Tag: Somali Bantus

  • Annual Fundraiser RAJA Celebrates Diversity and Hope

    Annual Fundraiser RAJA Celebrates Diversity and Hope

    “City of Diversity and Hope” is what Said Abiyow, president of the Somail Bantu Association, calls this annual fundraiser. The festival is more widely known as RAJA!, a word which means “hope” in Somali. Their goal for the RAJA! festival is to raise funds for the many services and education programs they provide through their…

  • More Refugee Girls Are College Bound, Flipping the Cultural Script

    Refugee children participate in an after-school tutoring program at the Somali Bantu Association of America in City Heights. The Somali Bantu ethnic minority group came to the United States more recently than Somalis who traveled here in the 1990s. Because they’re still gaining their footing on U.S. soil, their children are at high risk of…