He then moved to the University of Cincinnati in Ohio where he taught in the African American Studies Department and became the editor of Studia Africana.

[6] At the end of 1986, Simama left the cable company and ran for elected office for the Atlanta City Council.

In 1994 he became a columnist for Creative Loafing (Atlanta), and as co-author of a series of articles entitled "Outside the Fences" in 1996 he won third place for the Alternative Newsweeklies Association (AAN).

He taught a course on Race and New Media and conducted research, which was featured in John Barber’s book, The Information Society and the Black Community.

During his tenure as Director of Communications, he negotiated an 8 million dollar deal with AT&T and Media One to fund a citywide program designed to bridge the digital divide.

[2] In 2003, the cyber bus became the operations center for a forum sponsored for U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioners Michael Copps and Jonathan Adelstein.

There Simama continued his work in community technology, sponsoring four annual summits on Broadband in Cities and Towns.

The summits attracted participants from around the country and focused on the idea of expanding broadband to unserved and under-served communities.

[21] In 2019, Simama was one of nine candidates vying in a special general election for Atlanta's District 3 seat on the city council.