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Return to the Motherland or Illegal Land Transfer?  Depends on Who You Ask (Encore)

Return to the Motherland or Illegal Land Transfer? Depends on Who You Ask (Encore)

Published 1 year, 4 months ago
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In an episode we first posted in January, we go to the West African country of Ghana. The Ghanaian government began encouraging people of African descent from around the world to move to the country in 2019, calling it the "Year of Return". They even created settlements for the people who took them up on the offer, giving out free land. But our correspondent talks to locals who say their farm land was stolen to give to foreigners.

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