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Are African Immigrants Reconsidering America?
News
22 April 2025

Are African Immigrants Reconsidering America?

Students and green card holders from the continent live in fear as new policies upend lives and undermine America’s reputation as a destination for ambitious immigrants.

How Remi Idowu’s Cookbook ‘Sugar & Spice’ Blends Cultures, Recipes, and Storytelling Through Food
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30 June 2025

How Remi Idowu’s Cookbook ‘Sugar & Spice’ Blends Cultures, Recipes, and Storytelling Through Food

The creator’s new cookbook shares recipes that celebrate the unique culinary perspective of second-generation African immigrants.

​Law enforcement detain a man in the Bronx during ICE led operations to apprehend illegal immigrants on Tuesday January 28, 2025 in New York, NY.
News
31 January 2025

How Africans in the US Can Protect Their Rights Under Trump’s New Immigration Policies

Trump’s latest immigration measures have heightened risks for African immigrants in the U.S., from increased deportations to stricter visa policies. Here’s what you need to know about these changes—and how to protect your rights.

A young man with an afro, wearing a white tank top, lies on a bed holding a traditional Russian princess doll.
News
10 February 2025

'Between Nostalgia & Dreams:' Yusuf Ahmed’s Lens on Migration and Identity

Yusuf Ahmed’s latest exhibition captures the emotional weight of objects carried by African immigrants, exploring memory, migration and identity through photography.

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on January 20, 2025, in Washington, DC. Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States.
News
29 January 2025

Anxious and Uncertain, How Trump’s Policies are Affecting Africans at Home and Abroad

From aggressive immigration policies to freezing crucial global aid, Africans on the continent and in the U.S. are also feeling the effects of President Trump’s, often unconstitutional, executive orders.

Over Two Dozen More African Countries Could Be Affected by Trump’s Travel Bans
News
16 June 2025

Over Two Dozen More African Countries Could Be Affected by Trump’s Travel Bans

The African Union had lamented the ban’s potential negative impact, after the U.S. government hit 10 African countries with travel restrictions and suspensions earlier this month.

How African Stars Showed Up At The 2025 BET Awards Red Carpet
News
10 June 2025

How African Stars Showed Up At The 2025 BET Awards Red Carpet

Artists like Moliy, TxC, Black Sherif, and Shaboozey incorporated their African heritage, as well as easy elegance, for their red carpet looks.

With 'Aisha Can’t Fly Away,' Morad Mostafa Opens a Different Perspective on Life in Egypt
Film + TV
14 May 2025

With 'Aisha Can’t Fly Away,' Morad Mostafa Opens a Different Perspective on Life in Egypt

After Ward’s Henna Party and I Promise You Paradise, the director closes his trilogy of inspecting Egyptian society through the eyes of Sudanese migrants.

Abdirizaq Hassan sits at an outdoor table surrounded by colorful plastic chairs, gazing into the distance.
Diaspora
24 March 2025

For Somali Diasporans "Returning Home," Kenya is the Next Best Thing

An increasing number of Somalis who grew up in the West are settling in Kenya for opportunity, stability, and a sense of belonging

A young female demonstrator shouts slogans as she raises a placard that reads, ''If you are not angry, you are not paying attention,'' during a demonstration organized by the Tunisian Network for Rights and Freedoms in Tunis, Tunisia, on September 22, 2024, to protest the draft amendment to the electoral law.
Politics
30 September 2024

Young Tunisians Hold More Fears Than Hopes for the Upcoming Presidential Election

Young Tunisian activists tell OkayAfrica about their electoral predictions and what another President Kais Saied term would mean for the country’s democracy, economy and ongoing tensions with Sub-Saharan Africans.

A family of five pose side by side wearing mustard-yellow kente cloth, a fabric native to Ghana.
Film + TV
04 October 2024

Max's ‘Coming From America’ is an Unromanticized Look at Moving to Africa

The series follows the tumultuous and sometimes hilarious journey of four families united by a common need to make a life outside of the United States.

A photo of Tunisia’s President Kais Saied.
News
24 May 2024

Sub-Saharan Migrants are Bearing the Brunt of Tunisia’s Crackdown on Civil Society

Two activists break down how Sub-Saharan migrants became the scapegoat for a failed economy and violent EU policies.

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