Tired of America? Come to Africa Where Opportunities Are Endless

It's Tuesday morning, I'm drinking my Hausa koko and planning my tasks for the day when my partner calls me to watch Kendrick Lamar's performance (pictured) at the Grammy's. I missed his performance because I spent all night debating the role the Ghanaian Diaspora play in the development of Ghana with my newly acquired Sierra Leonean friends.

During our discussion, I argued that most "returnees" had a romanticized view of Ghana and needed to accept that until we address our ingrained lack of direction at the national level, all our efforts were going to waste.

"Dziffa, regardless of how you see it, the Diaspora returning and seeing problems as opportunities has contributed to Ghana's growth. In Sierra Leone, we do not have such a high rate of sophisticated Diaspora returning, so we are still economically where Ghana was a few years ago," my friend said.

I rushed to YouTube to watch Kendrick's performance. Hearing an African-American man proudly say, "I'm African-American. I'm African," and placing his neighborhood in America inside the African map is by far one of my most proudest moments (pictured).


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