A program has been launched to relocate African Americans with African roots dating back to over 400 years ago.

Adilah Relocation services initiated by Adilah Muhammad, a black American, offers to assist people abroad who plan to relocate to Africa and reconnect to their roots.

Adilah Muhamad, who is the founder and owner of Adilah Relocation Services said so far, they have managed to relocate 15 families including her partner who are now back to Kenya.

Speaking in Malindi while assisting one of the African Americans to buy a house at the Royal Tulia gardens which is being built by Kenyans living in the diaspora at a cost of more than Ksh. 5 billion, she said anyone willing to return home is assisted in ensuring there is a smooth transition.

To her, Malindi was the most ideal for those willing to come to Kenya due to the nice weather, peace and nearness to the airport.

“So today we are bringing one of our clients from Canada via Jamaica that is coming to relocate with Adilah’s relocation services, we are here at Royal Tulia gardens in Malindi because she wants to get a feel of the Coast again, feel like she is back at home but not being back at home,” she said.

She said they concentrate on black experts, particularly black Americans, who have ancestors in Africa after relocating many years ago.

“We want to make it a very smooth transition so we handle everything, handling their immigration done legally, banking done, health care situated and just have a smooth transition to Kenya where we are told its our birth place,” he said.

Muhammad said the reason for relocating is as a result of what black people have been going through, from racism, police brutality, among many other challenges.

To them, she said they want to be free and have peace of mind, adding that it was not running away from US President Donald Trump as they started the program way before he became president.

She said the African Americans have been facing all the atrocities for years and Trump just put it out in the open.

“Trump is the added fuel to make our people leave… and we have always lived in that type of situation,” she said.

To her, she said they want the Black Americans to know there are choices and Kenya is one of them with Malindi being the best magical choice for those relocating.

Erica Johnson, a Jamaican Living in Canada who is planning to relocate to Kenya said she was happy to reconnect to her motherland and what she loves more about Africa was peace and the sense of belonging.

Johnson, who is in Africa for the first time, said she was one of the many people of African descent who was coming home after ‘being pulled’ back to their homeland due to the not-so-great experience in the West.

“Our Soul is bringing us back home to spaces that look familiar where people look like us, sound like us, feel like us. We appreciate that kindness that comes from our family because we look at the people in the continent as our family,” she said.

Johnson said she came through Adilah relocation services and was looking for a place to settle after retirement and more so to find peace.

The African American who was born in Jamaica but raised in Canada said she spent her childhood in the coastal area and being in Malindi resembled her home.

“Right now, as I stand here I feel a very familiar breeze, the sea breeze. I know Malindi is on the coast, I haven’t seen the water yet but I feel at home because I feel the Ocean breeze,” she said.

Stephanie Liggon, a partner of Mohammad and one of those who relocated to Kenya, said they are helping individuals to come back to Africa.

“There are lots of experts who are coming home and we are so excited about it. We are coming back to our roots. We want to connect with other people ,” she said.

Liggon said she was happy to see people who look like them because back abroad, people were going through a lot of challenges and frustrations.