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America’s Top 100 Ethnic media on display at the Newseum
The Newseum in Washington DC, in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution, in the summer opened “One Nation With News for All”, a new exhibit...
Addis Ababa born Lilly Workneh is new editor of Black Voices
Huffington Post has hired Addis Ababa born Lilly Workneh as editor of its HuffPost Black Voices. Most recently she was Lifestyle editor at theGrio.com.
Workneh...
Liberian women say ‘NO’ to Ebola madness with videos on Twitter
“I am a Liberian, not a virus.” That’s the loud and clear message of a campaign launched online by a group of Liberian women...
Election Results: Siad Ali wins Minneapolis School Board seat but other African immigrant candidates...
Siad Ali, running unopposed in the East District clinched a spot in the Minneapolis School Board election on Tuesday. 10,018 people (96%) cast their...
Mshale Exit Poll: 1PM Results
Initial survey results from the exit poll we told you about are as follows as of 1:00 PM CST. Survey respondents from our community...
Free rides to the polls on election day
Leaders of the African community in the Northwest suburbs, working through the Minnesota African Task Force Against Ebola (MATFAE) and African Immigrant Services (AIS),...
Mshale exit polling and free rides to vote
Mshale has joined with 11 other organizations to capture the political power of African, Latino, Asian and Native American peoples of Minnesota (ALANA) via...
Minnesota ethnic media directors challenge political campaigns
Political campaigns should not ignore Minnesota's ethnic media
America is steeped in yet another contentious election cycle and Minnesota is no exception.
Our member media houses...
Minnesota to observe African World AIDS Day on Saturday
The annual African World AIDS Day (AWAD) Event will take place 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Saturday, November 1st at Oromo Community Center in...
Minnesota Africans tackle Ebola
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. - Hundreds of local residents gathered at the North Hennepin Community college Saturday evening for an Ebola information session organized by...
Congo’s Faustin Linyekula and Mozambique’s Panaibra Gabriel Canda to perform at the Walker November...
This two-evening program of intimately scaled dance-theater features extraordinary contemporary artists from the African continent and the welcome return of Walker favorite Faustin Linyekula....