How studying abroad in Ghana changed my racial consciousness

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Francis kwarteng 7 years ago

Beautiful.

Thanks for sharing. Enjoy you stay in Ghana.

Beautiful.

Thanks for sharing. Enjoy you stay in Ghana.
Concerned 7 years ago

The young man said when he arrived for the first time he felt like a human being rather than a black person but when you first come to the UK you for the first time feel like a black man rather than just a human being

The young man said when he arrived for the first time he felt like a human being rather than a black person but when you first come to the UK you for the first time feel like a black man rather than just a human being
Francis kwarteng 7 years ago

That is so interesting. I like you analogy!

That is so interesting. I like you analogy!
Pee 7 years ago

Sure Francis i much agree with Concerned and our Brother. Its sad when you touchdown outside the continent the tag is placed on you not as a description of who your natural pigmentation says you are. It further specifies how ...
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Sure Francis i much agree with Concerned and our Brother. Its sad when you touchdown outside the continent the tag is placed on you not as a description of who your natural pigmentation says you are. It further specifies how you're perceived irrespective of your capability and this really drowns the spirit man.
Esi 7 years ago

Young man, congratulations on your academic achievements and for choosing to study abroad in Ghana. Many of us were inspired by your success and story (for those of you who are not familiar with it, google him)

I hope whil ...
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Young man, congratulations on your academic achievements and for choosing to study abroad in Ghana. Many of us were inspired by your success and story (for those of you who are not familiar with it, google him)

I hope while you are in Ghana, you can use your personal experience to inspire our youth to work hard.
Guru 7 years ago

Share your experience back Home. And you are always welcome back to our homeland.

Share your experience back Home. And you are always welcome back to our homeland.
Mark 7 years ago

As a Ghanaian living in the U.K. do feel the pain and the hurts black Americans have to go through on daily basis. Am really happy u have connected well with the real "Land of the free" where black lives as a matter of fact e ...
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As a Ghanaian living in the U.K. do feel the pain and the hurts black Americans have to go through on daily basis. Am really happy u have connected well with the real "Land of the free" where black lives as a matter of fact every life is celebrated. Long life "brother" and may this experience give u the fullness of joy that is infectious of others to see. Pls come again with your fellows.
Queenie 7 years ago

Welcome home my brother. Hopefully, you can educate fellow African Americans, especially the young ones that africa is not a jungle and certainly not one big country.

Welcome home my brother. Hopefully, you can educate fellow African Americans, especially the young ones that africa is not a jungle and certainly not one big country.
Kwame Awuyah 7 years ago

Akintude Ahmed, Waezor, Akwaaba

Your narrative corresponds to the testimonies of blacks from the diaspora who immerse in Ghanaian culture. Even most transforming is the experience of the culture at the village level. I ...
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Akintude Ahmed, Waezor, Akwaaba

Your narrative corresponds to the testimonies of blacks from the diaspora who immerse in Ghanaian culture. Even most transforming is the experience of the culture at the village level. I hope that the organizers of your program would provide opportunity to experience life in a village. Most inhabitants may have social and economic challenges; however they possess over abundance warmth and love for all, especially visitors (of all nationalities and ethnicities).
No doubt Ghana is a peaceful and safe country, however you must exercise ordinary caution in all your endeavors. With time, you would build friendship that would be lifelong enrichment and life transforming.
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Titi 7 years ago

Great article Akintunde, it's refreshing hearing a young black man who'd travelled to Ghana and enjoyed himself and not focus on our flaws.

Great article Akintunde, it's refreshing hearing a young black man who'd travelled to Ghana and enjoyed himself and not focus on our flaws.
Me 7 years ago

Well written and easy to identify as Ghanaian having lived in the UK for 33 years and visits to the USA on a number of occasions.
I think what really helped you was the mindset you took to Ghana.
I enjoy Ghana very well ea ...
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Well written and easy to identify as Ghanaian having lived in the UK for 33 years and visits to the USA on a number of occasions.
I think what really helped you was the mindset you took to Ghana.
I enjoy Ghana very well each time I visit because of the mindset I take. I know so many Ghanaians living in the U.K. who never enjoy their holidays in Ghana because if the mindset they take to Ghana i.e. Foolishly expecting all ghanains they meet in Ghana to behave as the British.
Pee 7 years ago

hahahaaa, we easily forget who we are owing to comfort and situational changes around us. God help our conscience.

hahahaaa, we easily forget who we are owing to comfort and situational changes around us. God help our conscience.
zakk 7 years ago

