Accra’s music, nightlife and teeming markets are an antidote to the West African nation’s sombre historical past
02 April 2025 – 05:00
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An rising variety of black Individuals are making a pilgrimage to Ghana to set foot on African soil in remembrance of their enslaved ancestors. The nation on the West African bulge hosts 133,880 US arrivals annually in distinction to a trickle of about 4,260 South Africans, in accordance with Ghana’s most up-to-date tourism report.
With firms equivalent to Normal Financial institution (buying and selling as Stanbic Financial institution), Gold Fields, MTN and Shoprite working in Ghana, lots of the guests from SA are there for enterprise relatively than tourism. There’s no want for a visa, to allow them to sweep by means of immigration to the nice and cozy Twi welcome of akwaaba earlier than braving the tropical warmth and closely indebted economic system. Within the capital metropolis of Accra, they’ll have interaction in enterprise inside a comparatively protected democracy the place English is the official language. ..