RIGHT OF ABODE

A collaborative project by Mandlakathixo Shonihwa, Carla Espost, Nozuko Madokwe,
Lesiba Mabitsela Studio and Afrigarde

Ghana currently offers the “Right of Abode” program, which allows people of African
descent to gain permanent residency. According to the Ghanaian Immigration Act of
2000, “The concept of right of abode under Immigration Law is that person having the
right of abode ‘shall be free to live and to come and go into and from the country with-
out let or hindrance.’”