//Keba Konte’s Caffeinated Revolution

Keba Konte’s Caffeinated Revolution

One of the walls at Red Bay Coffee headquarters is taken up by a huge living sculpture of Africa, all sorts of plants dangling from the continent’s outline. The space, on a quiet block in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland, California, is both coffee shop and roastery. The hum of machines joins with the buzz of conversation as the space fills up and a line winds out the door. This isn’t a cafe, so much as a community hub for