First Black female billionaire hosted a Pan African Family Reunion / * 5th edition

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Thanks for updating about the 3rd edition of the Family Reunion.

So much has happened in the food industry since the first one. It raised the national/international profiles of every chef, writer, and historian who was there. And really helped to strengthen the Black food ecosystem.

 

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VIRGINIA ALI *Honoree

Ben's Chili Bowl throws 65th anniversary party | NBC4 Washington​

NBC4 Washington
Aug 23, 2023
Ben’s Chili Bowl celebrated 65 years of serving up its famous half-smokes and serving the community as well. News4’s Derrick Ward reports on the block party at the original U Street NW location Tuesday afternoon

 

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The Story of Dōgon​

Chef Kwame Onwuachi is no stranger to pushing boundaries, but at his new Washington, D.C. restaurant, he will also honor them and the West African lineage that helped draw the borders of the District of Columbia. Dōgon by Kwame Onwuachi will open this spring along the revitalized Southwest waterfront at Salamander Washington DC – part of a significant hotel enhancement project. The acclaimed chef makes his highly anticipated return to the nation’s capital with a concept inspired by DC Surveyor Benjamin Banneker and his heritage to the West African Dogon tribe. Pronounced “Doh-gon,” the restaurant will serve vibrant cuisine through an Afro-Caribbean lens and draw from Onwuachi’s unique Nigerian, Jamaican, Trinidadian and Creole background. Dōgon is being designed by the architectural firm Modellus Novus.

Dōgon by Kwame Onwuachi | Salamander Washington DC

Pronounced “Doh-gon,” the restaurant will serve vibrant cuisine through an Afro-Caribbean lens and draw from Onwuachi’s unique Nigerian, Jamaican, Trinidadian and Creole background.

www.salamanderdc.com

This is the vibrancy and multi-layerdness of blackness I love to see.

 

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Wasn't Oprah first? If I recall correctly bet was indeed worth a billion, but it was split between 2 people.

 

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Wasn't Oprah first? If I recall correctly bet was indeed worth a billion, but it was split between 2 people.

Oprah became a billionaire a year after Sheila Johnson. Didn't hear much about it probably because Sheila was being overshadowed by her then husband.

 

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Wasn't Oprah first? If I recall correctly bet was indeed worth a billion, but it was split between 2 people.

Oprah was first until Shiela Johnsom divorced Bob Johnson and got 500 million.


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But looks like shes doing positive things and making productive moves with that money.

 

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My ex met her a couple time said she was cool af in person

 

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Wasn't Oprah first? If I recall correctly bet was indeed worth a billion, but it was split between 2 people.

Viacom buys BET for $2.3B in stock - Nov. 3, 2000

Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. agreed Friday to acquire privately held BET Holdings II Inc., the parent company of Black Entertainment Television, for more than $2.3 billion in stock, gaining access to the fast-growing black-oriented media market.

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Feb 9, 2024

Watch Chasing Flavor | HBO Max

Watch Chasing Flavor on HBO Max. Plans start at $10.99/month. Chef and author Carla Hall travels around the world to track down the unexpected lineage of dishes we think are quintessentially American. Along the way, she learns how their international origins and buried truths paved the way for...

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08/17/25

The Family Reunion at Salamander celebrates five years

By Bonnie Newman Davis Photos by Bonnie Newman Davis and Chinae Renee I recently spent my fourth year documenting the Kwame Onwuachi Presents The Family Reunion hosted by the Salamander Collection’…

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The Behind the scenes/kitchen footage