An African country is considered affordable to live in if the cost of living there is low. Simply defined, cost of living is the amount of money required to sustain a comfortable life in a particular place. With that in mind, a low cost of living would mean a good life at a cheap price. Ghana has been encouraging African Americans to move to the West African nation since 2019, urging them to connect with their African roots and also to invest in the country African Americans are returning to countries like Ghana, Kenya and other African countries more than 400 years after their ancestors left Africa as slaves. Many say they want either to reconnect to history, or resettle on the continent. At least 1,500 African Americans have moved to Ghana since 2019, following a campaign by Ghana's government. The campaign, dubbed the "Year of Return," became a catalyst for many descendants of Africans in the diaspora to embark on a spiritual journey. At the time, it also marked 400 years since the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in Jamestown at Virginia. "The Year of Return" was also to celebrate the resilience of all the victims of the trans-Atlantic slave tradewho were forcefully displaced throughout the world, ending up in North America, South America, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia.