ACCRA, Ghana — Kwaku Sintim-Misa, a popular comedian here, likes to tell a joke about the African-American who emigrates to Ghana.
“Brother, I’ve found my roots!” the African-American crows. A local shakes his head, wondering why anyone with a coveted United States passport would choose to move to Ghana. “Move to the Motherland?” the Ghanaian cries, “I want to escape the Motherland.”
Mr. Sintim-Misa’s story gets laughs because it rings true. Last year, the number of Ghanaians applying to legally enter the U.S. tripled. In the same year, Ghana’s currency lost nearly two-thirds of its value against the dollar. So many skilled and educated Ghanaians have fled that Mr. Sintim-Misa has the impression that “nobody wants to live in Ghana anymore.”
Nobody, that is, except African-Americans.
Source: GhanaWeb
