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When Yeboah isn’t neck-deep in working with kids in North Minneapolis or a West African village, she is raising five children of her own at home. Three of the children are African American, whom Yeboah adopted after they fell into dire circumstances in a broken home. In 2002, Yeboah moved the entire family to Ghana where they lived in a village for nearly a year and half.

“They were having so many problems in school. They had behavior issues and problems focusing on anything. They were always restless and jumping around,� she recalls.

“I wanted to educate them in the culture and it worked. They had been taking Ritalin. I weaned them off of that. They adapted to the weather and the food, to the culture and the people.�

All of Yeboah’s children speak Ghanaian languages fluently, and, even in their mannerisms, show a mix of both African and American cultures. “It was a revelation. African American children can go back to the land of their ancestors and learn something and make a change for the better,� she says.

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That's great. I hope they will grow up feeling proud of being who they truly are.

Nice story and when the sister is done there she can adopt some of Madonnas kids and these other so called white stars who think children are toys or pets.



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A great story, thanks for posting it Shemsi en Tehuti.

It kinda eased those homicidal tendancies I have been feeling towards the so-called 'white celebrities' who are on the latestkick of 'adopting an African baby' to add to their collection of accesories. Kinda but not quite.

Respect

Shemsi,

It's rare to see such stories like the one you posted, but it's a great story. Now those kids will truly be African American and on top of they will really get learn about the past and present Africa( Ghana in this case)

Interesting.