DEE-1: THREE WEEKS IN AFRICA CHANGED ME FOREVER!

Rapper Dee-1 opens up to journalist James Whitlock about the first time he visited Africa as a young boy. He reveals how a trip to Ghana - as part of a school-exchange programme - changed him “forever.”

One of the things that impressed him most was that his brothers and sisters in the motherland were less materialistic: whereas he obsessed about things like clothes and status symbols, his Ghanaian peers were more focused on education and improving their community. Dee-1 was also struck by how they displayed respect for elders - an act rooted in traditional African culture.

While the Western media still can’t let go of the image of Africa as a basket-case continent ridden with war and famine, Dee-1’s experience should be a spur for others in the diaspora to discover the true beauty of their African heritage.