Amjambo Africa

Amjambo Africa is a free multilingual newspaper covering news, current affairs, and immigrant community life in Maine, published by the nonprofit Ladder to the Moon Network for and about the state's African diaspora and other New Mainers.

The paper was co-founded by Georges Budagu Makoko, a Congolese refugee who arrived in Maine in 2002, and Kit Harrison, a teacher and daughter of former Washington Post correspondent Selig Harrison. After more than a year of planning, and with guidance from Maine publisher Reade Brower, the pair published the first 16-page issue in April 2018. An online edition launched a year later. The publication has since grown into a 32-page monthly tabloid with a small paid staff, freelance translators, a radio show, and podcasts.

Content is published in English, French, Kinyarwanda, Swahili, Somali, Portuguese, and Spanish, covering immigration news, African current affairs, business and community profiles, health and legal information, and reporting from correspondents based in Africa.

The paper is distributed free, printing roughly 13,000 monthly copies inserted into the Portland Press Herald, Maine Sunday Telegram, and Bangor Daily News, plus copies placed in grocery stores, medical centers, and shelters; a digital edition and website are available at amjamboafrica.com.