African Community Resources

These African com­mu­ni­ty resources — links and pages to elect­ed offi­cials, soc­cer clubs, African-led busi­ness­es and orga­ni­za­tions, gro­cery stores, church­es, etc — are designed to give quick, easy access to the ser­vices that the com­mu­ni­ty needs and desires.  African Com­mu­ni­ty Resources Immi­gra­tion Lawyers https://africanewsmatters.com/colorado-immigration-lawyers/ Schol­ar­ship for Inter­na­tion­al Stu­dents https://africanewsmatters.com/scholarship-for-international-students/ Africa’s Top Com­pa­nies https://africanewsmatters.com/africas-top-companies/ African Diaspora…

African Diaspora in Colorado

African Dias­po­ra in Col­orado The African Dias­po­ra in Col­orado, those that left the African con­ti­nent will­ing­ly, and some­times unwill­ing­ly, and migrat­ed to the Unit­ed States, are a sim­ple, dis­tinct class of peo­ple that con­sti­tute part of the pop­u­la­tion of the state. They form a part of the black pop­u­la­tion in Col­orado.  They are dif­fer­ent from…

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…

Liberia National Day Graced by Colo. Political, Community Leaders 

Elections and Democracy, Headline, West Africa

AURORA (Africa News Mat­ters) – On the evening of Sat­ur­day, July 30, natives, friends, and well-wish­ers of the African nation of Liberia filled the cor­ri­dors and ball­room of the Hol­i­day Inn Express in Auro­ra to cel­e­brate 175 years since its inde­pen­dence.  For­mer­ly a US ter­ri­to­ry, Liberia was found­ed by freed Amer­i­can slaves on July 26,…

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’s Africans and US Politics

Africa Agenda Analysis, Africans in Colorado, Central Africa, East Africa, Get Involved, North Africa, West AfricaLeave a comment

                          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…

Three Inaccuracies Identified in Cameroon Story by KUSA 9 News

African Dictators, Central Africa, FactCheck, ResearchLeave a comment

Edi­tor’s Note: The orig­i­nal KUSA 9 News sto­ry was pub­lished in Feb­ru­ary 2016 but we returned to it because of how impor­tant it is. The Cameroon sit­u­a­tion con­tin­ues into 2018 and many fear it could lead to a full-scale civ­il war in the coun­try. The South­ern Cameroons issue which is plagu­ing the African nation of…

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…