Students for Africa

DU’s Students for Africa Host Community Dinner After Elections

African Community Stories, Africans and African Americans, Africans in Colorado, Colorado, Elections and Democracy, Headline

The recent com­mu­ni­ty din­ner orga­nized by the Stu­dents for Africa group at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Den­ver’s Kor­bel School of Inter­na­tion­al Stud­ies was spe­cial. It was spe­cial because the con­cept of unit­ing the com­mu­ni­ty for dia­logue occurs only occa­sion­al­ly in this town. As a par­tic­i­pant, I had not seen any­thing like this for quite some time,…

Sierra Leone Independence Day

Coloradans Gather for Sierra Leone’s Independence Day Celebration

Africans and African Americans, Africans in Colorado, Culture and Society, Headline, West Africa

April 27 marked 62 years since the African nation of Sier­ra Leone attained its inde­pen­dence from Great Britain.  The local com­mu­ni­ty of Sier­ra Leoneans in Col­orado did not want this impor­tant his­tor­i­cal event to pass by silent­ly. So, they sent out invi­ta­tions, pre­pared dish­es, ordered a vari­ety of drinks, and gath­ered in the halls of…

Colorado’s Africans Gather at Townhall Meeting

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It was Sat­ur­day, Dec. 11 when a group of lead­ers of the grow­ing African com­mu­ni­ty in Col­orado met with State Rep. Naque­t­ta Ricks at the Meskerem restau­rant in Auro­ra to dis­cuss her work.  The law­mak­er was eager to learn about the com­mu­ni­ty’s hopes and expec­ta­tions. Ricks, a Demo­c­rat rep­re­sent­ing House Dis­trict 40 was elect­ed in Nov.…

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African Community In Colorado Enter the Rough and Tumble of US Politics

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Edi­tor’s Note: This post was pub­lished before the Novem­ber 6, 2020, U.S. midterm elec­tions. The  results show Jason Crow defeat­ing Mike Coff­man by 10 points (54.1 by 42.9)  With­out a doubt, one of the hottest races in the 2018 U.S. midterm elec­tion is being fought in Colorado’s Front Range which includes Auro­ra, Cen­ten­ni­al, Brighton, and…

Colorado’s Africans and US Politics

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                          The African Com­mu­ni­ty in Col­orado con­tin­ues to grow. As this growth is pro­ject­ed to con­tin­ue, cov­er­age of Colorado’s Africans by local and inter­na­tion­al news media shows us how impor­tant the com­mu­ni­ty is to the state’s pol­i­tics.  The com­mu­ni­ty in Col­orado brings together…