Murmures
Tired of America? Come to Africa Where Opportunities Are Endless
février 2016 | Faits de société | Interculturel/Migrations | États-Unis
Source : Face2faceafrica.com
face2faceafrica.com/article/africa-repatriation
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Français
« Marre de l’Amérique ? Venez en Afrique où les opportunités sont infinies », voici ce que dit en exergue Dziffa Akua dans cet article (en anglais). Elle aborde aussi la relation parfois difficile entre Américains de parents africains et Africains-Américains, ainsi qu’également des cas particuliers comme le rappeur qui s’identifie à ses lointaines racines africaines en mettant sa ville de Compton (dont plusieurs rappeurs célèbres sont issus et qui vient de donner lieu à un film) dans une carte d’Afrique lumineuse, pendant les Grammy Awards, trophées qui récompensent les musiciens (au rang desquels lui-même et Angélique Kidjo, Bénin).
English
By Dziffa Akua
It’s Tuesday morning, I’m drinking my Hausa koko and planning my tasks for the day when my partner calls me to watch Kendrick Lamar’s performance (pictured) at the Grammy’s. I missed his performance because I spent all night debating the role the Ghanaian Diaspora play in the development of Ghana with my newly acquired Sierra Leonean friends.
During our discussion, I argued that most « returnees » had a romanticized view of Ghana and needed to accept that until we address our ingrained lack of direction at the national level, all our efforts were going to waste.
« Dziffa, regardless of how you see it, the Diaspora returning and seeing problems as opportunities has contributed to Ghana’s growth. In Sierra Leone, we do not have such a high rate of sophisticated Diaspora returning, so we are still economically where Ghana was a few years ago, » my friend said.
I rushed to YouTube to watch Kendrick’s performance. Hearing an African-American man proudly say, « I’m African-American. I’m African, » and placing his neighborhood in America inside the African map is by far one of my most proudest moments (pictured).
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During our discussion, I argued that most « returnees » had a romanticized view of Ghana and needed to accept that until we address our ingrained lack of direction at the national level, all our efforts were going to waste.
« Dziffa, regardless of how you see it, the Diaspora returning and seeing problems as opportunities has contributed to Ghana’s growth. In Sierra Leone, we do not have such a high rate of sophisticated Diaspora returning, so we are still economically where Ghana was a few years ago, » my friend said.
I rushed to YouTube to watch Kendrick’s performance. Hearing an African-American man proudly say, « I’m African-American. I’m African, » and placing his neighborhood in America inside the African map is by far one of my most proudest moments (pictured).
READ MORE here : strong>https://face2faceafrica.com/article/africa-repatriation
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