US Edition'Home' at Last: Ghana Grants Citizenship to 150 Members of African Diaspora
Ghana's citizenship initiative reconnects over 1,000 diaspora members as potential development partners, acknowledging transatlantic slave trade injustices, government says.
- On Monday, Ghana granted citizenship to 150 members of the African diaspora in Accra, with new citizens taking oaths and receiving certificates, including Patrice Ann Robertson wiping away a tear.
- Framed by the 2019 Year of Return, Ghana has positioned itself as a gateway for diaspora return, with officials saying 'Distance may separate our people, but it does not erase identity' and linking the event to acknowledging transatlantic slave-trade injustices.
- Since recognizing the diaspora ten years ago, Ghana has sworn in a thousand new citizens, with Robert and Serita Faison noting the process was 'not seamless, but it was certainly doable'.
- For many, the ceremony marked identity restoration and potential economic engagement as new citizens said it was more than legal, with Chauncia Willis Johnson excited for the future and the Ghanaian government viewing the diaspora as development partners.
- Last month, Ghana paused new citizenship applications while reforming the process, and authorities have not yet announced when it will resume; Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang said, 'Distance may separate our people, but it does not erase identity'.
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Ghana officially granted citizenship to 150 people from the African diaspora this weekend in Accra. At a ceremony at the International Conference Centre, new citizens were sworn in to receive their certificates of naturalization, an initiative that is taking place in the country's policy to reconnect with the descendants of Africans dispersed by the transatlantic trade.
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