United Alliance for African Communities

Colorado’s United Alliance for African Communities is Taking Shape

African Community Stories, Headline, Uncategorized

The idea of an alliance unit­ing Colorado’s African com­mu­ni­ties has been dis­cussed exten­sive­ly. But it’s nev­er been real­ized. That dream appears to be gain­ing some ground.    It’s the vision of a hand­ful of Col­oradoans of African descent to pull their resources togeth­er and have the com­mu­ni­ty “speak with one voice.”   For many months, the United…

Colorado Community Gathers to Support Women, Agriculture in East Africa

Climate and the Environment, East Africa, Headline

Thanks to Den­ver-based Africa Devel­op­ment Promise (ADP), an esti­mat­ed 150 peo­ple came out to wit­ness the work that the Amer­i­can NGO does, thou­sands of miles away from its Col­orado head­quar­ters. Billed as a Win­ter Gala, the fundrais­ing event occurred on Sat­ur­day, March 4. The loca­tion was the Arva­da Cen­ter for the Arts and Human­i­ties.  Attendees…

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 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…

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…

Africa News Matters

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The Transformation of Africa Post-Independence: Malcolm Newton

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Today we bring to you Part 3 of Africa Agenda’s Cel­e­bra­tion of World Press Free­dom Day in 2019: A dis­cus­sion about media issues impact­ing jour­nal­ists in the African con­ti­nent.  Greet­ings to our all of guests in the Unit­ed States and around the world.  Lessons to be learned: Stu­dents must learn the ethics of the pro­fes­sion of…