(MONEY Magazine) – BUZZ COOPER, 52, AND ALEECE TYLER-Cooper, 38, believed in South Africa's future even before the fall of apartheid. The family, including daughters Chanel, 19, Eboni, 15, and son Andre, 9, moved from L.A., where Buzz was an actor and Aleece taught cosmetology, to Johannesburg in 1990. More Americans have followed them. In the past year, says Stephen Grundlingh of the South African Consulate in New York, "There has been a significant increase in inquiries about moving to South Africa, particularly from African Americans." The Coopers understand that home is not necessarily where you're born. Now resettled in a well-to-do suburb of Johannesburg, they live in a modern house with a pool and own and operate two hair-dressing salons as well as a curling- tong factory. "I want my children to experience living in the land of their ancestors," says Tyler-Cooper. "Home is spiritual."