Guinea/Guinee Archives - African Immigrants, African American New Yorkers in Harlem and Beyond

With the cause of death still unknown, Alfa Barrie will be laid to rest on June 23rd

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More than a month after the Police found Alfa Barrie’s lifeless body in the Hudson River, his family says the medical examiner’s office hasn’t given them a cause of death. Nevertheless, they will hold a funeral service at the Futa … Read More

Alfa Barrie’s family wants closure and clarity

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Photos credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell Alfa Barrie’s family held a press conference after a memorial at Democracy Prep in Harlem on May 23, 2023. Alfa Barrie’s uncle Amadou Diallo who thanked the community and the media for helping with the … Read More

Guinean-American boy vanishes in Harlem

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11-year-old Alfa Barrie left his mother’s apartment in the Bronx on Friday, May 12, 2023, with his older sister to go to Democracy Prep Charter School in Harlem like he does every morning, but he never returned home. The young … Read More

Leaders call for stop to gun violence after two Guinean brothers were shot in the Bronx

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Photos credit: Bill Moore Following the rise in gun violence in New York and the shooting of two brothers from the Guinean community in the Bronx, community leaders, families and elected officials held a press conference and rally to call … Read More

Guinean New Yorkers elect Mamadou Adama Diallo as new president of GUICA

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Guinean New Yorkers casted their ballots to choose the new president of the Guinean Community of NY, NJ and Connecticut also known as GUICA on June 13, 2021 at the headquarters of the Senegalese Association of America located on 116th … Read More

Guineans Succeeding in America hosts second annual Women’s Conference virtually

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Keynote speaker Mariama Ciré Keïta Guineans Succeeding in America (GSA), a nonprofit organization empowering the Guinean-American community through education and professional development, will be holding its second annual Women’s Conference on Saturday, March 27, 2021 from 2 p.m. to 4 … Read More

African New Yorkers denounce the evils of police brutality and government corruption in Guinea and Nigeria

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Photos credits: Isseu Diouf Campbell While many New Yorkers were celebrating Halloween on October 31, 2020, members of the African Diaspora in New York City were denouncing the evils of police brutality and government corruption in Guinea and Nigeria among … Read More

Guineans Succeeding in America host 1st Annual Women’s Conference

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Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Guineans Succeeding in America (GSA), a nonprofit organization aiming to foster and nurture relationships among professionals and students of Guinean descent in the United States hosted its1st Annual Women’s Conference on March 16, 2019 in the … Read More

Charles Fall sworn in as Assembly member of New York City’s 61st District

Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie welcomed Muslim Guinean-American Charles Fall as a new member of the Assembly representing the 61st District of New York during a swearing-in ceremony held in Staten Island on January 12, 2019. … Read More

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