How Ghana Went Above and Beyond For Year of Return 2019

Ghana is to launch a multi-million dollar fund aimed at attracting investment from members of the African diaspora in the United States and around the world - a follow-up to the "Year of Return 2019" in which the nation reached out to the diaspora on the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first African slaves in the United States. But what was the Year of Return, how did it relate to Ghana's history of slavery and what did it bring to the nation's economy and citizenry?

Ghanaian national flag (file photo).

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