ABSTRACT
Ghanaians who patronize the castles and festivals are directly exposed to slave trade memoryscapes and the one Africa ideoscape; however, they may not interpret their significance in a uniform fashion. Ghanaian ideoscapes popularized by state officials and the media frame African Americans as a target group that is in an economic position to assist Ghanaians. The chapter considers how much these ideoscapes have taken root with Ghanaians by asking how they have responded to the educational campaigns and invented traditions affirming one African family. Many diaspora Africans have suggested that Ghanaians replace oburoni with terms that are not at all related to foreigner or white person. Cape Coast residents have a wide range of opinions about the extent to which diaspora Africans are kin or foreigners. The chapter presents overview of aimed at diaspora Africans and Ghanaians living abroad provides a contextual framework for understanding local sentiments about these groups being considered for citizenship and voting.
