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Dancing to Umoja: The Black Beanz connect Akron to East African culture
By Jala Forest “My name is Yoshua,” he said eagerly. He used his fingers to count as he proceeded to introduce me to his seven friends: “Chomba, Kamana, Martin, Samweli, Mmunga, Malanga, and Justly.” He called the rest of the bunch from their hotel pool to the table to personally introduce themselves. All of the…