Rex Omar Interview: Black Star Experience and Decade of Our Repatriation (D.O.O.R.)

​@BSEGhana@DOORUpdates https://www.decadeofourrepatriation.com https://www.repatriatetoghana.com https://www.abibitumi.com/appsRex Owusu Marfo (popularly known as Rex Omar), Coordinator of the Black Star Experience Secretariat under the Office of the President, explains the vision behind this special government initiative to rebrand Ghana through culture, arts, and tourism. He outlines the Secretariat’s seven pillars—storytelling, cinema, music, cuisine, aesthetics, heritage/culture, and literary works—and highlights its role in attracting investment into the creative economy and tourism ecosystem to strengthen infrastructure and long-term development.He stresses that the Black Star Experience is bigger than entertainment or “Dirty December,” calling on brothers and sisters in the diaspora to view Ghana not merely as a place to visit, but as a home to reconnect with spiritually and a place to build with purpose. In the follow-up, he connects this cultural rebranding to the 2026–2036 Decade of Our Repatriation, explaining how government agencies are working together to support repatriation, encourage investment, and foster collaboration between returnees and local Ghanaians to develop the land for future generations.