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Ghanaians give me your opinion
Please provide your input on whether or not you feel this is true or false.
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Jeff, Ohenenana and Nua Yaw4 Comments-
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Osu is where you go to if you want to see krakkkaz and it was gentrified like that long before 2019.
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@Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé do you think Accra or Osu is turning into a Mzansi with aAmw all over like a plague??
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I don’t have any real knowledge, except what I’ve read and a snapshot of what I saw on my visit about the gentrification happening in Ghana, but I am anxious to learn the real aspects and history on it. I did see the date of 1619 (From the 1619 Project book originated by Nikole Hannah-Jones) of the first enslaved Afrikans in Amerikka. They were actually indentured servants. About 100 years prior to 1619, Afrikans were brought to what is now Florida by Spain. According to the book “Before the Mayflower” by Lerone Bennett Jr., the first codified Slave law was established in Massachusetts in 1641. The first Afrikan known by recorded name, in what is now the United Snakkes was Estevanico (Esteban de Dorantes) in 1528.
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As someone on the ground in Accra, I’d say it’s true, but it’s not the full picture.
Areas like Osu, East Legon (Adjiringanor side), Labone, Cantonments edges, Tse Addo and parts of Ridge are changing fast; more apartments, cafés, co-working spaces, and prices going up.
A big reason is diaspora return, foreign investment, and a growing middle/upper class – all of that is reshaping demand.
But from a local lens, it’s a mix:
Yes, it’s development and exposure… but it’s also pushing a lot of everyday Ghanaians out of areas they used to afford, even places where rent and other other things would be considered to be moderate or low is spiking up rapidly.
So I wouldn’t say it’s just ‘diasporans gentrifying Accra’, it’s a whole system; developers, landlords, global demand, and locals also playing a role.
It’s real, it’s happening but I think it’s layered.
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