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Dozens of Brooklyn Park residents last evening crammed into city council chambers to witness history being made in Minnesota’s sixth largest city, the swearing in of the city's first black council member, Wynfred Russell, who was born and raised in Liberia.
Russell, a former instructor at the University of Minnesota, defeated former council member Bob Mata by garnering a convincing...
New enrollments of international students fell by 6.6 percent at American universities in academic year 2017-18 compared to the year before, marking the second straight year in declines in new enrollments, according to new data from the annual Open Doors survey.
New enrollments fell 6.3 percent at the undergraduate level, 5.5 percent at the graduate level and 9.7 percent at the nondegree level from...
Africa could make history this year if a daughter of immigrants from the continent wins the coveted Miss USA Pageant crown.
Monni Kwamboka Nyaribo, Derby Ozioma Chukwudi, and Savena Mushinge, are competing for a chance to win the 72nd Miss USA Pageant. The event takes place tonight, Sept. 29, 2023, at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada.
“We’re looking forward...
What defines Baba Commandant and the Mandingo band might be described as guttural singing or throat singing or Tina Turner-like screaming, maybe most closely as growling, but none are a perfect account of what we heard on September 20th on stage at The Cedar Cultural Center.
This band from Burkina Faso populate the stage a half-hour later than scheduled starting...
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Today, Friday September 22, is the first day Minnesotans can start voting early for the November 2023 election. This November it is all about local elections as there are no statewide or federal races on the ballot.
This will also be the first election where those on parole or probation can also vote, as long as they are not in...
Seven women-led organizations are harnessing their collective resources to support education in underserved communities. The new initiative is called LIFE (Literacy is For Everyone), and their inaugural fundraising event will take place on Friday, October 13 in Minneapolis’s Dovetail Building.
“I am feeling very optimistic and anticipatory,” said Robyn Coquyt, LIFE member and executive director of Africa Classroom Connection. “I...
Bombino and band left Niger to climb the steps of the Cedar Cultural Center’s stage on September 13th, kicking off their current US tour 2023. Their first three songs featured founder, Omara “Bombino” Moctar, on acoustic guitar and later lead guitar, fellow Nigerien Kawissan Mohamed on rhythm guitar, Youba Dia, from Mauritania, but now lives in Belgium on djembe...
NEW YORK (AP) — International aid groups have mobilized in Morocco, where a 6.8 magnitude earthquake Friday night has killed 2,681 and injured more than 2,500, and Libya, where thousands are reported dead and more than 10,000 still missing from weekend flooding. Donors, both big and small, are also mobilizing to support those relief efforts.
Experts say the most direct...
NCBA, Kenya’s third-largest bank by assets and customer deposits, last weekend in Boston began its marketing road show for banking services tailored for the diaspora, underscoring the latter’s significance as an important and profitable customer base for Kenyan banks.
The bank, one of only 12 that are listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange, announced its next stop is Minnesota starting...
Most Americans should get an updated COVID-19 vaccine, health officials said Tuesday.
Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed the new shots for everyone 6 months and older and the agency’s director quickly signed off Tuesday on the panel’s recommendation. That means doses should be available this week, some as early as Wednesday.
The severity of the COVID-19...
Open Streets, an annual event that started in 2011 to make Minneapolis streets accessible to walking, biking, rolling, and community engagement, may not return next year.
The event is organized annually by Our Streets, a non-profit organization that advocates for the construction of new streets that are pedestrian and cyclist friendly and the conversion of old ones to allow people...
Although the full moon was making its second appearance of the month on August 30th, Nduduzo Makhathini was making his first appearance at The Dakota, Lowell Pickett, owner of the venue assured me.
Jazz pianist, maestro of both his genre and instrument, sat down at the Steinway piano Wednesday evening and began murmuring what sounded like a prayer. Neither of...