On Monday, January 8, 2018, H.R. 1242, the "400 Years of African-American History Commission Act," which establishes a group of select individuals to oversee and coordinate events and activities commemorating the 400th anniversary of the arrival of 20 enslaved Africans brought with European settlers to Jamestown, Virginia in 1619, was officially signed into law.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo officially proclaimed 2019 as the Year of Return for all Diasporan descendants of Africans who were captured and transported into the Americas as slaves in the 17th and 18th centuries.