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As reported by Valerie Papaya Mann, president of the African American Association of Ghana, thousands of African Americans now live in Ghana for at least part of the year. To encourage migration, or at least visits by African Americans, Ghana decided, in 2005, to offer them a special visa, but has not extended dual citizenship to African Americans.
Along with the Constitution of Ghana, the Citizenship Act, 2000 is the exhaustive law relating to citizenship in Ghana. Status: Current legislation Ghanaian nationality law is regulated by the Constitution of Ghana , as amended; the Ghana Citizenship Act, and its revisions; and various international agreements to which the country is a ...
The November group was the largest one granted citizenship since Ghana launched the “Year of the Return” program, aimed at attracting the Black diaspora, in 2019. ... African-Americans, that ...
The history of African Americans in Ghana goes back to individuals such as American civil rights activist and writer W. E. B. Du Bois, who settled in Ghana in the last years of his life and is buried in the capital Accra. Since then, other African Americans who are descended from slaves imported from areas within the present-day jurisdiction of ...
On West Africa's coast, Ghana is drawing black people from around the world. Last year marked 400 years since enslaved people arrived in America, and the country honored the resilience of black ...
[citation needed] The Asians, Middle Easterners and Europeans who have lived in Ghana for most of their lives have acquired Ghanaian citizenship, which is granted without any discrimination. [citation needed] Two thirds, or 67%, of Ghanaians speak English. [25] [43] There are more than 100 ethnic groups, each with its own distinct language. [44]
All African passport holders are now able to visit Ghana without needing a visa, outgoing President Nana Akufo-Addo has said. He announced the plan last month but in his final state-of-the-nation ...
The Croatian diaspora makes use of this to obtain dual nationality or to return to Croatia. Estonia: Article 36 (3) of the Constitution of Estonia states that "Every Estonian is entitled to settle in Estonia." [43] Ghana: Ghana's right of abode law allows for people of African descent to settle in the country. [44]