|
|
Article: GHANA WELCOMES WITH OPEN ARMS : AFRICAN-AMERICANS WHO'VE MOVED THERE SAY LIFE IS GOOD.(News)
- Article from:
- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- June 23, 1996
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1996 Daily News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Byline: Melanie Eversley Detroit Free Press
Malkia Brantuo shocked everyone at the end of a six-week visit to Ghana in 1973.
``I decided I couldn't go back to Detroit,'' said Brantuo, 66, a former schoolteacher. ``I called my sister and had her retire me.''
And she stayed, lulled by the tropical weather, palm trees, and living among a simpler, untainted people who made her feel like a child again.
``I grew up in Inkster (Mich.),'' Brantuo said. ``It was just like being down south up north. It wasn't developed at all. Everybody knew everybody.
``When I came to Ghana in 1973, a lot of things that Detroit began to lose as far ...