leaders will not allow . One thing about Africans we stand STRONG with our morals, values and culture.
still better than the african mentality.
I must say. Great interview.
Us White Americans fully support this, there should also a fund to FULLY cover all relocation costs back to Ghana.....
If you were European this would be a fair statement. But you are white american shouldn’t you be returning to Europe too then?
@@oceanj.6827 we brown hispanics suport this too
@@K-newborn 👍
@@oceanj.6827
White Americans are American born Europeans.
Posted from Britain
Nice keep going
This is something I can get behind. I’d like to see all people return home
Going to be where one can best enjoy life. You only get one life, don't waste it somewhere you are not happy.
his right about the gun violence in America.
Corruption in africa is very bad
@@BigTx281 yep in the west as well
@@milkybar06 africa doesn't have gun violence wars all the time
@@BigTx281no they don't stop watching CNN 😂
There is no one rushing from the ghetto to Ghana. LOL!!! And why would they return to a place that sold them?
Nice, very nice, I wish African American can have the same feelings for Ghanaian n African in America as well
Bad feelings come from both sides.
My mother grew up in Chorkor, Accra
africa is the future
Africa is the mother Land ❤
This reminds us of the 19th century maryland in Africa project in Liberia & Sierra leone
Exactly. And you see how those ended...
A little different than Liberia. And different economic times
It’s possible but I doubt it
Its a scam we are not from Africa we are indigenous to America.
The school room looks so clean!
I'm jealous....
that move on 0:32 tho, Bro was supposed to learn new skills but he is also starting to make new moves 😂
She came ti Ghana and fell in love with Africa? That’s incomprehensible. I would say she came to Ghana and fell in love with Ghana. Thank you
Maybe she traveled to other African countries while maintaining Ghana as her home location.
@@beanabong2896 she didn’t say that. I wouldn’t assume more
@@mbenembene2841 I see your point.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL FOR WHA
T YOU ALL ARE DOING FOR GHANA
Honestly more countries should do this not just African ones, this is a great idea! I'm happy for everyone that found where they feel like they belong in Ghana. ☺