Tema-Ghana, 19 June, CDA Consult – The Chair-At-Large of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, Ms. Phyllis Randall, claims that many African-Americans who do not have the opportunity to visit Africa want for souvenirs of the ground.
This was revealed by Ms. Randell while she was representing a ten-person delegation from Loudoun County in Ghana as part of a sister-city relationship with the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA), which was being watched by the Communication for Development and Advocacy Consult (CDA Consult) in Tema.
She asserted that despite not having the possibility, many African-Americans in America simply longed to visit the continent that served as their ancestral home.
The Chair-at-Large, who was obviously ecstatic to be there, said, “And I will tell you, when I ask people what I should bring back to them, the majority of them say bring me back some soil from Africa; they wanted soil to feel like a part of Africa.”
She alleges that when her husband finally arrived in Ghana after forbidding her from going there by herself, he declared, “The moment I step foot in Africa, I have fulfilled a life-time dream.”
On the grounds of the TMA, the TMA and Loudoun County signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to launch their enduring sister-city relationship.
During the MOU signing ceremony, which included a vibrant cultural performance of some traditional Ghanaian dances and songs, a female student of the TMA Day Care Centre dressed in a lovely kente, gold traditional slippers, and beads on the neck, head, ankle, and knee presented the delegation’s leader with a bouquet of flowers.
The members of the group were given kente sashes and other gifts as a sign of gratitude from Ghana, and in return they gave a flag for Loudoun County and other things.
