African-Americans Seeking to be Kenyan Citizens Land in Nairobi
30 African-Americans and African-Britons recently left the United States and the United Kingdom to settle in Kenya and are hoping to become Kenyan citizens.
The group, which landed in Nairobi on Wednesday, says racial discrimination and mass shootings in the US in the recent past made them move, according to The Standard.
The 30 are drawn from the United Kingdom and different parts of the US including North Carolina, Texas, New York, Virginia, Missouri, Florida, Alabama, Nevada, Mississippi, Virginia, and California.
The team was led by Kea Tiffani Simmons, an African-American who has already invested in property in Juja, Kiambu County.
“We are tired of being blacks in America. We are tired of living in fear of being shot because of the color of our skin. We are tired of being called Americans,” Simmons is quoted by The Standard.
The 37-year-old is the founder of the World Views Organization and has been visiting Kenya since 2012. Simmons said she has already adopted a Kenyan name, Wakesho Akinyi, and has applied for Kenyan citizenship.
“My second Kenyan name, Akinyi, means born in the morning. It reminds me of how good it feels to wake up in the morning and feel no discrimination or profiling based on race,” she mentioned.
Simmons described Kenyans as warm and friendly, saying this was the reason why they chose to settle here.
“The Maasai are the last samurais,” she noted.
Pat Headly, a 65-year-old British-Jamaican says Kenya is the best place for any African-American or African-Briton to settle.
“Some of us live in the UK not by choice but because of black history. Having lived in the UK for 55 years, I can tell you with certainty that the experiences I have had have not been flattering,” he stated.
The engineer by profession says he has invested in Uganda and plans to venture into the real estate sector in Kenya.
Comments (38)
You've been in Kenya since 2012 and you do not know citizenship is for sale here in Nyayo house.
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Like that
karibuni kenya
mtakuta ufisadi mwingi na tribalism na elitism mtamiss UK na US
This is good news. Hopefully the Kenyan economy can improve in future so that we can have more reverse migration
As long as they are there to open biashara and employ people, if its competing for the few jobs out there ....sijui
It's only a matter of time before you start facing tribalism. Ngoja! Money talks, people around you are still jazzed by your happy-go-lucky, utopia ndoto stories but once everything settles, you'll meet the REAL Kenyans. Look, even Fmr. President Obama would never be elected in Kenya then or now, simply because a majority of Kenyans would consider him a "Kihii" meaning- uncircumcised hence unfit for office. That's the reality Kenyans live in. Hey, it may be easier for you because you're women but unfortunately the same courtesy will not or may not be extended to African-American men or Afro Brits. The kind of highly Patriarchal society Kenya is have already considered you to be less of a threat, women who will be married by Kenyan men and encultured into the Kenyan society and ofcourse bring the wealth from America and American citizenship if you don't denounce your American citizenship. Do not jump onto the bandwagon without thinking things through. Kenya can be close to heaven as long as you can deal with her peculiarities. Otherwise Karibuni
Well, what I can say, I wish them well, I shall wait and see the success of this migration in 10 years. Good luck ladies!
Ghana has made it easier for African Americans to get citizenship. Kenya and other African countries should follow suit...they will bring their knowledge and expertise to better Africa. It's time we look out for our brothers and sisters.
What expertise? Have you ever loved among them. Read about Liberia and Sierra Leone. Those that do not know and learn from history are bound to make the same mistakes.
Mhh...o.k! We have the same issues in Kenya ladies, crime, etc. Having said that, I admit we are high in our sense of self/belonging. As my sis FG2, says, all the best!
Lets welcome our brothers and sister's home. They should make it easier for them to settle for sure. As AKON said, "America wasn't made for black people". Just plain truth.
Akon sounds like mkenya halisi. He should gone back to africa before his rap career and then payuka payuka .
Sheeeeenz(insert Atwoli here)
Money talks in Kenya, if they have it they will do just fine
Welcome home. We have as many "so called whites" living in Kenya today as we had in 1963. Let us welcome our "so called black brothers". They are our first borns. They are tired after 400 years under the yoke of the "so called white man". As the west makes their countries white again, there is need to welcome our brothers and sisters.
Waiting for @mkenya halisi
Next, we need to abolish the boundaries created by colonists.
Next, we need to abolish the boundaries created by colonists.
hehehehe karibuni sana mademmzzz.Wasee wangu wa stato am still waiting for you.Actuslly i will b hosting them at my farm in limuru for nyamchom.Karibuni.Wenye wanataka kukufia huko fake majuu wakae huko.Cheers
Wapatie nyama choma but you start playing around with them they will knock that ego of your head badly. Yes in motherland. Utakuwa unatupa hao memo yako kama mate wakimaliza na wewe.
Next, we need to abolish the boundaries created by colonists.
let these niggas come back ... ninyandue one of them and get me a negro baby called shakwina .. brary foo
I love Kenya i would make it my home any day
Fuck this niggas & Niggly Bears.
Kidnap their ass for ransom.
Well, I know they ain't got shit having come from the projects.
I know they been on food stamps all they lives.
Nevertheless, kidnap they ass for the hell of it
WOW! I feel sorry for them because from the article they might be moving to Kiambu only to meet ruthless mungiki thugs like you! You sound ruthless for sure. How sad that they might be running away from the frying pan right into the fire!
Lol you can't be serious
you sound about yt.
Now teach those Kenyans to stop bowing to wazungus.
Kenya looks rosy from the outside but they'll soon discover it's hell over here. Crime, corruption, tribalism, violence, poor infrastructure, millions of unemployed....For a start, they should stick to visiting/touring regularly to get the pulse of the country before they plunge in out of idealism.
Kenya is waiting for expertise start colleges
The only thing you will be doing is changing problems.Africa has worse problems of it's own.
That even let them be welcome
Hi there... please contact me because I to have settled in kenya and seek out other balanced black Americans doing good things here....thank you
We thank you all for the love and support we do look forward to bringing jobs to Kenya for Kenya's it's a partnership.
Simmons, majority of kenyans are good warm people. Ignore the haters they have no idea what it's like to live under white supremacy in fear for your life. You have a skill and exposure and you deserve it since it was never your ancestors' choice to leave Africa. Karibuni Kenya
To my brothers and sisters who would like to relocate to Kenya.Just a little advise from my own experience. I am a Kenyan American based in the U.S where I have lived for 30 years. In 2005 i was in Kenya for a lengthy period of time due to my Mom's illness. I had to pay $50 entry visa as i was using an American passport
So could what is Kenya like?
Matter of opinion migrating to escape disparities? Kenya not ideal "Democratic society" forgotten effects of homogeneous rhetoric. Exclusive society (Same color) notice using women gender prostitution rape! Were appropriate laws of social justice decrying racism USA!
What stigma of Blacks from USA apathy life of crime ignorance. Moment speak of prosperities becomes a social conflict forgotten. Men dominate authority in African nations not Baby Mama! Black Americans need to fault themselves allowing White dominance to destroy them.
Hip hop narcotics migrating to Africa? Are you sure tribalism is paramount your considered inferior. Slang of Blacks from USA detested since so many Kenyans prefer. The Kings Language since majority graduated college in U.K and Canada! Kenya and Ghana are horrible forgotten afros and hand shakes is Black! Were are medical doctors for Kenya ask Obama! Welfare amounts are dismal in Kenya lack Housing projects utilities. Not Harlem,Philly,Chi-Town,St.Louis,Baltimore,Cleveland nor NYC! Rude obese Blacks refuse accept historical bigotry Africans hand slaves! Kenya not world leader ask Obama n Jay Z!