(« COMING BACK TO THE ROOTS »):(« JAMAICA » ENDORSES THE HISTORIC (2019) YEAR OF « RETURN IN(GHANA)(WEST AFRICA)

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(…)-(« In Collaboration » with « Face 2 to Face Africa »)-(« The subtitle and extra additions » are  from our Staff)-(Paris)(« Image »: « Jamaican minister of culture, entertainment (Olivia Grange) and (« Catherine Aféku »-ghana’s minister of tourism, arts and culture)

-(Reminder of Facts):

-To mark the (400 th) Anniversary of the Arrival of the First enslaved Africans in (America), the government of (Ghana)(former gold coast) during the colonial british rule in (West Africa), launched the « Year of Return » (GHANA-2019), in a quest to encourage African Americans » and the Black Diaspora to return to the country where their ancestors were kidnapped and enslaved.

-The Year long Program, which is set to have a host of educative, interactive and other activity-filled events has officially been endorsed by the government of (Jamaica).This was confirmed at the caribbean launch of the Year of Return in (Kingston) on (Sunday) where Jamaica’s Minister of Culture, Entertainment and Sport, (OLIVIA GRANGE), as well as (Ghana’s Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture (Catherine Afeku) were in attendance, according to the Jamaica’s in formation service. »Jamaica » looks forward to a successsful Year of Return and we will work with (Ghana) towards a successful Year.Jamaica observes the international decade of People of african descent and it is all very timely that we work together(Jamaican Minister Grange) said at the event.
-We are connected.(Ghana) was a major hub for the transatlantic slave trade from the (16th) to the (19Th) centuries, and we are happy that you have opened the door this year for people in the african diaspora to return.

-And as « Jamaicans », we ‘re proud to see that our « Reggae Music » will form the soundtrack for the Year of Return, she added!

-We have Scientists who are descendants of Slaves, we have astronauts who are descendants of Slaves.We have (Bob Marleys) who are the descendants of Slaves.We have the (Usain Bolts) who are the descendants of Slaves.That is a positive Story!