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The world’s largest shipper of books to the African continent renewed their commitment to literacy with an event honoring the group’s biggest contributors and those who make their work possible.
Books For Africa, a U.S. based nonprofit held their annual Summit Society Reception on Tuesday, April 4, at the Embassy of Kenya in Washington, DC...
The director of the institutes for research and policy studies at the University of Liberia, Dr. Carl Patrick Burrowes, will speak tomorrow in Brooklyn Park to discuss his new book “Between the Kola Forest and the Salty Sea: A History of the Liberian People Before 1800”.
The event which will be held at Hennepin Technical College is organized by the...
London-based Somali artist Nimco Yasin will conclude her Midnimo residency this week with a finale concert at the Cedar on Friday, March 31. A Cedar news release said Yasin will be joined by a live band consisting of all-star Minnesotan musicians DeCarlo Jackson, Deevo Dee, Harbi, and DeVante Jackson, led by deVon Russell Gray, along with local Somali artists...
Like many people, when Dr. Verna Price returned from a 10 day trip to Kenya in early February, she felt changed. “It changes your perspective on everything: how you think, see the world, interpret different situations, your gratitude levels,” she told me. The founder of Girls in Action, a nonprofit that mentors young girls into promising leaders, Dr. Price...
After two years in the making, the Cedar Riverside Opportunity Center opened this past Sunday, March 12th, with a ceremony drawing nearly one-hundred people. The center was packed with members of the surrounding community and local government officers, including council member Abdi Warsame and Hennepin County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin.
The Opportunity Center, located in the Five15 on the Park high-rise...
On March 6, 2017, president Trump signed a new executive order on immigration to clarify his previous chaotic one that was successfully blocked by the courts following a suit by the states of Washington and Minnesota. The president's new executive order will take effect on March 16, 2017.
The original order had seven Muslim majority countries, Iraq, Iran, Somalia, Sudan,...
On this International Women’s Day, we honor the immense contributions women from Africa and the diaspora have made toward the music we love. With an extensive but by no means comprehensive playlist, we recognize women from across the musical, cultural, historical and geographic spectrum–from South African icon Miriam Makeba, known internationally as “Mama Africa,” to Elza Soares from Brazil,...
The Ghanaian Association of Minnesota will mark Ghana's 60th independence with a dinner and dance at the Minnetonka Sheraton on Saturday, March 11.
The association said in a release that it will be an elegant evening of food , drinks and music to honor Ghana's "rich history and culture."
Macalester College's African Dance Ensemble will perform. The ensemble which was founded...
Malian superstar Salif Keïta, 'The Golden Voice of Africa' as music fans affectionately call him is set to perform at a Mshale sponsored concert at the Cedar on Wednesday, March 1, as part of the Cedar's Global Roots music series and a closing out of Mshale's year long 20th anniversary celebrations.
In a response on his Facebook page responding to...
Mark your calendars for the annual Dandies Project: a showcase and photo book release featuring professional men of color from around the Twin Cities. Amara Kamara, Dandies Project board member and owner of Pillars Athletic Training, spoke to Mshale in advance of this year’s showcase. When asked what to expect for the upcoming release, Kamara responded, “we have the...
In an electoral surprise, a man from New York recently became president. No, not that man, and not from that slice of New York—Mohamed Abdullahi “Farmajo” Mohamed, a long-time resident of a Buffalo suburb and the former prime minister of Somalia, was selected as the next president of the African nation of Somalia earlier this week.
According to Merrit Kennedy at NPR, Mohamed was the surprise...
