#africanews #visa #usembassy It's no longer news that the West does not want Africans on their land. And, they have taken measures to ensure that Africans seeking greener pastures remain in their countries. One of the measures Western countries have taken is through visa applications. In December 2022, a Kenyan performer and DJ known as Coco EM could not make it to the Terra Sagrada festival in Cape Verde which she had been looking forward to for a year. She couldn't even make it out of her country because, at the check-in counter in Kenya, she was told she could not board her flight unless she bought a return ticket with the same airline to prove she would return home after the festival, meanwhile, she already had a return ticket with another airline. This incident is just one of the thousands of stories that portray how Africans are faced with unfair travel restrictions to the US and Europe.
In early 2023, Nigerian Afropop star Yemi Alade requested a Schengen visa but her request went unanswered. She was also denied a Canadian visa for the International Africa Nights festival. According to the co-founder of the festival, Suzanne Rousseau, the singer was denied due to financial reasons and fears that she would “not want to leave Canada”. And this is someone who has several world tours under her belt and is a celebrity. This means it doesn't matter whether you are a high-profile individual attending an event of international standards, it's all about your passport or more specifically your African passport.
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