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7 African-Owned Tech Startups in the DMV You Should Be Watching
The conversation about African talent in the DMV almost always starts with the community: the grocery…
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…
Jollof Rice War: Who Really Owns This Dish?
Walk into any gathering of West Africans and bring up jollof rice. Watch what happens next.…
Bowie’s Youngest Mayoral Candidate Had Sierra Leonean Heritage
Some local elections pass quietly. Others leave behind a larger message Rebecca Pearce’s campaign for mayor…
What Is the Best App to Send $300 Home to Africa? We Tested Six So You Don’t Have To
If you regularly send money to Africa from the DMV or USA in general, you already…
Neither Here Nor There: The Dual Identity of Second Generation Africans in the DMV
She was the African girl at school. At home, her parents told her she was becoming…
Third Country Deportations and What African Immigrants in the DMV Must Know Now
Something unprecedented is happening inside the U.S. immigration system, and far too many people in the…
Best Italian Restaurants in Baltimore That Africans and African Americans Will Absolutely Love
If you are African or African American in the DMV and your restaurant rotation has started…
Africans Are Sending $100 Billion Home. A New Symposium Is Asking: What If Some of That Money Built Something Here Too?
Every month, across kitchen tables and phone screens and Western Union counters from Hyattsville to Silver…