 I got myself an important guest, I didn't have to introduce her to you guys She is a celebrity in Ghana, if you are looking for a celebrity to take pictures with, you can take a selfie with, you don't have my phone Can I take a selfie with you? Sure, why not? Call me a celebrity Let me tell you something, I'm just a celebrity, but some of them just inspire me to do a video Yeah We've been talking about Africans, this is African-Americans Exactly And we are here again It's been a while It's been a while Good to see you again Good to see you I'm seeing everyone And you don't pretend No, it's okay Why? My name is Ivy, Ivy Prosper Follow my YouTube channel too, which is just Ivy Prosper I work for you for a term I am a social media editor, contact creator for you in return I'm just under Ghana tourism authority But some of my friends are in Ghana with this accent Are you Ghana? I am Ghana, I'm also Canadian by naturalization Because I was born in Ghana, raised in Canada, but now I live in Ghana again What brought you back to Ghana? You know, it's a series of things, you know Initially I came, I was going through some challenges I decided to come from my mom Told me the contract I came And then I ended up working for a couple of years I know Went back when the contract was over And I feel like I need to go back, I need to go back And I think it was largely because I felt like I had a purpose And I had something I had to fulfill here in Ghana So I came back I hope you fulfill the posterity It's an ongoing process And your process Now we work for you for 10 years I know there are a lot of questions out there People want you to answer for us What is the year of attempt all along? A lot of people will know when the year of return Was actually a response to a U.S. law The United States passed a bill I don't remember the bill number but it was HR-1242 I don't know what we have on that But as a rule, there was a law that was passed To recognize for 100 years Since the arrival of a ship of enslaved Africans Into the United States at the time It was the colony of the British English colony but now it's Virginia And there was 20 people whose names were actually listed On this bill that arrived there And so recognizing that that was the beginning Of the legal enslavement of African people In the United States They recognized that And so the Ghanaian government Saw that initiative being done Because they also were looking at doing plans To try to understand some of the challenges That Black people have gone through In the United States as a result of slavery As a result of segregation Most types of things have happened with civil rights issues And so what Ghana recognized in the same 400 years Is that, oh, you know what? Ghana played a large role in the slave trade As far as having the most number of forts Along the coastline And the most that are still standing So it recognized that The president declared it President Namo Coado declared it The year of return of 2019 To mark the 400 year anniversary Which was August 20, 1619 When that ship arrived in the U.S. Now we know that slave We did begin before that There were people who were taken to the Caribbean There were people who were taken to South America But that specific date is directly tied Into the documented ship That arrived in the United States And so recognizing that It also opens the doors to people From the diaspora to come To Ghana, come and experience The heritage, the learning history And then learn the culture So the first step for a lot of these people Because they by no fault of their own Ended up in our countries So the first step is coming Learning the history, the heritage And then now learning the current culture Of Ghana and seeing if you love it enough That it's an experience you will come back All the time for I believe that's your decision If you want to collaborate with people here And that's great The first step is having them understand That we see them as Displaced brothers and sisters Who were taken away and it wasn't their fault And you're welcome to return That's the whole Basis of your return I know you watch my videos I do I know and believe that you've seen a video Where I interviewed a doctor He's historically Like incorrect Who do you agree with that? I would just agree I think he's looking at it in the context of A lot of people are looking at that 400-year mark And believe that The year of return is saying that Slavery didn't exist before that But that is not what year of return is saying Just like I was explaining Is marking that 400-year anniversary Of that particular documentation Of enslaved Africans Before that I know But it's marking that specific Share Who are the targets for the entire year of return? Because it was Based on what happened in the United States Initially it was people in the African-American community But a lot of people said The transatlantic slave trade did affect A lot of people than just the African-Americans So I know the president opened it up To not just African-Americans Anybody who is affected by the slave trade But who is an African descent So he launched his tour Around the Caribbean to visit some Caribbean Countries and when he went there It was all about building relationships With people in the Caribbean Because some of those people There was a lot of tension and animosity Because of what happened as well So he felt it was important to go there And meet with some of those people And tell them that they were also well done In the process he Worked on getting Transatlantic slave trade for Jamaicans To come to Ghana Ghanians already have visa free entry To Jamaica But Jamaicans didn't have the other way around Although it's still a challenge For Ghanians because There's a transit visa that's needed Because of the fact that There's no direct flights From Ghana to Jamaica So it causes a challenge because if you're a Ghanian You want to go to Jamaica because you don't need a visa You have to go through the UK And you're asking for a transit visa So that's the challenge that's faced Even for