Take Me Home to Afrika
An Autobiography of a Returnee
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FREE PREVIEW What is it in those of us who feel we just have to get to Afrika? Why is this longing so strong in some and not in others? I don’t know, I’m asking you? Is Afrika’s imprint planted stronger in some Diaspora’s DNA than in others? When I speak of Diaspora I’m referring to the descendants of those who left the continent of Afrika involuntarily via the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade and their descendants. Why do people who profess to be “in the culture” never make it over to the continent? How is it that maybe only one person in a family can feel the connection to the motherland so strongly, and the rest of the family members find that one person strange? Why do some Afrikan Americans act insulted when the subject of visiting Afrika is brought up? You remember Brother Malcom X said “we left our minds in Afrika.” Why do some Afrikans say as my first spouse said; “What would I go back there for? They didn’t want us-that’s why we’re here in the USA.’’
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“This is an autobiography honestly sketched in faith and love celebrating a dream come true. This book is recommended not only for family, friends and Afrikans of the Diaspora with the desire to be in Afrika but also for those of the continent, especially Ghana, who can glean the recognition of their hospitality, and to note also the shortcomings which they take for granted and of which the author has shown understanding and tolerance.” —Professor G. Sodah Ayernor, PhD, President, Afrikan Renaissance Foundation
“… In the pages that follow the reader will come to admire Adjoa for sharing so many of the intimate details of her life in Ghana! We see her grow spiritually, emotionally, socially and intellectually. This autobiography is a love story between two mature adults. It is a spiritual awakening for Adjoa who learns to trust the God within! It is an inspirational account of faith in the goodness of humanity! It is an identity narrative about discovering what it means to be African. Lastly, it is a coming of age tale—in Ghana Adjoa learned to embrace her own agency as a woman of African descent!” —Nancy J. FairleyAbout the Author
Joann Merritt Schofield is a retired practical nurse, social worker, and business woman. Now widowed, she enjoys sitting on the veranda of the beachfront home she and her husband, John Calvin “Kofi ” Childs, built on the Atlantic Ocean. She is mother to one son Latif. This is her first book.