Akufo-Addo lauds Bozoma Saint John and Boris Kodjoe in SoNA address
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has lauded actor Boris Kodjoe and marketing executive Bozoma Saint John for the key roles they played in making Ghana's Year of Return a success.
The 'Year of Return, Ghana 2019', was billed as a major landmark spiritual and birth-right journey inviting the Global African family, home and abroad, to mark 400 years of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in Jamestown, Virginia.
The 'Year of Return, Ghana 2019', was billed as a major landmark spiritual and birth-right journey inviting the Global African family, home and abroad, to mark 400 years of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in Jamestown, Virginia.
The year-long event saw many Africans in the diaspora including Hollywood celebrities visiting the country, however, Kodjoe and Saint John came up for special mention during President Akufo-Addo's State of the Nation Address on Thursday (February 20, 2020).
"I shall thank two people in particular, who have embraced their Ghanaians heritage and have played a key role in our effort to build lasting bridges between Ghana and African Americans. Hollywood star Boris Kodjoe and international marketing icon Bozoma Saint John," President Akufo-Addo said.
"We are grateful to both of them for leveraging their star power to attract thousands to the land of their fathers and to drive a fresh narrative that says, Ghana is a land of opportunity, visit, invest and make it your home. We appreciate deeply their contribution and that of many others to the success of this project".
"We are grateful to both of them for leveraging their star power to attract thousands to the land of their fathers and to drive a fresh narrative that says, Ghana is a land of opportunity, visit, invest and make it your home. We appreciate deeply their contribution and that of many others to the success of this project".
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