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Kenyans in Minnesota get ready for Madaraka Day

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Hundreds are expected at Parkers Park Community Playfield in Plymouth this Sunday, June 1,  as Minnesota's Kenyan-American community celebrates Madaraka Day, which marks the...
Maya Angelou

Africa by Maya Angelou

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Beloved American author and poet, Maya Angelou, born April 4 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri, ,died today at the age of 86.blood sugar levels...

Miguel to perform at MTV Africa Music Awards

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MTV Base has revealed that R&B superstar Miguel is to join the star-studded line-up of performers at the 2014 MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA). Miguel...

Senators Klobuchar, Franken and Congressman Ellison write to President Kenyatta over treatment of Somalis

President Uhuru Kenyatta State House Road Nairobi, Kenya Dear Mr. President: We write to express our concern over the treatment of Somalis in Kenya during the...

Minnesota rallies in support of abducted Nigerian girls

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A May 10 rally condemning the abduction of more than 200 students from a school in Chibok, Nigeria brought members of the state’s Nigerian...

Rwandan Ambassador pays homage to past and present

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April marked the start of Kwibuka 20 events to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda. The word “kwibuka” means to...

East African Business Forum features Tanzanian Ambassador

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Tanzania’s U.S. ambassador, Liberata Mulamula, was busy on her May 7 visit to Minnesota.  After speaking at the Books for Africa annual fundraiser in...