African Organizations in Colorado

African Orga­ni­za­tions in Col­orado Many peo­ple have asked us about the exis­tence of any African orga­ni­za­tions in Col­orado. Often we’ve direct­ed them to web­sites such as Africa in the Rock­ies where they can obtain this infor­ma­tion. The area includes small busi­ness­es and non-prof­its in Auro­ra, Den­ver, Lake­wood, Boul­der, Col­orado Springs, and oth­ers. Today we decided…

African Restaurants in Colorado

A lot of peo­ple have asked us where some of the best African restau­rants in Col­orado are locat­ed. Often, we’ve direct­ed them to web­sites such as Africa in the Rock­ies where they can obtain this infor­ma­tion. Today we decid­ed that we would list this infor­ma­tion on Africa News Mat­ters so that we can make it…

African Markets in Colorado

Africans Mar­kets, Gro­cery Stores in Col­orado Many peo­ple have asked us where some of the Best African Mar­kets in Col­orado are locat­ed. Often we’ve direct­ed them to web­sites such as Africa in the Rock­ies where they can obtain this infor­ma­tion. Today we decid­ed to pub­lish this infor­ma­tion on Africa News Mat­ters and make it quickly…

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.…

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…

Colorado Africans in the News

Col­orado Africans in the News This page is about Col­orado Africans in the News. The African com­mu­ni­ty in the state of Col­orado is an impor­tant part of the state’s elec­torate. More than ever before their voice is sought by the state’s lead­ers on impor­tant socio-polit­i­­cal mat­ters.  Africans in the Dias­po­ra For almost two decades, Africa Agenda…

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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…

Cameroonians in Colorado Rally Against President Paul Biya

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Since Novem­ber 2016, the African nation of Cameroon has been embroiled in civ­il unrest marked by demon­stra­tions and boy­cotts against the Fran­­coph­o­ne-dom­i­­nat­ed gov­ern­ment of Pres­i­dent Paul Biya. Recent news reports point to many civil­ian deaths through police action, while oth­ers, includ­ing jour­nal­ists, lawyers, and civ­il soci­ety lead­ers, have been arrest­ed and placed on tri­al. The Cameroon administration…

African Community Radio, KETO FM, Coming to Colorado

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As Colorado’s African com­mu­ni­ty grows, the needs of the com­mu­ni­ty have increased as well. It may be time for an African Radio in Col­orado, focused on the needs of the com­mu­ni­ty.  We’ve seen how Amer­i­can local gov­ern­ments, city coun­cils, and munic­i­pal­i­ties around the area address these chal­lenges of growth, from boost­ing road infra­struc­ture expen­di­tures to…