When people hear that I moved to Ghana and then left again they often think it confirms their preconceptions about the country. I made two videos with The Only Way is Ghana about my experiences and why I chose to leave. Ghana is not easy to live in but no where is in the world.
I would hate for people to focus on reasons for leaving Ghana. My biggest decision was my motivation to move there in the first place!
I think the magic of the diaspora engagement story is not the idea of reverse migration – it isn’t in the success of repatriating and staying there – the magic is in choosing to be involved and launching that exciting adventurous experience which may mean you straddle across two or more countries.
(photo credit: Ernest Simons| Future of Ghana)
A significant amount of young Diasporans do not have the perspective you do because previous generations were not successful in instituting a long-term, strategic and unified view on how “we” should be positioned and relate to other peoples in the world.
Please expand… I feel like there’s more to unpack there. You do make a good point though