Ghana! Here We Come - Repatriations, Etc

[Baba Ahmed]

Hotep, My beloved brother
I hope all is well. I am hopeful that you can touch base with Baba Ahmed, (and many others e.g.) Native NDN tribes as they are awaiting a meeting with us concerning the Indigenous approach. Before I left the states I had a long conversation with Bonita Sizemore a well known African-Indian activist who gave me a list of 8 Africa-Indian professors who will join us. As far as the African Indigenous side, at present, I do not see any conflicts. In fact, at this point I see near total agreement on the need to reconciliate and repair. I will keep you abreast as to the indigenous work on this side. I am enclosing notification of this meeting that I wish that you and Sister Molete chair. Please keep me abreast on the results of your meeting.

"Dr. Nikitah Imani" <imanino@jmu.edu> wrote:
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 05:31:26 -0800 (PST) From: Ansari Mustafa Subject: Ghana and Repatriation News-
From: Ansari Mustafa
Greetings, Peace and Power,
I am presently in Ghana. Yesterday, several members of our organization and I met with the Traditional council of Town Elders in regards to the 4 miles of land gifted to us for reconciliation and redevelopment. Concurrently, with this correspondence, I will be contacting the minister of tourism's secretary to set up a meeting with Dr. Lamptey the Minister of Tourism for additional land and development projects. We will be in Ghana for another month as our Medical doctors and architects from America are arriving to assist us in this project. I will be sure to keep everyone in Africa-America informed on our re-gifting of land, development and repatriation progress.

One Africa,

Dr. Mustafa Ansari, Chief Justice
Indigenous AFrican American Reparation Tribunal
and CEO African American Center for Trade & Economic Development

*/daudipembe@aol.com/* wrote:
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePag...l.php?ID=75077

Ghana to encourage African/Americans to visit the country
Ho, Feb 10, GNA –

The Ministry of Tourism and Modernization of the Capital City would by 2007 embark on a "Joseph" Project aimed at facilitating the "spiritual" return of over 30 million Africans in the Diaspora to Ghana. Mr Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey, Minister of Tourism and Modernization of the Capital City, gave the hint when he addressed a review meeting of agencies and departments under the ministry in Ho on Thursday.

He explained that the "Joseph" project is fashioned on the biblical story of Joseph, the son of Jacob who, having been sold into slavery by his brothers, became the Prime Minister in Egypt of the Pharaohs where he eventually reconciled with his brothers, reunited with his family members whom he saved from hunger.

Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey said the project would start off with a gathering in Ghana of Africans in the Diaspora and chiefs from the West African coast whose predecessors were active in facilitating the slave trade to offer "expiation" on behalf of their ancestors. Another assembly of chiefs would follow this from places whose people were hunted as chattel slaves and the identification of "accepted" leaders of Africans in the Diaspora leading to a durbar of rapprochement of African peoples. The project would be climaxed with a healing concert involving big stars in the Diaspora and Ghana. Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey said the project seeks [highland]to encourage every African in the Diaspora to embark on a pilgrimage to Ghana at least once in their lifetime, then subsequently as tourists and eventually to invest in the country.[/highlight]

He said as part of the project all the slave forts, castles and other landmarks would be developed to offer different and unique experiences that every African in the Diaspora would be eager to experience. Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey said a museum of excellence would also be established in honour of African-Americans who distinguish themselves in various fields who as the new "Josephs" would be adorned with "coats of many colours" made of kente.

He said a heritage fund would also be established into which African-Americans would be encouraged to contribute to preserve "our heritage".

GNASource: GhanaWeb Correspondence

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