Jamaicans some of them Have faced that challenge too But I know that the Governments both of them are working together To try to figure it out I ask you this question Because I've been seeing more and more Celebrities moving to Ghana Just to call it the year of attack So I was just thinking that Only the American celebrities That walk up to Ghana Is number one as well Everyone is welcome Because they're high profile People tend to gravitate to one another Human beings Like flashy beings They don't know what they're Human beings like flashy beings Like celebrities So for example I can post something on the year of attack Of a regular person Who's come to Ghana and has landed And is giving their excitement As a celebrity Celebrities here So it's not That it's not open to regular people They came in To support their movement They came in to help promote The year of attack Because a celebrity coming in here Is going to want to get to know How they're going to come here Especially last year When Boris Pojo and When celebrities Post their experience Regular people I have friends in the US Who send me messages to say What's going on in Ghana? Why is this person there? Something's going on in Ghana Maybe I should think about going there myself So it's sort of validates Going to a country like Ghana People didn't think about it before People think of Africa Like people in America Canada I'll go to Cape Town Or I'll go to Nairobi To go to the safaris and all this stuff Or Morocco Is another place a lot of foreigners Think about it But now we're going to do this More people are actually thinking Of countries like Ghana for a holiday Because there are people who are coming Who don't have any ties to this country A lot of celebrities They don't have any friends They don't have any relatives And they just want to learn and grow And find out more about this country So what is that impact Of the year of return right now? I don't have the exact numbers But I have heard That there has been a huge increase In a lot of areas A lot of areas of business So for instance I spoke with One of the managers of a hotel In Elmina and he had said That he's seen two to three times Increase in bookings in his hotel Because of year of return He knows that because people would come And so we're here because of your return He started to come to Ghana So he said he's seen that type of increase There was a lady from a restaurant In Cape Coast who said that Muslims and people were coming to a restaurant That wasn't necessarily the case before So business people are saying They are seeing an increase I had an Uber driver Who said he's happy about people coming Because he's making more money More search pricing More increased prices of demand And I was like oh no He's making money So he's very happy So a lot of people It's just like one area Maybe making the money But everybody benefits in some way A tour guide was saying That his particular tour company Wasn't seeing an increase But his focus is in the type of tour He knows that he doesn't get a lot of people already And his colleagues He sees that they've had double Triple equal people Who are looking tours on a regular basis Compared to last year Which means the year of the day So he's making a lot of money And one of the hotels here Said that he's completely booked For December Moving X said they were completely booked For December a few months ago So these people are really seeing Business increase And they want to move to Ghana Especially in December They want to move Or they want to just visit But I don't want to move to Ghana I don't want to move to Ghana I don't want to move to Ghana If you want to be a patriot in Ghana Do your research Seriously do your research Before you move Because some people are in love With the fantasy The idea of there's a fantasy Oh I want to go back to the money And go back to Africa But I think When you're coming from A fully developed nation Remember that Ghana is still a developing country So there's things that You may have to sacrifice That you're not used to When you come as a tourist You won't feel the same experience as living here So when you're coming as a tourist You're staying at a hotel You have hot water And you always have your Wi-Fi But once you live here You may live somewhere and the power goes out Even in East Lebanon It's supposed to be a high end place The power goes out all the time So you have to be ready for that Adjustment Ready that the internet isn't everywhere Like in Canada, downtown Toronto The center of the city You walk there and your Wi-Fi pops up To say you have free Wi-Fi But you move one or two hours But here, you don't even go to the Independent square and there's Wi-Fi No! And most restaurants don't have Wi-Fi Or if they do, it's not working Every time you go, oh it's finished The data's finished So just adjustments I always say to people, and do your research Because I've heard somebody recently That she's moved to Ghana And now she wants to get a work permit And I was like, oh you didn't research Before you came Now she wants to figure out How to work, figure out all this stuff She doesn't even have a place to live yet She's sleeping in someone's house Until she figures out what to do So do your research That's what I want to say Before you pack up your food Or come for a holiday for like two or three months And you really get a moral experience And just coming for like two weeks Ivy gave us all this Crew information that Axel wants to pay But we have to pay her back All we need to do What's the name of each other? Ivy Prosper She got all the information about Ghana Just go subscribe You know how we do it I also have a book Yes, my book is called your essential guide On moving to Ghana It's a digital book on Amazon It's only five dollars and 95 cents I'll give you the link You know five dollars I'm going to send you ten dollars Thank you so much for taking to us And most importantly Don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel It's your boy Mr. Ghana baby And I'll see you in the next video Bye