![]() MUSAFIRI: But the job I really wanted - I needed a car.ĭONNELLA: Musafiri is not alone. He had to call for a ride every time he wanted to do something simple, like go grocery shopping or run errands, and.ĭONNELLA: Musafiri worked at Amazon first, then at DHL. ![]() And while that hadn't been a constraint for him before, in Memphis, it became a huge frustration. MUSAFIRI: To go to work, buy stuff around, you need to drive.ĭONNELLA: Musafiri didn't know how. In Memphis, his movement was a lot more constrained because of one simple factor - transportation. MUSAFIRI: It's 70% like the place I came from.ĭONNELLA: There was one big difference, though. And in June of 2022, when he moved to Memphis, he said it wasn't all that different. How is the food? You guys see giraffes (laughter)?ĭONNELLA: Musafiri is from Lusaka, the capital of Zambia and a city of more than three million people. Like, Africa? You know, you said Africa? Yes. LEAH DONNELLA, BYLINE: From the moment Edwin Musafiri (ph) arrived in the U.S., he said people had a lot of questions for him.ĮDWIN MUSAFIRI: You're from Africa? Yeah. One of those challenges is getting from one place to another. NPR's Leah Donnella spent months speaking with members of Tennessee's Black immigrant communities about their journeys to the South and their accompanying triumphs and challenges. And for the first time, the greatest share of Black immigrants lives in the South. ![]() ![]() Today, 1 in 10 Black Americans was born outside the U.S. They often have unique circumstances that aren't always at the center of national discussions about immigration, and their numbers are on the rise. have been called the country's invisible immigrants. ![]()
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