Ghana launches Beyond the Return' initiative: "Come to Ghana if you're not wanted in USA"
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WetinBeDat
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Happens all the time. The type of land you buy is where issues arise.You talking about ME (read: lying) and im talking about property rights.
Can you answer my very basic inquiries or not? If i invest in Africa, what must i do to defend my investment? Do i need to be like China and have a whole army? Im told we cannot take (legal in America) arms, how do we defend our personal safety? Are the police in Ghana corrupt?
These are all real questions that have nothing to do with who i like. Let's stay focused, huh?
Edit, re: buying land. Ive never heard of a forthright land sale occurring in W. Africa, anywhere. A breh in this very thread posted his own account. Will Ghana mediate this issue for those they've invited?
UpThruDere
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I would say take a holiday there first and if still interested maybe take a month out to live there to get a sense of where you would stay and how you could support yourself and live out there.
After that month if your happy with what you learnt make that switch.
After that month if your happy with what you learnt make that switch.
America will have no choice and with black folk leaving so is black spending power and star power, we can easily start our own nba, nfl and mlb on the African continent.. America will cease to fukkin exist and they can try that economic bullshyt all they want
Exactly. If we all left America wouldn't be able to function. Why would they allow that? Just playing Devil's Advocate.
I honestly believe things would get very nasty if we all decided to go.
There’s a growing community of AAs in Ghana. I’ve met more than a few in my work. For the most part things are smooth, with the dollar you can live real nice. I know elders with homes on the beach, farms, all kinds of shyt. They just travel between the States and Ghana, the flexibility is unparalleled imo. If you lookin for more western amenities then South Africa is the move. But you’d be running into cacs all over again.
With that said, land rights and infrastructure are the only two major issues with anywhere in Ghana. I think any important step like this has to go hand in hand with improving the lives of people on the ground. If you get a huge influx of Diasporans it could cause conflict when the locals still haven’t been accounted for.
Even with those issues, Ghana is going about this very intelligently. It also provides a blueprint for greater unity between the continent and diaspora. I’ve said this in another thread before, but each side has resources that the other could use. With all the raw material on the continent, wealthy Africans should invest in industrial cities with majority Black or large Black populations including in those old factories. Employ those Black folk, bring your raw material, and create finished products to be sold and distributed. Wealthy Black folks of the diaspora, can invest in infrastructure and agricultural development to further boost Africa’s economic viability. Caribbean diasporans with experience in tourism can design beautiful resorts. So on and so forth.
We can’t wait for these white people to unite us or to fix the mess they’ve made. This is a world of power politics and we need to play the game like everyone else.
With that said, land rights and infrastructure are the only two major issues with anywhere in Ghana. I think any important step like this has to go hand in hand with improving the lives of people on the ground. If you get a huge influx of Diasporans it could cause conflict when the locals still haven’t been accounted for.
Even with those issues, Ghana is going about this very intelligently. It also provides a blueprint for greater unity between the continent and diaspora. I’ve said this in another thread before, but each side has resources that the other could use. With all the raw material on the continent, wealthy Africans should invest in industrial cities with majority Black or large Black populations including in those old factories. Employ those Black folk, bring your raw material, and create finished products to be sold and distributed. Wealthy Black folks of the diaspora, can invest in infrastructure and agricultural development to further boost Africa’s economic viability. Caribbean diasporans with experience in tourism can design beautiful resorts. So on and so forth.
We can’t wait for these white people to unite us or to fix the mess they’ve made. This is a world of power politics and we need to play the game like everyone else.
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yup and all black folk got to say “I thought y’all didn’t want us here? Now that we leaving y’all don’t want us to leave? “ they can’t have it both ways
The low-level white trash types might not want us here or claim they don't but the elite absolutely do. The prison industrial complex, the sports industry, the entertainment industry, the judicial system. All of that shyt. They need us here to sustain that. And therefore the country.
DrBanneker
Space is the Place
Not just that, we are the foil that they use to prevent America from dropping into class warfare. You don't see Whites unite across class in places like Europe without huge minority populations and with increasing inequality, us as the boogeyman 'other', is one of the few things keeping the US from either going full welfare state or seeing the lower class Whites at the throats of the elite.
Yep I have said the same. They would never let us leave in mass.
the bossman
Superstar
Powerful post.
The continent is loaded with opportunities right now for AAs and the rest of the diaspora to take advantage of and help shape what Africa will look like for years to come.
