Beverly Lwenya is a Kenyan-Californian writer, entrepreneur, and Afropolitan. She founded The Afropolitan Shop in 2011, an initiative that helps African designers market their products on a global scale. She is passionate about tech, evangelism marginalized groups, and Jesus. She serves currently as the Communications Coordinator at The District Church in Washington, D.C.

Brand Americana
The Trap and Trappings of the American Dream
BY BEVERLY LWENYA

I WAS DISMAYED when my parents first told me that we'd be leaving our brownstone home in London for a small, two-bedroom apartment in Los Angeles. I was a Kenyan girl with a British accent.