"Ghana specifically has been an incredibly welcoming country for me as a Black American with no immediate ties to the continent. It is one of the only countries in the world where I don't feel foreign at all. Like I've reunited with an old cousin," Boyd said.
Exactly, I'd love to feel this way as well, about the country I live in.
But then it goes right down the globohomo path of destroying everything that feels familiar.
...But as much as she has a deeply rooted love and affinity for the country, she shares "Ghana is a developing country with many remnants of colonialism in its systems...As much as other Black people in the diaspora and Africa chimed in cosigning these positive sentiments, there was also a backlash from Ghanaians and other Africans, asking people in the diaspora to take off the rose-colored glasses and be truthful about some of the issues that are present, mentioning poverty, job scarcity, women rights and LGBTQ+ rights, among others.
Exactly, I'd love to feel this way as well, about the country I live in.
But then it goes right down the globohomo path of destroying everything that feels familiar.