Legendary Reggae singer Sizzla Kalonji has been declared by a Ghanian King as the Rastafari Chief of Development for Repatriation to Ghana.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment & Sport, Olivia Grange, announced on social media that King Nana Anim Obiri, the Culture Ambassador in the Office of the President of Ghana, had travelled to Jamaica to make the declaration to the award-winning singer – who had invited him to the island.
Sizzla has always been vocal about the importance of returning to Africa in his music and his new role is expected to encourage more people from Rastafarian and Jamaican communities to permanently move to Ghana.
Announcing the news on social media, Minister Grange said: “The main purpose of the visit of the Ghanian Royal to Jamaica was to declare Dad Sizzla Kalonji (Miguel Collins) as Rastafari Chief of Development for Repatriation to Ghana.”
She added: “The Ghanaian King said he would be spearheading plans for increasing and expanding the Jamaican community in Ghana and would especially welcome students and trained personnel to settle in and develop Ghana.”
King Nana Anim Obiri and Sizzla also attended the Ethiopian Orthodox Church Service at Holy Trinity Church, Maxfield Avenue.
He was also welcomed to Sizzla’s world-famous headquarters, Judgement Yard in August Town.
Accompanying them was Queen Mother Moses, Empress of Zion Foundation.
The visit was King Nana Anim Obiri’s first to Jamaica and said he looked forward to hosting the star in Ghana in the near future.
Before he left the Caribbean country, he was presented with a copy of Tacky’s Revolt – a book that recounts the history of the major revolution of enslaved Africans led by Chief Tacky – who was brought to Jamaica from Ghana.
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