Mariama Fofana is a next-generation journalist working at Africa Agenda. She is a recent graduate of the Metropolitan State University of Denver. As a reporter and photojournalist, Fofana is motivated by curiosity and a passion for telling untold stories about her community.

Colorado’s Africans Gather at Townhall Meeting

Africans in Colorado, Headline

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.…

Truth about Africa Marks 6th Annual Africa Summit in Denver

Covid-19, Headline

On Fri­day, Nov. 5, Den­ver-based Africa Agen­da held its 6th Annu­al Africa Sum­mit where atten­dees par­tic­i­pat­ed in a vari­ety of table dis­cus­sions. Cen­tered on the sub­ject of Resilient Africa, the dis­cus­sions high­light­ed lessons the African con­ti­nent can offer towards bounc­ing back and thriv­ing in the face of adver­si­ty. Con­ver­sa­tion top­ics includ­ed peace and jus­tice, human…

African Women Are Taking a Stand in Colorado, USA Politics 

African Perspective, Elections and Democracy, Headline

Han­na Bogale is one of 7 can­di­dates run­ning to fill two at-large posi­tions on the Auro­ra, Col­orado city coun­cil.  As a sec­ond-gen­er­a­­tion Ethiopi­an Amer­i­can, she believes it is crit­i­cal for more Africans to become involved in pol­i­tics to encour­age the younger gen­er­a­tion to get their voic­es heard. “Every­body in the African com­mu­ni­ty hears Amer­i­can pol­i­tics and…

US Media Neglecting Impact of Controversial DACA Decision on African Communities

Headline, The News, Uncovering the News

The Deferred Action for Child­hood Arrivals pro­gram (DACA) has been a top­ic of con­tro­ver­sial dis­cus­sions for the last few years. While the top­ic remains impor­tant, recent­ly its been over­shad­owed by oth­er sub­jects. Even so, the impact of a deci­sion by a US fed­er­al judge who declared the pro­gram ille­gal has thrown the future of thou­sands of…

Djibouti’s Green Energy Revolution Not Getting Attention It Deserves

Finance and Economics, Headline

Uncov­er­ing the News — 04/05/21 – 04/13/21 What’s At Stake: This world­wide silence about such a big accom­plish­ment for the small East African coun­try shows once again that for many news orga­ni­za­tions, Africa only makes the news in neg­a­tive instances.   Dji­bouti, an East African nation is mak­ing it big with green ener­gy. On April 13, The…

Uncovering the News — 03/30/21 – 04/05/21

Headline

What’s At Stake: The news media applauds Bas­ket­ball Africa League (BAL) which kicks off its inau­gur­al sea­son on May 16 at Kigali World Are­na, news orga­ni­za­tions exam­ine the actions of the French mil­i­tary that result­ed in civil­ian deaths in the nation of Mali, and media out­lets report clash­es and killings in Sudan. Bas­ket­ball Africa League (BAL)…

Uncovering the News — 03/22/21 – 03/29/21

Headline

What’s At Stake: African media applaud the effort of a Niger­ian bil­lion­aire who is giv­ing back to the home­land, Tigray con­flict con­tin­ues to grab the head­lines as Eritrea begins a peace effort by with­draw­ing its troops from Ethiopia, and pres­sure mounts on inter­na­tion­al insti­tu­tions to return loot­ed African arti­facts where they belong.  Niger­ian Bil­lion­aire Pays It…

Uncovering the News — 03/8/21 — 03/22/21

East Africa, Headline, West Africa

What’s At Stake:  A lack of cov­er­age by non-African media fol­low­ing the pass­ing of a ris­ing polit­i­cal star in Ivory coast, a clear lack of knowl­edge about African musi­cal his­to­ry at the US Gram­mys, and Tan­za­ni­ans put democ­ra­cy on dis­play, with a peace­ful trans­fer of pow­er to a woman. Ivory Coast Mourns A Ris­ing Polit­i­cal Star March…