The lady credited with making BMO Harris bank a successful mainstay on the now thriving Lake Street corridor in South Minneapolis, Felicia Ravelomanantsoa, has been elevated to Small Business Banking Officer by the Montreal, Canada based bank which has its US headquarters in Chicago.(Read a previous Mshale profile of her here).
She joined then M & I Bank in 2007...
Children are typically being placed in foster care because their health and/or well-being is at risk. These children are vulnerable, and it is our responsibility to protect them and ensure they are being placed in safe and welcoming environments that will allow for the best possible outcomes. I believe the best possible outcomes can only be achieved in foster...
Sustainable. Sexy. Eco-friendly. Ethnic.
These are words that usually don't go together when describing fashion design, let alone fashion from Africa. But those were the underlying motivations for the National Museum of African Art's "Earth Matters, Fashion Matters," a showcase of ecologically inspired, ready-to-wear designs by eight African designers based in Africa, New York and Europe.
The Feb. 23 evening event...
Leymah Gbowee, Liberian peace activist and 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner is the keynote speaker this coming Sunday, March 9 at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum's 'Global Day', being held at the University of Minnesota's Tedd Mann concert Hall at 4:15PM.
Gbowee was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 for her “non-violent struggle for the safety of women and...
By Humberto Sanchez and Niels Lesniewski
Seven Senate Democrats joined Republicans to block President Barack Obama’s pick of Debo P. Adegbile to lead the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division amid a controversy over his legal defense of convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal.
Adegbile is the son of a Nigerian father and an Irish immigrant mother.
Adegbile’s nomination needed a simple majority...
Lupita Nyong'o's best supporting actress Oscar win marks a new chapter in the young actress's rise since the release of '12 Years a Slave' which took the best picture Oscar later that night.
Along with Minneapolis' own Barkhad Abdi of Somalia who received a best supporting actor nod and the UK's Chiwetel Ejiofor's nomination, a broader swath of pan-Africana was...
Lolla Mohammed Nur is moving on up! After a year as community engagement editor at the TC Daily Planet, she's now working on another kind of writing as a Givens Writer. According to its website, the Givens Black Writers program engages "emerging African American writers from diverse genres in an eight-month program providing mentoring and peer support, building literary...
This editorial appeared in the Mshale print edition that was on newsstands on March 1, 2014.
A sense of homophobia is sweeping throughout Africa. As we ushered in the New Year, parliaments in Uganda and Nigeria passed strict anti-gay legislation. President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria enthusiastically signed it into law with many analysts, including this paper, believing his signing was...
The African Union (AU) Executive Council, has selected the Republic of Kenya to host the African Institute for Remittances (AIR). The Council asked the African Union Commission to conclude the Host Agreement with the Republic of Kenya so as to ensure the formal take-off of the Institute this year. It also asked the World Bank and other development...
By Mahasin D. Shamsid-Deen via OnIslam
Make way on the runway America – USA Islamic Fashion Week has arrived! Organized by the Modesty Defined Islamic Fashion Council of America, LLC (MDIFC), this lively event was hailed a success by those in attendance.
More than a year in the planning, the USA Fashion Week, held February 13-16 in the DC, at Maryland...
Ahead of the twentieth anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today honoured the launch of “Kwibuka 20,” a series of events commemorating the tragedy, and urged the international community to do more to fully internalize and implement the lessons learned from the killings of 800,000 people in 1994.
“We must speak out forcefully whenever communities are threatened...
