Ghana’s has become a December Hotspot

It began in 2018 with President Nana Akufo-Addo’s call-to-action in Washington DC, urging Black people in the diaspora to visit Africa. The “Year of Return” was launched in 2019 to mark the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first recorded enslaved Africans in the state of Virginia in the US. This November, 524 settlers were granted citizenship. The impact has been most evident in entertainment and hospitality: ­several concerts were announced and videos of people partying until sunrise emerged on social media.T. here has also been a rise in vegan restaurants, bars and beach clubs. The popular Nigerian ‘gentleman’s club’ Silver Fox opened an Accra branch staffed with Colombian strippers.

THE GUARDIAN