President Mahama Speaks Out! Reparative Citizenship for the Historic Diaspora Is a Right!

Sat, 09 May 2026 18:29:55 +0200

On 28 December 2016, President John Dramani Mahama addressed a historic citizenship ceremony in Ghana, where members of the Historic Diaspora were granted Ghanaian citizenship.In this speech, President Mahama framed the ceremony as part of Ghana’s long Pan-African legacy, connecting it to Nana Kwame Nkrumah, Nana Marcus Garvey, W.E.B. Du Bois, George Padmore, Martin Luther King Jr., and the broader struggle for Black liberation and return. He described the enslavement trade as “the most evil act ever perpetrated by humans on other humans” and declared that Ghana was helping turn the “Door of No Return” into a door of return.Most importantly, President Mahama stated that restoring citizenship to descendants of those displaced through enslavement was not a favor, but a matter of rightful restoration:“I deserve no thanks or praise, because I’m giving back to you what rightfully belong to you.”This video is especially relevant in the context of the historic Decade of Our Repatriation (2026-2036) and the current Black Agenda petition for fair, transparent, accessible, restorative, and representative reform of Historic Diaspora reparative citizenship, representation, and inclusion in Ghana.Sign and share the petition here:https://www.change.org/ghanacitizenshipThe process must match the promise.Recorded and transcribed by Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé Kambon - 28 December 2016. https://decadeofourrepatriatio....n.com/exclusive-28-d #historicdiaspora #reparativejustice #blackagenda #decadeofourrepatriation #ghana #panafricanism #doorofreturn #citizenship #rightofreturn