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.
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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.
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.
News
07 June 2021
The Ongoing Rift Between African Immigrants and African Americans
The friction between Black Americans and African immigrants is now glaringly, and painfully, playing itself out on social media platforms such as Clubhouse. Could Pan-Africanism be the way forward?
News
27 September 2017
The EU Is Spending Half a Billion Dollars on Resettling Mostly African Refugees
The European Commission seeks to resettle 50,000 refugees from various African nations through a new program.
News
06 September 2017
Let's Be Clear: Donald Trump Doesn't Care About Black Immigrants
In an exclusive op-ed, Carl Lipscombe of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, breaks down what the removal of DACA means for black immigrants.
Arts + Culture
29 June 2017
A Not So Different World: An African Student's Love Letter to American HBCUs
In this personal essay, Cameroonian writer Kangsen Feka Wakai recalls his time as an African immigrant at a Historically Black College.
News
11 April 2017
African Migrants Are Being Sold In 'Slave Markets' In Libya As They Try To Reach Europe
The International Organization of Immigration says that African migrants are being auctioned on open slave markets as they arrive in Libya.
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10 April 2017
The U.S. Plans To Deport Up to 4,000 Somali Migrants
Somalia's U.S. ambassador, Ahmed Isse Awad, says that the U.S. plans to send around 4,000 Somali asylum-seekers back to their homeland.
Film + TV
31 March 2017
This Film Documents the Lives of Africans in China
Guangzhou Dream Factory, is a new documentary by Christiane Badgley that shows life in China from the perspective of African immigrants.
News
02 June 2016
Lupita Nyong’o, Akon & Adepero Oduye Celebrate Their African Heritage In ‘I Am an Immigrant’ Campaign
Lupita Nyong’o, Akon and Adepero Oduye join a cadre of celebs in celebrating immigrants’ immense contributions to America as part of the #IAmAnImmigrant campaign.
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13 December 2012
Deeper Than The Headlines: Nelson Mandela, Ghana's Election + More
Check out the latest news on Africa for the week of Dec 9-13th, with in-depth African news featuring opinion pieces from global sources.
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