Ghana Ministry of Tourism advice Black Americans to leave the US

Following George Floyd’s death, Ghana Ministry of Tourism,arts and culture encourage Black Americans to “leave where you are not welcome.”

Barbara Oteng-Gyasi said; “We continue to open our arms and invite all our brothers and sisters home,” “Ghana is your home. Africa is your home.

We have our arms wide open ready to welcome you home. Please take advantage, come home build a life in Ghana, you do not have to stay where you are not wanted forever, you have a choice and Africa is waiting for you.”

“Racism in America continues to be a deadly pandemic, for which for more than 400 years now, our brothers and sisters in the United States of America have yearned for a cure,”

Oteng-Gyasi continued; “We gather in solidarity with brothers and sisters to change the status quo. Racism must end. We pray and hope that George Floyd’s death will not be in vain but will bring an end to prejudice and racial discrimination across the world.”

CEO of Ghana’s Tourism Authority,Akwasi Agyeman also said; “We feel that given the wealth that African Americans and black Americans have, given that spending power, travel budgets of blacks in America, we felt that it’s about time that we start that conversation that, instead of moving to any other destination, come back to where you came from,”

Ghana government officials even launched an initiative called “Beyond the Return,” encouraging investment in the nation.

Really? That’s weird given the fact that you recently destroyed Nigerian Embassy.