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You may be interested to find out that in the 1800s there was a similar program pursued. The country of Liberia was originally founded by black Americans. htt

You may be interested to find out that in the 1800s there was a similar program pursued. The country of Liberia was originally founded by black Americans. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Colonization_Society https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Colonization_Societ... Later Marcus Garvey motivated another 'Back to Africa' movement. As I understand it the, the movement did not send very many blacks back to Africa. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Garvey https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Garvey We have to wonder, do Africans want Black Americans to come colonize their homelands?

bsanr2 6y ago
Depends on where in Africa (which is, famously, not a single country). Ghana has encouraged immigration with the promise of citizenship; Mauritania is not quite so hospitable. Liberia's situation is interesting in that it was one of several examples of America's export of colonialism coming back to bite us (one other being Japan, which went from staunchly isolationist to trying to take over half the world in the scant few generations following Perry's opening).