The infrastructure for the year of the report will be ready by August – Nana Addo

General News of Sunday, March 31, 2019

Source: citinewsroom.com

2019-03-31

President Akufo-Addo badured that the infrastructure needed for the year of return would be ready in August 2019

The Year of Return marks 400 years since Blacks and Ghanaians were sent as slaves to foreign countries.

The year of return begins with the festival of culture and well-being in Africa on February 7

While interacting with students at Harvard University's African Studies Center, President Nana Addo said that there is much work going on for Ghana to maximize the economic benefits of celebrating the University of Harvard. Year of return.

"A whole structure is set up to manage the year of return. One of the things we are also discovering is that many people offer themselves as host and hostess for those who come. We must also work hard. The project is generating a lot of enthusiasm for the year of return.

"People have a lot to see. So we organize that. The slave castles along the coast and the historical monuments, we are working on it as we speak, but I am very confident by June, July and August, when we expect the influx of people to arrive we will be well placed to welcome them. "

The Government of Ghana has organized many activities to celebrate the 400 years of the transatlantic slave trade.

Nicknamed "The Year of Return", the celebration will begin with the Festival of Culture and Wellbeing in Africa, February 7, 2017.

This festival was created by Dr. Sharita Yazid, naturopath, head of operations of New Body Products Ghana and repatriated to Africa.

A group of natural healers, African dance / drumming instructors and fitness experts were consulted to badist in the creation of this festival and the creation of a sound platform for them. years to come.

The festival was launched on February 7, 2019 at Jamaican Jam Rock in Accra, East Legon.

There are other activities spread throughout the year. Some include Black History Month with the African-American Association of Ghana, the Back2Africa Festival, Ghana's Independence Day celebration, the Pan-African Student Summit, the festival JaGha Reggae and the Heritage Paragliding Festival in Kwahu.

Other events include the Waxprint Film Documentary Festival, the celebration of the return of the Black Prophet, PANAFEST, the spiritual pilgrimage of GOD BOX, Chale Wote, Afrochella, among others.

The Ghana Tourism Administration and the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture coordinate the annual calendar of activities as part of the "Celebrating the Resilience of the African Spirit".

This is done in partnership with the Diaspora Affairs Office in the President's Office, the Pan-African Historical Theater Festival Foundation (Panafest) and the Adinkra Group.