<p>Over the last four decades the United States (US) has witnessed an exponential increase in the arrivals of Black immigrants from African nations, many of whom choose to settle in urban areas. Research reveals that the urban context presents a complex ecology for African Black immigrants, providing access to supportive ethnic enclaves and co-ethnic networks, while presenting the possibility of increased exposure to systemic racism and intra-racial Black diasporic tensions. These urban experiences influence African Black immigrants’ identity navigation. In this paper, we work with African Black immigrant youth from a large city in the Northeast US to examine their narratives of identity navigation and the influence of the urban context on these narratives. The findings reveal that African Black immigrant youth authored four main narratives of connection. They praised the value of small learning groups for creating meaningful connections in learning spaces. They also celebrated the opportunity to nurture a shared African ethnic connection, even as they pushed back against essentializing discourses of African identity, and they challenged Black intra-racial tensions, calling for Black diasporic unity. Finally, their narratives highlighted the disconnection that occurs outside of supportive urban spaces. The findings highlighted the urban context as providing access to supportive institutional and ethnic identity structures even while it exposed African Black immigrant youth to intra-racial discrimination. The insights bear implications for how we support Black immigrant youth in urban education spaces as well as the social and affinity structures we establish for Black immigrant youth within urban ecologies.</p>