And pls. don't forget to tell the white racists back in Oakland that all of God's creation. And that God does not great junk. Tell them that Africa is the garden of Eden. That contrary to their story, civilization started her ...
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And pls. don't forget to tell the white racists back in Oakland that all of God's creation. And that God does not great junk. Tell them that Africa is the garden of Eden. That contrary to their story, civilization started here....the arts, mathematics, the sciences, medicine et AL. It all began here by Afruikans.thousands of years before their so called Socrates, Thales ,Achemides and what have you! That the Afruikans thought the Greeks, who intend coached the Romans until it spilled over to yesterday's Caucasian. Broda come back to live and forget about black -blood soaked American soil and their primitive racists begots!!!!!!!!!!
Naa ayele 7 years ago

Zakk fuck you. Fuck your mother and father. How dare you call the whites racist? I'm from Ghana and I live in America. I experienced more racism among my black folks than the whites. Leave racism out of the issue and focus on ...
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Zakk fuck you. Fuck your mother and father. How dare you call the whites racist? I'm from Ghana and I live in America. I experienced more racism among my black folks than the whites. Leave racism out of the issue and focus on the real issues. You beg the white for everything, yet you call them racist? Start developing your country and stop calling people racist. You Stupid child of lucifer. Do you know how I suffered to get out of Ghana? I will not allow bastards like you to call any whiteman racist. Fuck you again. All we talk about is slave trade! 95% Ghanaians will be happy to be slaves in Europe or America if they had a chance. You are a born idiot. Do you really know how the Great Whitman gave me a second chance in life? Go and fuck your mother.
BUSUMRU 7 years ago

it is not possible to receive racism from a fellow black person if you are one because you are the same race.

it is not possible to receive racism from a fellow black person if you are one because you are the same race.
SIMPLY GEORGE. 7 years ago

Your name Naa Ayele is even a bad omen because of its cocaine association. I hope you are not related to Naa Ayele Ametefe or whatever. You left ghana as a second class citizen in your own country before your plane touched d ...
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Your name Naa Ayele is even a bad omen because of its cocaine association. I hope you are not related to Naa Ayele Ametefe or whatever. You left ghana as a second class citizen in your own country before your plane touched down in america. Here is the case of another tribe claiming to be superior to yours and what are you actually talking about ? Were you able to fight them for calling you names ? The white man is your God and you still have your black tribalist God waiting for you back home. I don't see you as a cultured ghanaian. The young man never used any abusive language so why are you using the "f" word to to identify your background ? Don't make any attempt to go further with your crude behaviour, else you are going to be replied in kind. Better take my advice.
Cindy 7 years ago

You sound very stupid and ignorant, black Americans are worse than whites.

You sound very stupid and ignorant, black Americans are worse than whites.
Ghana Cries 7 years ago

Praise the Lord for all good things. The day that the full consciousness of the black man will don, we will know ho we really are - original children of the Most High.

Praise the Lord for all good things. The day that the full consciousness of the black man will don, we will know ho we really are - original children of the Most High.
rkt 7 years ago

moving! glad to know that u enjoyed it and will keep the memory as an invaluable treasure you'll wear, even as some wear technology! share the experience. too, come again when u return home! am i to suppose that the Gh man ti ...
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moving! glad to know that u enjoyed it and will keep the memory as an invaluable treasure you'll wear, even as some wear technology! share the experience. too, come again when u return home! am i to suppose that the Gh man time aside, the cold showers, the black-outs aside, u ain't got no complaints? tell us those, too. for all u know, we might do something about them to make the next tourist's stay even better!
Pee 7 years ago

There's no place like home, where YOU, yea you're always YOU. Irrespective of the.social tags and chastities of life places you.
Welcome home, hope to join in very soon.

There's no place like home, where YOU, yea you're always YOU. Irrespective of the.social tags and chastities of life places you.
Welcome home, hope to join in very soon.
Pelicles 7 years ago

Nowhere in your story did you mention that you were looked down upon unlike your African-American who looked down upon Africans as if they are taking something precious from them. Trust me, African-Americans are worse than W ...
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Nowhere in your story did you mention that you were looked down upon unlike your African-American who looked down upon Africans as if they are taking something precious from them. Trust me, African-Americans are worse than Whites in the US and I stand by that statement.

We on the African continent consider blacks in the US as our brothers till you encounter their hostile attitude which is quite unfortunate. In Ghana, you can walk miles without anyone pulling the gun on your or being mugged but what about the US? Tell your story to those in the US and explain to them that we are open-minded people who welcome all and sundry.
Village Lass 7 years ago

Welcome home brother, great insight. All the best.

Welcome home brother, great insight. All the best.
Captein 7 years ago

Wonderful!

Wonderful!

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