“I’ll never forget suddenly crying the first time going to a beach in Ghana. It was so triggering. And I didn’t feel alone. My heart aches/ached for my ancestors. It was a surreal experience,” read one of a series of now-deleted tweets by Grammy-nominated American singer/songwriter, Ari Lennox. Her heartfelt posts – views often shared by African Americans when they first touch down in the West African country – quickly turned left, attracting vitriolic messages from trolls who unrelentingly mocked her for, amongst other things, exaggerating how she felt and being excessively sentimental. The situation descended into a virtual fight between African Americans on one hand, and Africans (mostly Ghanaians) on the other, leading to the ‘Shea Butter Baby’ singer deleting the tweets, and her photos about Ghana on Instagram. Lennox was in the West African country in December 2021 to perform at the Afrochella Festival, one of several events held as part of the Beyond The ...