Ukujolisa ekutsaleni abantu abanemvelaphi yaseAfrika ukuba batyelele ilizwekazi labo lokuzalwa, uMongameli waseGhana uNana Akufo-Addo uchonge unyaka wama-2019 njengo "Nyaka wokuBuya "ukukhumbula ukomelela kwabantu baseAfrika abanyanzelwe ebukhobokeni kunye nokukhuthaza inzala yabo ukuba ibuyele ekhaya .
"Siyayazi impumelelo engathethekiyo kunye negalelo labantu baseAfrika abahlala e-Diaspora kwimpilo yabantu baseMelika, kwaye kubalulekile ukuba lo nyaka wokomfuziselo, kwiminyaka engama-400 kamva, sikhumbule ubukho babo kunye nokuzincama kwabo," utshilo uMongameli Nana ekuqaleni kukaSeptemba ophelileyo. unyaka.
Ixesha lakhe lalisekwe kulwakhiwo lokuqala lokurekhodwa kwenqanawa eyayithwele abantu baseAfrika eVirginia, e-US, ngo-Agasti 1619 ngokwembali.
Umongameli waseGhana ubhengeze i-2019 "njengoNyaka wokuBuya" kuyo yonke inzala yama-Diaspora yabemi base-Afrika ababanjiwe basiwa eMelika njengamakhoboka ngenkulungwane ye-17 neye-18.
Isihloko esithi, "Unyaka Wokubuyela, eGhana 2019", isibhengezo safundwa ngoSeptemba kunyaka ophelileyo kumsitho owawubanjelwe e-United States National Press Club eWashington DC ukusungula ngokusesikweni inkqubo yemisebenzi ephawula isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-400 sokufika komntu wokuqala benziwe amakhoboka amaAfrika kwiNgesi yamaNtla Merika ngo-1619.
Unyaka wokuBuya ujonge ukwenza iGhana ijolise kwizigidi zenzala yaseAfrika xa zisabela kubandlululo ngokulandela umkhondo wobukhokho babo kunye nobuni. Ngale nto, iGhana iba sisibane sabantu baseAfrika abahlala kweli lizwekazi nakwiDiaspora.
Esi sibhengezo siqonda indawo ekhethekileyo yaseGhana njengendawo yeepesenti ezingama-75 zamabanjwa amakhoboka awakhiwe kunxweme olusentshona ye-Afrika kunye nomgaqo-nkqubo kaMongameli wangoku okwenza ukuba kube yinto ephambili kwilizwe lonke ukolula isandla sokwamkela ekhaya kubantu baseAfrika abakwiDiaspora.
Kananjalo nokuthathela ingqalelo into yokuba “iGhana inabantu abaninzi base-Afrika baseMelika abahlala kweli lizwe kunalo naliphi na elinye ilizwe lase-Afrika,” ikwabonakalise ukonwaba ngomthetho wase-Ghana Wokufudukela Kweli onika inkululeko kubantu abaneli lungelo “lokuphila nokuphila. Ngenani, ningene nize ningene kweli lizwe ngaphandle kokuphazanyiswa. ”
Enye into ephembelela isiBhengezo sisigqibo se-Congress ye-US ye-115 (HR 1242) eseka iKhomishini yezeMbali yaseMelika yaseMelika ukukhumbula isikhumbuzo.
Ngokusungulwa kweWashington kwindalo iphela, iGhana ke ngoko inegunya lokuqhubeka nenjongo yayo yokwenza imisebenzi unyaka wonke, i-2019, ukukhumbula umsitho.
Ethetha kumsitho, uMongameli u-Akufo-Addo ukhumbule indima yobunkokheli be-Pan African kwangoko kwaye wathembisa ukuba "phantsi kobunkokheli bam, iGhana izakuqhubeka nokuqinisekisa ukuba igama lethu eliphumelele kwiPan Africa alilahleki."
"Ukwenza iGhana ibe yinto ekugxilwe kuyo yokukhumbula ukufika kwabantu base-Afrika bokuqala ababengamakhoboka kwiikoloni zamaNgesi eMntla Melika, ke ngoko, lithuba elikhulu lokuqinisa inkokheli zaseGhana," utshilo uMongameli u-Akufo-Addo.
IGosa eliyiNtloko leGunya lezoKhenketho laseGhana (GTA), uMnu Akwasi Agyemang, emi "kwiLungelo lokuBuya" ngokomxholo weBhayibhile yamaKrestu apho abantu bakwa-Bhayibhile babethenjiswe ukubuyela kumhlaba wabo olungileyo emva kweminyaka engama-400 elubhacweni.
"Kunyaka ka-2019, sivula iingalo zethu nangakumbi ukwamkela ekhaya abazalwana noodadewethu kuhambo oluza kuba lilungelo lokuzalwa ekhaya kusapho lwe-Afrika jikelele," utshilo.
Abantu abadumileyo kubandakanya u-Naomi Campbell kunye nomdlali weqonga u-Idris Elba no-Rosario Dawson baqala inkqubo yonyaka ngokuya kwi-Full Circle Festival e-Accra ngasekupheleni kuka-Disemba.
IGhana isenamachaphaza aneentolongo kunye neenqaba ezisekwe ngexesha lokurhweba ngamakhoboka, ezisebenza njengesikhumbuzo esinamandla esidlulileyo sokufundisa abemi kunye nabakhenkethi bamanye amazwe ngobukhoboka.
Owayesakuba ngumongameli wase-US u-Barack Obama kunye nosapho lwakhe batyelele iNqaba yase-Cape Coast ngo-2009 bayichaza njengendawo "yosizi olukhulu".
"Kusikhumbuza ukuba nangona imbali inokuba mbi, kunokwenzeka ukuba woyise," u-Obama uxelele iintatheli ngexesha lotyelelo lomhlaba ophakamileyo, kunye "nomnyango ongabuyeliyo" ovalelweyo.
Ngo-2000, iGhana yapasisa umthetho owenzelwe ukuba kube lula kubantu abavela kwi-African Diaspora ukuba baphile kwaye basebenze kweli lizwe laseAfrika. UMongameli u-Akufo-Addo uthembise ukuyenza lula inkqubo yevisa.
Umphathiswa wezokhenketho u-Catherine Abelema Afeku uququzelela iminyhadala yomculo nenkcubeko, kubandakanya imibhiyozo yenkululeko yaseGhana ngeyoKwindla kulo nyaka kubandakanya iPanafest, umnyhadala wemidlalo yeqonga ojolise ekudibaniseni abantu baseAfrika kwilizwekazi kunye nabo bakwiDiaspora ukubhiyozela emva koko baxoxe ngemiba yobukhoboka.
