African Americans relocating to Kenya cite heritage and restoration
Naırobı, Kenya – Kenneth Harris spent most of his days in Atlanta, not a source of doubt, but a sign of a common heritage, not a sign of a common heritage. His chance came when he bought a one -way ticket to Kenya two years ago.
The 38 -year -old retired veteran found a community in which he carried out an Airbnb business in the capital of the East African country. Nairobi likes to admire the golden sunset from a roof terrace and has a luxurious lifestyle in an apartment furnished with pleasure in a luxurious neighborhood.
Harris is part of a growing African American wave, which settles in Kenya, the need to connect with ancestors or a sentence between the black community, which is usually used between the black community.
Like dozens of African Americans who have moved to Nairobi in recent years, Harris was influenced by what he described as the warmth and friend of the people he believed to have shared a history and culture of Kenya.
“I have always had this adventurous spirit, especially when I joined the army and went to different countries. So I have the opportunity to go to new places,” he said. “This is what makes me build a house from the house, and Kenya is my new home.”
Some friends reach him to discover a change for peace of mind from the United States.
Like him, many other African Americans, who came home, have established developing works with travel agencies, restaurants and farms in Nairobi.
Many African Americans who are looking for a better life abroad or think that the management of President Donald Trump – with pressure on diversity programs – is not the main reason what they want to act.
On the contrary, most of them say that they have been moving for a while, and the current political environment in the United States may force them to take them earlier than planned at the beginning.
Harris, “I can not say that the people I know want to leave America. Some of them are planning to act for a better quality of life,” he said.
Auston Holleman, an American Youtuber, who has been living in various countries for almost ten years, said that he settled in Kenya nine months ago because people “look like me”.
“It is not like going to Europe or going to some Latin American countries where there are no black people,” he said.
Holleman, who frequently attracts his daily life, said that the social texture in the US felt “broken”. In contrast, he said he felt socially accepted in Kenya. When the taxi driver stopped, he showed an experience and received help from a random stranger in five minutes.
“This made me realize that I was in the right place,” he said.
More African countries attracted more African Americans. In 2019, Ghana started a “return year” program to shoot Black Diaspora and said that he organized a ceremony that gave citizenship to 524 people, mostly black Americans last year.
Afro -American enterprises, such as Adilah displacement services, have seen a significant increase in the number of African Americans who wanted to move to Kenya.
Adilah Mohammad, the founder of the company, moved to Kenya four days after his mother’s funeral.
He says that there is peace and restoration in Kenya and defends those who seek the same thing. The company helps customers to replace home hunting, furniture shopping and banking and medical services.
“There are 15 families so far and there are five more in the calendar in the next 90 days.
Muhammad said that many African Americans have been planning their movements for decades.
“This is a movement for me. People who decide to make a choice for themselves, they are not forced, shackles are broken. When they say they come home, they choose to be free and mental freedom and I am ecstatic, or he says.
Experts say that African economies will benefit from these moves, especially those who are willing to cope with corruption and create a healthy environment for investors.
Raphael, a public policy expert in UN-Habitat, says the US has lost its resources and has lost the popular narrative that America is the country of opportunities and dreams.
“This reverse migration exceeds this narrative, so it is likely to lose America, including things like brain drain,” he explained.
The sense of belonging for Muhammad gave him peace.
Orum I like to be here. Returning to Africa is something, but finding out where you feel it belongs, ”he said.
