Year of Return – AfricaCelebrities.Com https://africacelebrities.com Breaking News, Daily Original News Reporting and Analysis Thu, 09 Jan 2020 10:27:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.17 https://i0.wp.com/africacelebrities.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cropped-ICON.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Year of Return – AfricaCelebrities.Com https://africacelebrities.com 32 32 165505648 Beyonce Hits The Internet With A Stunning Sassy Picture https://africacelebrities.com/2020/01/09/beyonce-hits-the-internet-with-a-stunning-sassy-picture/ Thu, 09 Jan 2020 10:27:10 +0000 https://africacelebrities.com/?p=170065 Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter who is well known in music worldwide as Beyonce is a celebrate BET Awards winner and a billboard chart top artist for many years. The singer, producer, actress and entrepreneur; Beyonce remains one of the best female artiste known for her unique vocal prowess. READ ALSO: Killers Teen Alert! 13 Year Old […]

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Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter who is well known in music worldwide as Beyonce is a celebrate BET Awards winner and a billboard chart top artist for many years. The singer, producer, actress and entrepreneur; Beyonce remains one of the best female artiste known for her unique vocal prowess.

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For her age, one may mistakenly take her to be a young diva looking at her stunning beauty and radiant countenance and stage craft. The 39 years old international songstresses remain young and her music is widely played in all countries across the globe.

The diva who was in Ghana as she graced the Ghana’s Year of Return. The “Year of Return, Ghana 2019” is a major landmark spiritual and birth-right journey inviting the Global African family, home and abroad, to mark 400 years of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in Jamestown, Virginia.

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Beyonce’s lovely Instagram post is below.

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IVY PARK January 18

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After 33 Years Of Separation, Woman Reunites With Her Father During Year Of Return In Ghana https://africacelebrities.com/2020/01/05/after-33-years-of-separation-woman-reunites-with-her-father-during-year-of-return-in-ghana/ Sun, 05 Jan 2020 15:55:23 +0000 https://africacelebrities.com/?p=169567 The year 2019 marked exactly 400 years since the first black slaves landed in Jamestown Virginia in the U.S. READ ALSO: Fella Makafui Opens Up That Sex Has Become Easy So Love Is Hard To Find Consequently, the government of Ghana earmarked the year as ‘The Year of Return’ for people of Ghanaian, and indeed […]

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The year 2019 marked exactly 400 years since the first black slaves landed in Jamestown Virginia in the U.S.

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Consequently, the government of Ghana earmarked the year as ‘The Year of Return’ for people of Ghanaian, and indeed African, heritage to ‘return home’.

Ghana’s Year of Return agenda was a great success as many European and especially African-American celebrities, and individuals who trace their roots to Africa or affiliate themselves to Africa trooped to the country.

The list of notable persons who visited Ghana to mark the Year of Return is countless.

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American rapper and songwriter, Cardi B was in Ghana for a show. Rapper T.I and his wife were also in the country that same week. Steve Harvey had been to Ghana and Ludacris joined later on. Akon, Jay Z and Beyonce were all said to have visited Ghana for the year of return.

While the concentration had been on the celebrities who visited the country, many awesome stories were also taking place which would have been missed if not for the power of social media.

A lady who has been identified by name as Kiki Efunnuga, shared a social media post on Instagram about how the Year of Return meant more to her than simply attending the many entertainment events in the country.

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According to Kiki, she had been separated from her father for 33 years and they were reunited in Ghana during the Year of Return.

She said her story on Instagram as follows:

This trip to Ghana meant more to me than just the Afrochella experience as one of my primary goals was to reunite with my father whom I haven’t seen since leaving Nigeria at the age of two.

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Growing up as the youngest of seven children raised by a single mother, I credit my mother for the amazing job she’s done, however, I’ve still always yearned for the presence and affection of my father.

I blame no one for the circumstances leading to our separation and am now ecstatic to have been reunited with my father after 33 years while in Ghana celebrating the year of return.

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Our time together thus far has been surreal. His embrace was better than I could have imagined. My life now has new meaning.

Check out her post below:

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Shatta Wale Is Unhappy That None Of The Whites Returned The Gold They Stole During The Year Of Return https://africacelebrities.com/2020/01/01/shatta-wale-is-unhappy-that-none-of-the-whites-returned-the-gold-they-stole-during-the-year-of-return/ Wed, 01 Jan 2020 15:01:14 +0000 https://africacelebrities.com/?p=168816 Ghanaian dancehall artist Shatta Wale is of the view that the Caucasians who looted Ghana’s gold during the Gold Coast days should have returned the treasures when they arrived in the country for the ‘Year of Return’ program last year. READ ALSO: Moesha Buduong Downplays Ghanaian Music, States Nigerians Make Better Songs Venting on Snapchat, […]

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Ghanaian dancehall artist Shatta Wale is of the view that the Caucasians who looted Ghana’s gold during the Gold Coast days should have returned the treasures when they arrived in the country for the ‘Year of Return’ program last year.

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Venting on Snapchat, he states that Ghanaians are friendly to a fault when it comes to hospitality. Shatta states that Ghanaians welcomed the Whites with Adowa dances yet no one asked for their gold back.

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His speech, “So this year of return none of these white brought back our Gold…eeeiii Ghana and we r just mute..and happy dancing adowa for dem when they come. They just return with ten fingers.”

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“You Want To Extort Year of Return Visitors” – Actress Beverly Afaglo Attacks Golden Tulip Hotel For Price Hikes https://africacelebrities.com/2019/12/28/you-want-to-extort-year-of-return-visitors-actress-beverly-afaglo-attacks-golden-tulip-hotel-for-price-hikes/ Sat, 28 Dec 2019 14:30:33 +0000 https://africacelebrities.com/?p=168183 Ghanaian actress Beverly Afaglo has lashed out at 5-star hotel, Golden Tulip for hiking their buffet price from 130-cedis per person to 290-cedis. According to her, the hotel’s intention is to extort the foreigners trooping in for the Year of Return program. The actress says this 100% hike in prices is not even done in […]

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Ghanaian actress Beverly Afaglo has lashed out at 5-star hotel, Golden Tulip for hiking their buffet price from 130-cedis per person to 290-cedis.

According to her, the hotel’s intention is to extort the foreigners trooping in for the Year of Return program.

The actress says this 100% hike in prices is not even done in Europe or America, adding that the foreigners will not return to the country if prices are high this way.

READ ALSO: Beyonce And Jay Z Arrive In Ghana For ‘Year of Return’ Initiative

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YearOfReturn: Akon Joins Many Other International Celebs As He Arrives In Ghana-PHOTO https://africacelebrities.com/2019/12/28/yearofreturn-akon-joins-many-other-international-celebs-as-he-arrives-in-ghana-photo/ Sat, 28 Dec 2019 12:26:58 +0000 https://africacelebrities.com/?p=168149 Senegalese-American singer and actor, Akon has joined the many international celebrities in Ghana to partake in the country's Year of Return.

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American Rapper, Akon

Senegalese-American singer and actor, Akon has joined the many international celebrities in Ghana to partake in the country’s Year of Return.

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The celebrities would be visiting the many tourist sites in Ghana as a reminder of the struggles their ancestors went through as slaves. The R&B singer shared a photo showing his location to confirm his arrival in the country on his instagram page with the caption, ‘ Why can’t Africa just be this simple?

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He’s joined the likes of Rick Ross, Beyonce, Ludacris and the many others who have visited the country to be part of its Year of Return.

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