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Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio Grants Citizenship to 22 African Americans State House, Freetown, Tuesday 5 January 2021 His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has granted Sierra Leonean citizenship to 22 African Americans who traced their origin to Sierra Leone through DNA results, most of them with roots to Bo and Tonkolili districts. While handing over the passports the President welcomed them home, noting that their coming was not just about sightseeing or just experiencing another culture for culture’s sake, but that they were also about to fulfil their curiosity and ...

The East African Wednesday January 06 2021 Summary In 2008, Hollywood actor Isaiah Washington became the first African American to be granted citizenship by an African country after tracing his roots to Sierra Leone via DNA analysis. Advertisement Freetown Sierra Leone on Tuesday granted citizenship to 22 African Americans who traced their roots to the West African country through DNA analysis. Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio urged diaspora Africans to take advantage of opportunities in their “ancestral home” as he granted passports to new citizens at a ceremony held at State Ho...

Graphic Online BY: State House, Freetown 705 Sierra Leonean President Dr Julius Maada Bio has granted Sierra Leonean citizenship to 22 African Americans who traced their origin to Sierra Leone through DNA results, most of them with roots to Bo and Tonkolili districts. While handing over their passports, President Maada Bio welcomed them home, noting that their coming was not just about sightseeing or just experiencing another culture for culture sake, but that they were also about to fulfil their curiosity and satisfy some long-held dream of making a spiritual pilgrimage to Sierra Leone. ”...