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The “Year of Return, Ghana 2019” was a major landmark marketing campaign targeting the African – American and Diaspora Market to mark 400 years of the first enslaved African arriving in Jamestown Virginia. The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture led the project in collaboration with the Office of Diaspora Affairs at the Office of the President, the Panafest Foundation and the Adinkra Group of USA.

The Year of Return sort to make Ghana the focus for millions of African descendants reacting to their marginalisation by tracing their ancestry and identity. By this, Ghana became the beacon for African people living on the continent and the diaspora.

The United States Congress had 2018 passed an Act H.R. 1242 – 400 Years of AfricanAmerican which was in itself a historically significant milestone. Ghana is the gateway to Africa capitalised on its unique position as the location for 75 per cent of the slave dungeons built on the west coast of Africa. The favourable government policy of making it a national priority to extend a hand of welcome back home to Africans in the diaspora served as the catalyst for the campaign.

Currently, there are still numerous imposing European forts and castles harbouring harrowing reminders of an intense and complex history of the TransAtlantic slave trade in our land over centuries. This on its own has made Ghana the focus for millions of African descendants.

Since the initiative began, numerous diasporans and African Americans have troop the country.. Dentaa spoke to Prince Anthony BartAppiah & Del Titus Bawuah
to find out the need for Diasporans and if we have the right structures in place to receive our brothers and sisters?

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Prince Anthony BartAppiah is a highly enthusiastic Entrepreneur, Diplomat, Founder of TheBridgeZone, and a royal from the Akwamu State.

Anthony Anthony served with the British Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defence U.K. as a movement Controller prior to attending University where he attained BSc in Computer Networks, MA in International Security & Diplomacy, and Diploma in Film Studies.

In 2018 Anthony founded TheBridgeZone an organization that seeks to bridge the gap between Africans and persons of African descent within the diaspora. His goal is to connect the dots, especially with those who have an unquenchable thirst to connect with the continent of Africa, and present opportunities that lead to working handinhand through business partnerships and crosscollaboration.

IG: @thebridgezone
IG: @iamtheprince1

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Del Titus Bawuah is a Londonbased entrepreneur with a background in real estate management and alternative investments.

IG: @deltitusbawuah
FB: @deltitusbawuah