As said before agriculture is big business in Africa. One of the biggest problems is that most farmers in Africa are small-scale farmers who have not been exposed to major markets. They just produce and then go to local markets. It's usually not super profitable for them. If you come in as a partner, work with a farmer who has land. Help them with their product in terms of distribution, or even packaging. Focus on products that are needed in major cities.
Example: rice. A lot of countries in AFrica produce rice but there's a lot of imported rice as well. What happens many times is a health scare. People worry about the safety of their food. There was plastic rice coming from China showing up in Nigeria at one point. There are other stories of harmful imports. If you could invest and work with a local farmer, package a local safe organic rice vs imported one, you can easily appeal to other AA expats, as middle class here in the states is falling apart, there is a growing middle class in Africa, upper class Africans, those who can afford, etc. Some folks in certain countries are willing to pay double just to make sure the milk they're buying is local & safe. A mom with means may not trust the imported milk. Same way we have that organic Wholefoods trend here.
You don't have to completely get up and leave US forever to take part in the opportunities either. Exporting goods from Africa is a great opportunity as well. Come over, visit, establish relationship and become an exporter of African goods to wherever you're based here in the states. Black folks here are big on natural skin care products now (shea butter, etc.). Imagine selling shea butter straight from the continent to those luxury boutique spas and hotels that are trying to be more socially conscious of where their products come from.
Tourism is another one. Think beyond just the typical safaris. A lot of times those safari tours are far outside of the city or they take too long (multiple days) or they're so expensive only rich cacs do it. There's not much in terms of tours that the average family with children can do. The same way parents here like to take their kids on little field trips to the museum or wherever for learning, moms and families in Africa would love to have the same options. There's a gap there
Tech heads there's a lot out there as well.
Come take part in this new era brehs
KillerB88
Superstar
They would simply lax immigration from the South.
Powerful post.
The continent is loaded with opportunities right now for AAs and the rest of the diaspora to take advantage of and help shape what Africa will look like for years to come.
As said before agriculture is big business in Africa. One of the biggest problems is that most farmers in Africa are small-scale farmers who have not been exposed to major markets. They just produce and then go to local markets. It's usually not super profitable for them. If you come in as a partner, work with a farmer who has land. Help them with their product in terms of distribution, or even packaging. Focus on products that are needed in major cities.
Example: rice. A lot of countries in AFrica produce rice but there's a lot of imported rice as well. What happens many times is a health scare. People worry about the safety of their food. There was plastic rice coming from China showing up in Nigeria at one point. There are other stories of harmful imports. If you could invest and work with a local farmer, package a local safe organic rice vs imported one, you can easily appeal to other AA expats, as middle class here in the states is falling apart, there is a growing middle class in Africa, upper class Africans, those who can afford, etc. Some folks in certain countries are willing to pay double just to make sure the milk they're buying is local & safe. A mom with means may not trust the imported milk. Same way we have that organic Wholefoods trend here.
You don't have to completely get up and leave US forever to take part in the opportunities either. Exporting goods from Africa is a great opportunity as well. Come over, visit, establish relationship and become an exporter of African goods to wherever you're based here in the states. Black folks here are big on natural skin care products now (shea butter, etc.). Imagine selling shea butter straight from the continent to those luxury boutique spas and hotels that are trying to be more socially conscious of where their products come from.
Tourism is another one. Think beyond just the typical safaris. A lot of times those safari tours are far outside of the city or they take too long (multiple days) or they're so expensive only rich cacs do it. There's not much in terms of tours that the average family with children can do. The same way parents here like to take their kids on little field trips to the museum or wherever for learning, moms and families in Africa would love to have the same options. There's a gap there
Tech heads there's a lot out there as well.
Come take part in this new era brehs
All this. Practical thinking will go a long way in this. It’s not just up and move, it’s literally help build a second home and a place that will fight for you on the global stage.
Lucky_Lefty
Dreams Are Colder Than Death...
Also there’s the issue of brain drain from places like SA. When someone reaches a certain level of education, they high tail it to China, Dubai, UK, USA and several more “westernized” countries. If you’re well off and don’t mind taking a severe cut in pay, it may be an avenue worth traveling down. I know a professor at NYU who teaches Jan - Aug and goes back home for the winter. The $$ she makes has her living the sweet life back home.
there was a doc about AfAm’s moving to SA but their only intentions were of a capitalistic nature. Not really entrenching themselves in the culture of the country and that part is what I don’t want to see come from this. If it is, you’re no different than these vulture whites and Chinese