The celebrity couple, Asafa Powell and Alyshia Miller-Powell arrived in Miller-Powell’s dwelling nation of Ghana on February 27 and ended their journey on March 7. For Miller-Powell, it was an official homecoming, because the worldwide supermodel is a Ghanaian native. However, for Powell, it was one thing extra historic. The Jamaican dash legend has made the journey dwelling that many Caribbean-born individuals dream of.
The 2 got a hero’s welcome. Skilled musicians and greeters met them on the airport as they touched down in Ghana. An keen crowd studied the couple amidst the celebration. Powell was overjoyed by the reception, even posting to socials, “Ghana feels so good to be dwelling.”
Through the journey, Asafa Powell attended a number of occasions with public officers, together with a courtesy name to the President of the Republic on the Jubilee Home, talking with the Ministry of Youth and Sports activities, and holding talks with the Ghana Olympic Committee, and the Ghana Athletics Affiliation. He was additionally hosted at a number of sports activities clinics and gave talks at senior and junior excessive faculties across the nation. Snapshots from the Powell’s journey to Ghana could be discovered on The Powells YouTube channel.
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Ghana’s name to the diaspora
This invitation prolonged to the Powells just isn’t solely a step in direction of strengthening Ghanaian-Jamaican relationships, however is indicative of an even bigger motion spearheaded by the Ghanaian authorities.
In 2019, Ghana’s authorities dubbed an initiative the Yr of Return – a 10-year venture launched in memorial of the four-hundredth anniversary of the slave commerce, which displaced hundreds of thousands of Africans across the ‘New World.’ This ‘Yr of Return’ was a name to the African diaspora to unite, combining their strengths to mitigate their weaknesses and put Africans and the diaspora on the worldwide stage.
Via the Homeland Return Act, Ghana is planning to supply doable citizenship to members of the diaspora in hopes of constructing a model of Ghana and solidifying investments. It’s an thrilling initiative of which internet hosting the Powells is however one step.
Concerning the Powells
Asafa Powell is a retired Jamaican Sprinter who held the world report for the 100m occasion twice. He’s the fourth quickest man in historical past, behind two of his compatriots, and has damaged the 10-second barrier extra instances than anybody else – at an astonishing 97 instances.
Alyshia Akua Miller-Powell was born in Ghana to a Canadian father and a Ghanaian mom and moved to Canada on the age of 10. She had her athletic previous, operating the 400m occasion at a highschool stage earlier than discovering her calling as a mannequin. She has walked a few of the most prestigious phases in Denmark, New York, and London. The 2 star in a actuality Youtube present, The Powells, which affords a glimpse into their lives as proficient, personable, but grounded, Jamaicans.