© Muhammida el-MuhajirMuhammida el-Muhajir says as an African American in the US, she felt she could 'never win'
They have come from the big cities of San Francisco, Chicago, and New York.
Thousands of them. And
many refuse to return.
A new wave of African Americans is escaping the
incessant racism and prejudice in the United States.
From Senegal and Ghana to The Gambia, communities are emerging in defiance of conventional wisdom that Africa is a continent
everyone is trying to leave.
It is estimated that between 3,000 and 5,000 African Americans live in Accra, the Ghanaian capital. They are teachers in small towns in the west or entrepreneurs in the capital and say they that even though living in Ghana is not always easy, they feel free and safe.
Take Muhammida el-Muhajir, a digital marketer from New York City, who left her job to move to Accra.
She says she moved, because despite her education and experience, she was always made to
feel like a second-class citizen. Moving was an opportunity to fulfil her potential and avoid being targeted by racial violence.
She told Al Jazeera her story:
Comment: For those so inclined, it's probably a good move for them to move to a community or country that is ethnically conspecific for them.