re: Ghana invites African Americans to "Come Home" to Africa

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Maybe they can petition to rename the capital city "New Chicago" once they get settled.

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I learned that almost 25% of the dwellings there don't have indoor plumbing. And in the dwellings which do have running water, the water is usually not fit for human consumption. It's basically only used for washing clothes and flushing the toilet.

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African Americans wouldn't relocate to Ghana voluntarily if it was located 10 minutes from their current home and you paid for the U-Haul

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Ghana has a murder rate FOUR TIMES HIGHER than the USA.

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2 bans, 6 warnings

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They just make it worse for hard working black people who are proud to be American.

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During the 1970s, severe drought and an economic downturn transformed Ghana into a country of emigration; neighboring Cote d’Ivoire was the initial destination. Later, hundreds of thousands of Ghanaians migrated to Nigeria to work in its booming oil industry, but most were deported in 1983 and 1985 as oil prices plummeted. Many Ghanaians then turned to more distant destinations, including other parts of Africa, Europe, and North America, but the majority continued to migrate within West Africa. Since the 1990s, increased emigration of skilled Ghanaians, especially to the US and the UK, drained the country of its health care and education professionals. Internally, poverty and other developmental disparities continue to drive Ghanaians from the north to the south, particularly to its urban centers.

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