Yearly Archives: 2008

Last year Andre Sims of MN Inside Out organized the 1^st Annual Juneteenth Shades of Diversity event at the 601 Graves Hotel in Minneapolis, MN. This year he and his team say they have created an even bigger and better two-part event.

When P.W Botha’s troopers were mercilessly chopping down innocent South African schoolchildren with machine-guns, cracking whips over the heads of peaceful demonstrators and unleashing vicious dogs on fleeing crowds, we Zimbabweans were undoubtedly enraged.

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Illinois Sen. Barack Obama made history yesterday bybecoming the Democratic Party presidential nominee, making him thefirst African American ever to lead a major party into the U.S.presidential elections.

Maimah Karmo had one goal: To make sure her young daughter, Noelle, didn’t grow up motherless. Her next concern was whether she would live long enough tohelp others by telling her story.

It is the election year and here they go again – politicians – using the age-old “illegal alien” excuse to cover up their three-year fiestas and siestas in Washington, D.C.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Perhaps because of the stereotypes of high illiteracy associated with Africa, immigrants from the continent excelled in universities in the United States without anyone noticing. Then in 2007, “just out of curiosity,” Kefa M. Otiso,a Kenyan-born professor of Geography at Bowling Green State Universityin Ohio, started looking at African immigrant data from the 2000 U.S.census.

MINNEAPOLIS – Hundreds of people gathered at Minnehaha ParkSunday May 18 in support of the Minnesota AIDS walk.

Expecting a baby is a happy experience, but it can also be a bit frightening and overwhelming. Mary, a recent arrival from Africa, is worried about her co-worker, Helen. Like Mary, Helen lived through a civil war in her home country and is now settled in the United States.

Almost seven years after 9/11, Guantanamo Bay remains a shameful symbol of the War on Terror. The United States continues to argue that the Constitution has no jurisdiction outside U.S. borders, thereby violating international and national law.

Most East Africans are quite familiar with her music, especially herhits "Missing ma Baibe,” “Bad Boy ft. Nyashinski” and “Ninanoki” withNameless." Amani, Kenya's top female artist and most popular in themusic scene, is currently touring the U.S. Amani started singing whenshe was six years old, performing in different talent shows, but herprofessional music career begun about eight years ago.