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Oba Femi WWE Star From Lagos Is Conquering Professional Wrestling — and the African Diaspora Is Watching
On April 19, 2026, inside Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, a 28-year-old man from Lagos, Nigeria…
NBA Finals 2026: The African Diaspora Is on Both Sides of This Spurs-Knicks Showdown
Game 1 tips off Wednesday in San Antonio. The NBA Finals 2026 African diaspora story, however,…
10 Surprising Facts About the Congolese Diaspora in the DMV
A community in the Washington DC metropolitan area has been growing quietly for decades. It produced…
Deportations of African Migrants Tripled Under Trump. What That Means for the DMV
There is a woman who lived in Maryland for thirty years. She came from Sierra Leone.…
How the US Travel Ban on African Nations Is Hitting the DMV Community Right Now
There is a Nigerian woman who lives in Virginia. She came to the United States in…
Meet the African-Owned Salons Reshaping Beauty in Prince George’s County
Long before braids became a mainstream trend on runways in New York and Paris, they were…
Blair Underwood Honored in Cameroon at CAMIFF 2026
Most Hollywood stars walk away from international film festivals with red carpet photos and a few…
5 African Restaurants in Silver Spring You Probably Haven’t Tried Yet
Silver Spring gets talked about a lot when the subject of African food in the DMV…
Why Maryland Has One of the Largest African Populations in America
There is a moment that many Africans in the DMV describe the same way. You are…