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Return To Africa

A songwiter and a model call Ikon Shepherd who was born and raised in West Africa,Ghana has come up with a photograph album called Return To Africa.An album that paint pictures and tells stories of our rich heritage and many more.The project is unique in it own way by capturing in a medium pixels and different looks to show the struggles of a certain living,it also talks about Art and Events that his country ( Ghana ) is having. As 2019 was the Year Of Return and also 2020 been Beyond The Return a journey inviting the African family home and abroad,to encourage African diasporans to come to Africa to settle and invest in the continent.And also to mark 400 years of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in Jamestown,Virginia.2020 is also going to be Beyond The Return to expand the relantionship.As a model who like to support this celebration of Africans Americans that came with the album.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 01.2020
Date Uploaded: 10.2020
Photo Location: Accra, Ghana
Camera: SM-G930V
Copyright: © Ikon Shepherd