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African immigration to US, Cameroon, Cameroon Agriculture, Chris Cleave, Eugenie Kabiwa, Guinness Beer Africa, Inspirng stories from Africa, Limbe, Little Bee, the Agatha Foundation
Eugenie Kabiwa of the Agatha Foundation
On a recent rainy day, I had an embarrassingly difficult time locating the offices of the Agatha Foundation, which turned out to be only blocks from my home in NE DC. I had a very interesting chat with the amazing Eugenie Kabiwa, who is the Executive Director and foundation of the organization bearing her mother’s name that seeks to ‘uplift the culture and the quality of life in both the US and Africa.’ In addition to speaking about her current work, Ms. Kabiwa related an incredibly transparent and open account of her youth in Cameroon and early struggles in the US as an unauthorized immigrant.
A brief glimpse of Ms. Kabiwa’s time in Cameroon follows and I will discuss her experience in the US and the path that led her to found the Agatha Foundation in a second post to follow.
Africa in DC 