IGhana yemukela abantu abadabuka e-Afrika kulo nyaka

Ehlose ukuheha abantu abadabuka e-Afrika ukuthi bavakashele izwekazi labo, uMongameli waseGhana uNana Akufo-Addo uqoke unyaka wezi-2019 njengo “Nyaka Wokubuya ”ukukhumbula ukuqina kwabantu base-Afrika abaphoqelelwe ebugqilini kanye nokukhuthaza inzalo yabo ukuthi ibuyele emakhaya .

"Siyazi ngokufezeka okungatheni neminikelo abantu base-Afrika abaseDiaspora abayenza ezimpilweni zabantu baseMelika, futhi kubalulekile ukuthi lo nyaka ongokomfanekiso, eminyakeni engama-400 kamuva, sikhumbule ukuba khona kwabo kanye nokuzidela kwabo," kusho uMongameli Nana ekuqaleni kukaSepthemba odlule unyaka.

Isikhathi sakhe ubesibhalela ukufika kokuqala komkhumbi owawuthwele abantu base-Afrika eVirginia, e-US, ngo-Agasti 1619 ngokusho kwezazi-mlando.

Umongameli waseGhana umemezele u-2019 "njengoNyaka Wokubuyela" wabo bonke inzalo yama-Diaspora yabantu base-Afrika ababanjwa futhi bathuthelwa emazweni aseMelika njengezigqila ngekhulu le-17 nele-18.

Esihloko sithi, "Year of Return, Ghana 2019", lesi simemezelo safundwa ngoSepthemba nyakenye emcimbini owawubanjelwe e-United States National Press Club eWashington DC wokwethula ngokusemthethweni uhlelo lwemisebenzi yokugubha iminyaka engama-400 kufike owokuqala bagqilaza abantu base-Afrika baseNgilandi eNyakatho Melika ngo-1619.

Unyaka Wokubuyela uhlose ukwenza iGhana igxile kwizigidi zezizukulwane zase-Afrika ezisabela ekucwasweni kwazo ngokulandela okhokho bazo nokuthi zingobani. Ngalokhu, iGhana iba yisibani sabantu base-Afrika abahlala ezwenikazi naseDiaspora.

Lesi simemezelo sihlonipha isikhundla esiyingqayizivele seGhana njengendawo yamaphesenti angama-75 emigodini yezigqila eyakhiwe ogwini olusentshonalanga ye-Afrika kanye nenqubomgomo kaMongameli yamanje eyenza kube yinto ephambili kuzwelonke ukwelula isandla sokwamukela ekhaya kubantu base-Afrika abaseDiaspora.

Kanye nokunaka iqiniso lokuthi “iGhana inabantu abaningi base-Afrika baseMelika abahlala kuleliya lizwe kunanoma yiliphi elinye izwe lase-Afrika,” kuphinde kwaveza ukujabula ngomthetho waseGhana we-Right of Abode wezifiki onikeza inkululeko kubantu abanaleli lungelo “lokuphila nokuphila. angene futhi angene ezweni ngaphandle kokuvinjwa noma isithiyo. ”

Okunye okuthonya lesi Simemezelo yi-115th US Congress Resolution (HR 1242) esungula iKhomishini Yemlando Yase-Afrika Yeminyaka Engama-400 yokukhumbula lesi sikhumbuzo.

Ngokwethulwa komhlaba wonke eWashington, iGhana linikezwe amandla okuqhubeka ngenhloso yalo yokwenza imisebenzi unyaka wonke, i-2019, ukukhumbula umcimbi.

Ekhuluma emcimbini wokwethulwa kwalolu hlelo, uMongameli u-Akufo-Addo ukhumbule iqhaza lokuqala lobuholi bePan African eGhana futhi wathembisa ukuthi “ngaphansi kobuholi bami, iGhana izoqhubeka nokuqinisekisa ukuthi isithunzi sethu esasizuze kanzima sePan Africa asilahleki.”

"Ukwenza iGhana kube yinto okugxilwa kuyo ukufika kwabantu base-Afrika ababegqilazwe emakoloni amaNgisi eNyakatho Melika, ngakho-ke kuyithuba elikhulu lokuqinisa ubuholi baseGhana," kusho uMengameli u-Akufo-Addo.

Isikhulu Esiphezulu seGhana Tourism Authority (GTA), uMnu Akwasi Agyemang, wasibeka “Right of Return” ngokomongo we-Christian Bible lapho abantu bakwa-Israyeli waseBhayibhelini babethenjiswe ukubuyela ezweni labo ngemuva kweminyaka engama-400 ekudingisweni.

"Ngonyaka ka-2019, sivula izandla zethu kabanzi ukwamukela abafowethu nodadewethu emakhaya ohambweni oluzoba yilungelo lokuzalwa ekhaya lomndeni wase-Afrika womhlaba wonke," esho.

Osaziwayo okubalwa kubo isupermodel uNaomi Campbell nabalingisi u-Idris Elba noRosario Dawson baqale uhlelo lonyaka wonke ngokuhambela iFull Circle Festival e-Accra ngasekupheleni kukaDisemba.

IGhana isagcwele imijondolo nezinqaba ezisungulwe ngesikhathi sokuhweba ngezigqila, okusebenza njengesikhumbuzo esinamandla sesikhathi esidlule sokufundisa izakhamizi nezivakashi zakwamanye amazwe ngobugqila.

Lowo owayengumengameli wase-US uBarack Obama nomndeni wakhe bavakashela iCape Coast Castle ngo-2009 bayichaza njengendawo "yokudabuka okukhulu."

"Kusikhumbuza ukuthi yize umlando ungaba mubi, kungenzeka futhi ukunqoba," kusho u-Obama etshela izintatheli ngesikhathi ehambele lo mlando, "nomnyango wawo ongaziwa kangako" ejele.

Ngo-2000, iGhana yaphasisa umthetho owenzelwe ukwenza kube lula kubantu abavela e-African Diaspora ukuthi baphile futhi basebenze kuleli zwe lase-Afrika. UMongameli u-Akufo-Addo uzibophezele ekwenzeni lula inqubo yama-visa.

UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha uCatherine Abelema Afeku uhlela imikhosi yomculo namasiko, kubandakanya nokugujwa kwenkululeko yaseGhana ngoMashi nonyaka kubandakanya iPanafest, umkhosi waseshashalazini ohlose ukuhlanganisa abantu base-Afrika kuleli zwekazi nalabo abaseDiaspora ukuzobungaza bese bexoxa ngezinkinga zobugqila.