The year of return marked the 400th year since the first enslaved African were brought to the United States. The event witnessed thousands of African Americans return back to the ancestral lands of their forefathers. it was an opportunity for them to reconnect with their African heritage and go back to where it all started. It was fitting that Ghana would be the place where the year of return took place since the country was once the centre of the European slave trade. One of the long term consequences of slavery for African Americans is a confused identity as they struggle to understand who they are and where they belong. Should they still identify as Africans after 400 years living in the United Staters or should they simply identify with their new American identity even though they still face persecution and discrimination from their white counterparts who till this day don’t see them as equals? The impact of the year of return seems to have given the African Americans a feeling they haven’t ever truly felt before. This was a feeling of deep connection and belonging to their ancestral homeland. It was almost as if dormant genes hidden in their DNA was reawakening to the exposure of new sensory stimuli in a way that they intuitively resonated with. It would appear that for a lot of African Americans, time and space have not been able to eradicate the genetic connection they seem to have with the motherland. What has followed in recent years as a result of the year of return is how African Americans now seem to engage more positively with their newfound African identity and how this has led to a new relationship they seem to have with the continent of Africa. It is very clear that for a significant percentage of the African American population, Africa is where they truly belong. They seem to be experiencing a sense of destiny to return back to their ancestral homes not just to visit but to build new lives. They are starting to concern themselves with the political economic and social affairs of Africa and beginning to recognise their collective responsibility in supporting the development of the continent. Are we going to witness a mass migration of African Americans relocating to the continent of Africa?. What would be the long term consequences of a renewed engagement from African Americans towards Africa?. Could the African American population play a pivotal role in the development of Africa and if so how should African Nations seeks to engage with them?. These are all questions that both African Americans and Africans on the continent should seriously try to answer.
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