Bronx – Africa is a Country

Watching the African Nations Cup with Ghana fans on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn

February 5, 2013 By Braden Ruddy 6 Comments

While the Ghanaian migrant community in New York City is centered in the Bronx, there is a smaller, yet equally as Afcon-enthusiastic population of Ghanaians in the Flatbush/Crown Heights neighborhoods of Brooklyn. Meytex Cafe on Flatbush Avenue is part social club, part Ghanaian restaurant, and part bar/party space that provides a social center for the […]

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Filed Under: FEATURED, Football is a Country Tagged With: Afcon 2013, African Cup of Nations, Asamoah Gyan, Bill Clinton, Bob Marley, Bronx, Cape Verde, Crown Heights, Flatbush Avenue, Ghana, Haile Selassie, Kofi Annan, Kwame Nkrumah, Meytex Cafe, Mubarak Wakaso, Owen Dodd, Rob Navarro, Stephen Appiah

The Bronx, Ghana

June 9, 2011 By Sean Jacobs 2 Comments

From a New York Daily News story (from earlier this year) about Twi (Ghanaian language) courses being offered at Fordham University in the Bronx: The Bronx boasts 43,000 African immigrants – up from 25,000 in 2000 – and nearly 20,000 are from Ghana, according to census reports. Many others are Mandingo, West Africans who are […]

Filed Under: JOURNALISM Tagged With: Bronx, Fordham University, Ghana, Twi

DOCUMENTARY “BRONX PRINCESS” ON TV

September 1, 2009 By Sean Jacobs 1 Comment

“Bronx Princess,” the documentary about the conflict between a Ghanaian immigrant-raised teenager (bound for college) and her mother in the Bronx will be shown on PBS (here in the US) on September 22. More information here.

Filed Under: FILM Tagged With: Bronx, Bronx Princess, documentary film, Ghana, immigration, New York City

Watching the African Nations Cup with Ghana fans on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn

The Bronx, Ghana

DOCUMENTARY “BRONX PRINCESS” ON TV

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