Ghana’s minister of tourism- Barbara Oteng Gyasi has advised or Black people in the diaspora to ‘come home’ to save them from being racially abused incessantly.
The sector minister, encouraged Black Americans to move to Ghana whiling speaking at a memorial service for the late George Floyd on June 5 in Accra.
Her comment comes in the wake of the systematic racism on Black around the globe.
“We continue to open our arms and invite all our brothers and sisters home. Ghana is your home. Africa is your home. We have our arms wide open ready to welcome you home,” Gyasi said.
“Please take advantage, come home, [sic] build a life in Ghana. You do not have to stay where you are not wanted forever, you have a choice and Africa is waiting for you,” she continued.
He however, expressed hope that Floyd’s death brings about change and called for an end to systemic racism across the word.
“We gather in solidarity with brothers and sisters to change the status quo. Racism must end. We pray and hope that George Floyd’s death will not be in vain but will bring an end to prejudice and racial discrimination across the world,” Gyasi said.
Floyd died on Memorial Day after former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck for more than 8 minutes. Chauvin and three others were fired and charged for Floyd’s death. The incident became the catalyst for protests across the globe.
Ambassador Erieka Bennett, Head of Missions at the African Diaspora Forum, on the other hand, lavished praise on Ghana and Gyasi for setting an example for the rest of the diaspora.
He said “Ghana has taken the leadership role on honoring and doing this…and we want to thank the Minister for the wonderful message she gave,” Bennett said at the memorial. “The message is ‘We are one’ regardless of where you’re from, if you are a black person you are an African and that’s the message, we want people to understand.”
Source: ghgossip