The annual Afrochella and Afro Nation music fests and the inaugural Black Star Line Festival (Jan. 6), co-founded by Vic Mensa, help fuel a wave of tourism to the West African country, also visited by Gabrielle Union and Kendrick Lamar this year.
This winter season is destined to be especially busy thanks to a pair of festivals, one returning, one new, that focus on using the power of entertainment to reunite
the global African diaspora. “People are discovering [Ghana], which is part of the process of reconnecting because it’s in our blood,” says Ghanian-AmericanRelated Stories
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