France24 Report on Year Of Return: Hundreds of African-Americans resettle in Ghana
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France24 has in a report looked at how Ghana is increasingly becoming home to hundreds of African-Americans especially in light of the on-going 'Year of Return, Ghana 2019' campaign. The report looks at the lives of some African-Americans who have settled in Ghans over the years. Read and watch the report below. Ghana was one of the [...]
Ghana Listed In Top 10 Trending Summer Destinations for 2019
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HomeToGo, the world's largest search engine for holiday homes, apartments, villas and cottages has in a publication recommending top Summer destinations for Brittish travellers placed Ghana as the 4th recommended trending destination.   Below is the publication...   Need some summer holiday inspiration? HomeToGo has just released its top 10 trending destinations for British tourists [...]
Year of Return: Be conscious of your African roots – students told
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Participants at this year’s Pan-African Student Summit have been told to be cognizant of their ancestral root no matter how long it takes for them to discover their African identity. The call was made by various speakers at the event who shared their individual stories about how they eventually became interested and identified with Pan-Africanism. [...]
Year of Return: Back2Africa breaks ground for community library & borehole in Eastern region.
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On 7th March, The Back2Africa Festival and Tour service day was in alignment with World Book Day, a day to promote reading, as the group of nearly 100 first time travellers to Ghana spent the day with the Akuapem Educational Service Partnership, at Nyame Bekyre School in Akuapim breaking ground for the establishment of a [...]
Year Of Return: “Come with an open mind and heart” – Mona Boyd invites Diasporans
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Landtours, Ltd. is a tour company operating out of West Africa at a really bustling time for tourism in the area. 2019 marks what has been deemed the ‘Year of Return’ for people of African descent in the diaspora, a call to action that marks 400 years since the first slaves were kidnapped and sold [...]
Fort Batenstein
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About Batenstein literally translates to “profit fort”. Post in 1650-52. Dutch fort built in 1656. Taken by the English, in 1665, abandoned in 1818-27, rebuilt by the Dutch, in 1828, relinquished by treaty and remained a Dutch possession until 1872, when it was transferred to the British.   History Situated on the high hill behind […]

Sirigu (SWOPA) Still Rising
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Sirigu Women Organisation for Pottery and Art (SWOPA) has won the Tourist Attraction of the Year for Upper East Region. Under the auspices of the Ghana Tourism Authority, SWOPA, as the community initiative is called, chalked the feat last week at the tourism awards programme held in Bolgatanga. Focused on traditional art and craft, Sirigu [...]
Avu- Lagoon Xavi
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About the site The Avu Lagon wetland is nestled in the lower Volta Region sandwiched between the Aflao Road and the Atlantic Ocean. This fresh water marsh consists of a shallow lake of about 10 to 12 kilometres around, plus the surrounding streams, rivers and aquatic vegetation. This watery landscape is home to the world’s […]

Year of Return: African Diaspora in Ghana for Back2Africa Festival
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Close to a hundred African Americans have arrived in Ghana for the second edition of the annual ‘Back2Africa Festival.’ The group who touched down at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra earlier this morning was later treated to a welcome reception at the Accra Tourist Information Centre. Guests look on enthralled as cultural a dancer [...]
Wear Ghana Month Initiative Scheduled for March 2019
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The launch of Wear Ghana Month by Hon. Dr Mustapha Hamid The Wear Ghana Project is a campaign that seeks to encourage Ghanaians to wear made in Ghana clothes and use other fashion accessories that are locally produced. The campaign runs throughout the year but reaches its peak in March with a series of activities [...]