#TeamAfrica – Aboubacar Fofana

Being apart of the African community has truly been  a blessing. At this point of my life I can honestly say  being African is my biggest flex. It truly is a beautiful thing to know that many people will numerous things in order to be apart of the culture and history we’ve created, in terms of the music, dancing, clothing, remedies and of course the food. The different varieties of food is one of the main things that keep us close together. Moving on, an issue that I see that is present within the African community is the lack of resources to find a job, our immigrant parents always found ways to bring money home may it be braiding hair at home, cooking for others or just selling clothes that they don’t wear. It simply isn’t enough which causes many families to move back home because they simply didn’t know the tools and the requirements to getting a well decent job. I blame the workforce is set up mainly because you need to fit this requirement in order to get the job. I can guarantee you the African community has given birth to many amazing minds and ideas that can really bring something different that is needed for that specific company or business to take off to new heights that they have dreamed of in their lives. The solution I purpose is to have jobs open up more to having different talents in the work environment so that something spectacular can come from it.