Mixed Babies Are Up for Sale in Ghana
Ghana has garnered a reputation for being one of the most civilized territories in West Africa. But it is currently embroiled in an exploitative venture that is rocking the soles of the continent off its feet. The baby-making business has undergone a drastic makeover — “half-caste” babies are being sold to help propel the “ideal” version of a Africa into the future, creating what the genius behind the madness likes to call a “Half-Caste World.”
Before I delve into the semantics of this crazed enterprise, I have to recall a film, “The Boys From Brazil,” starring heavyweights Laurence Olivier and Gregory Peck. I must have been about fourteen when I watched unthinkable evil being dramatized through the antics of a sociopath, whose greatest feat was realized when he impregnated surrogate mothers in a Brazilian clinic with embryos that carried the DNA of Adolf Hitler. Ghanaians are presently being terrorized by similar tactics and the villain is homegrown.
Augustine N.K. Boateng, a Ghanaian, and graduate of some obscure University nestled in the wilds of Morocco, is headlining his own horror show by setting up shop in the capital city of Accra. His mission? To service couples and single women by offering them the option to be inseminated with prized gametes of various nationalities (he reportedly gathers his specimens mostly from the US and the UK). At $3,000 a pop, he promises the delivery of babies that are half-black and half-something better. The selling point is that prospective parents can create their “perfect” child without having to marry or sleep with a viable contender. They just simply place the order and undergo the insemination process at home or at a clinic.
According to Boateng’s statement on Facebook (his account is currently deactivated), “A new world has began and it is like the tide, you either swim along or get left behind. You too can be a blessing for the next generation.” He firmly believes that “a vast racial gap between Africa and the rest of the world” is increasingly becoming a handicap, so it is imperative to breed bi-racial babies to help provide the ammunition needed to secure Africa’s position in the race towards world domination. Sounds creepy, right? Of course I tried to unearth background information on Boateng, but my search ended with stacks of recycled articles and a big fat question mark.
When you consider that Ghana was the first nation to declare independence from their colonial masters back in 1957, it’s hard to fathom that almost sixty years later, its legacy is being tainted by a sadistic scientist. As far as statistics go, there is no way of charting how much of the population is buying into this morbid trend. The official website for “Half-Caste World” has unsurprisingly been dismantled.
Looks like the good doctor is finally feeling the heat, but he’s not giving up without a fight. When a zealous journalist tracked him down, he explained his absence from social media as his way of keeping inquiring minds at arm’s length since he is still in the beginning stages of his work.
It’s no secret that Africans (especially West Africans) continue to grapple with self-identity. From Nigeria to Mali, the sentiment that light skin equals beauty, brains and privilege is shared across the spectrum. Not too long ago, I wrote a piece about skin bleaching in the Diaspora, and since I had a personal stake in the subject matter, I was able to digest the ugliness in its entirety. But the thought of mass-produced mixed race children populating a society desperate to eradicate the symbols of their heritage at whatever cost, is a reality that is too terrifying to fathom.
February is Black History month in America, and while we are celebrating the achievements of heroes who surrendered their dignity, and in most cases gave their lives to ensure that all Black Americans would someday be able to enjoy the basic benefits afforded to humanity, the cradle of black civilization is simultaneously striving to be anything but black. The irony is not lost on me.
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