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Stevie on the Wonder of becoming a Ghanaian citizen

Stevie on the Wonder of becoming a Ghanaian citizen

Legendary singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder is officially Ghanaian. On Monday – the US musical icon’s 74th birthday – he was granted citizenship of Ghana by the nation’s president. “This is it, congratulations!” Nana Akufo-Addo told a beaming Wonder, handing the Grammy winner a certificate at a ceremony in the presidential palace where he was also presented […]

Tulsa race massacre survivors granted Ghanaian citizenship

Tulsa race massacre survivors granted Ghanaian citizenship

SOURCE: BBC NEWS Two survivors of the 1921 massacre of black people in the US city of Tulsa have been granted Ghanaian citizenship. Viola Fletcher, 108 and her brother Hughes Van Ellis, 102, are two of three living survivors. About 300 black residents of Greenwood – a prosperous town then known as “Black Wall Street” […]