Moving to Ghana to Escape America?

Greener grass has its own problems

Jpharoahdoss

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Photo by Kelly Vohs on Unsplash

When Ghana’s President Jerry Rawlings visited the United States in 1999, he offered citizenship to all black Americans that wished to live in Ghana.

Hundreds of black Americans decided to relocate, and in 2001 the Wall Street Journal published an essay called: For African-Americans in Ghana, the grass isn’t always greener.

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Jpharoahdoss

J. Pharoah Doss is a columnist for the New Pittsburgh Courier.