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Number 22 on the 2024 list
Hamissi Mamba and Nadia Nijimbere are co-owners from Burundi, named to the AFN 100 in 2024 for becoming James Beard Outstanding Restaurateur finalists with Baobab Fare, their Detroit restaurant.
Hamissi Mamba and Nadia Nijimbere, a husband-and-wife team who fled political unrest in Burundi as refugees, were finalists for Outstanding Restaurateur at the 2024 James Beard Awards for Baobab Fare, their restaurant in Detroit. HYFIN profiled them in April 2024 among the year's Black finalists. The restaurant, founded by refugees from Burundi, carries the motto Detroit Ni Nyumbani, which means Detroit is home.