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Kenyan Americans are an ethnic group of Americans of Kenyan descent and ancestry. As of the 2021 census, there were an estimated 94,623 Kenyan-born persons living in the United States. Most Kenyan Americans are concentrated in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Seattle, Texas, Maryland, Georgia, New York, North Carolina, and the greater Washington, D.C ...
Mwende Katwiwa, who performs under the name FreeQuency, is a Kenyan-American slam poet, community organizer, and activist. [1] [2] Their poems address issues of identity, emotion, racism, colonialism, and police brutality in the United States. They live in New Orleans. [3] Katwiwa graduated from Tulane University in 2014.
Polly Irungu is a Kenyan-American photographer and journalist. She founded Black Women Photographers, a global network aimed at promoting and assisting Black women photographers. She is also the official photo editor for the office of US vice president Kamala Harris.
CJ Albertson was the third American in the top 10, completing his race in 2:10.57 in 10th. In the women’s professional race, a trio of Kenyan women stayed close with two miles left, but Sheila ...
Hellen Obiri claims back-to-back Boston Marathon titles, leading Kenyan women's podium sweep. ... Emma Bates, who led in the second half of the race, was the top American finisher in 12th (2:27:14 ...
Sally Jepkosgei Kipyego (born 19 December 1985) is a Kenyan-born American long-and middle-distance runner.She was the silver medalist in the 10,000 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and the silver medalist in the same race at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Odipo Dev, a Kenyan research firm, says at least 500 women in Kenya were killed because of their gender from January 2016 to December 2023. Migwi, a survivor of domestic violence herself, says she ...
The Zawadi Fund, an American 501(c)3 non-profit, sponsors academically gifted, disadvantaged rural girls in Kenya, to study in American universities, then return to Kenya and contribute to national development. [4] She later married Peter Ayiro who is currently working as a German teacher at her alma mater, Alliance Girls' High School.