Accra: Mr. Diallo Sumbry, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Adinkra Group, has urged African governments to enhance systems that make the continent fully welcoming to the global African diaspora. 'The 'Door of Return' must be fully welcoming, not just in sentiment, but in systems that are codified, measurable, targeted, and strategic. This includes land access, dual citizenship, investment pathways, cultural protection, and diaspora inclusion in nation building,' he said.
According to Ghana News Agency, Mr. Sumbry made the call at a wreath-laying ceremony at the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, held as part of the 2025 PANAFEST and Emancipation Day celebrations. He described Pan-Africanism without the diaspora as incomplete, and the diaspora without Africa as unrooted. 'We come with skill sets, dreams, imaginations, passion, and a spiritual tie to this land like no other.'
Addressing the event theme, 'Let's talk of reparative justice: Pan-African Artistic Activism,' Mr. Sumbry noted that reparative justice was 'a historical, moral, and economic debt owed to people who endured the unimaginable and survived.' He emphasised the transformative power of African creative expression as a tool of resistance. 'Our music, our poetry, our dance, our murals are weapons of defence and reclamation. our art has been our shield and our sword.'
Mr. Sumbry called on governments to invest in African-owned cultural institutions and platforms to counter historical distortions.
