Tony & Ayo ★ Going Beyond the Return
Have you ever thought about your Western life and wondered if there was more out there for you?
We’re here to tell you there absolutely is! There is so much more out there for you than you imagined.
You have options.
We are Tony and Ayo.
Ayo, the daughter of a Ghanaian, grew up rooted in her African culture and heritage. Tony, a fully Black American, grew up in a world where one’s blackness can be criminal.
When these two met, married, and started a life together, Ayo always knew Ghana would be part of the conversation and Tony never imagined living abroad.
Expat Life Ghana tells Tony and Ayo’s story as they move their family of four from Texas to Ghana and go beyond the return. Tony and Ayo hope you’ll see firsthand what expat life is like in Ghana, be inspired to visit or move, and better plan your repatriation.
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IN THE PRESS
We occasionally make it into the press. Here are a few ways you can learn more about us from stories and articles:
The Road Boomer
“ACCRA, Ghana – He remembers the day he walked out of Accra’s international airport and into a crush of humanity.
All of them had a single thing in common. They were black. Like him.
“It was,” says American Tony Jones, “the first time in my life I did not feel like a Black man. No one cared about my color.”
NPR
“Earlier this year in an interview with Oprah Winfrey, singer Stevie Wonder described his plans to move permanently to Ghana, West Africa. Weeks later, comedian Dave Chappelle said he was inspired by Wonder to do the same. There’s a sudden trend of Americans who are leaving the United States and relocating to a foreign country — Americans like the Jones family.”
WORLD NG
“In 2019, American Tony Jones joined a crowd walking down Victoria Road toward Cape Coast Castle, a towering white slave fort built by European slave traders in Ghana.
He was one of more than 1,000 locals and foreigners taking part in the nighttime procession, dressed in white and holding flickering candles that provided the only source of light along the road.”
MORE:
From Houston to Ghana: The Jones Family’s Journey in “Coming From America” from Life with Ivy
Seeking Their Roots by Onize Oduah from the World News Group
Black Americans, fed up with racism, move abroad as ‘Blaxit’ trends by Joy Sewing. Read More…
‘Coming From America’ Families Confront the Realities of Living in Africa from Jaye Hernandez at Collider
‘Coming From America’ Docuseries Profiles African Americans Who Moved to Ghana from Beyond The Return, Ghana
Tony and Ayo: Where Are The Jones Family Now? by Aahana Swrup at The Cinemaholic
Tony and Ayo: Where are the Joneses Now? from No
Houston Chronicle: Black Americans Move Abroad
Tony & Ayo Jones of “Expat Life Ghana” Talk About Their Life & Ventures In Ghana with James Cameron at Maximum Impact
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